Winnipeg | Osborne Village & Fort Rouge | Developments & Discussions

[ColdRain&Snow]

159 Scott St has had the foundation wall poured:



The burnt house behind has been approved for a 4-plex and will probably be demolished soon.

[ColdRain&Snow]

435 Wardlaw Ave:

[bon_vivant]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

350 River Ave is coming along nicely:

Hmm... well that's one way of making a box look more interesting. I'm not sure about the execution but they get brownie points for trying something different. I'm kind of digging it.

[bomberjet]

I don't mind it. Gives me some Edmonton oliers logo drip vibes.

Also thanks coldrainandsnow for the updates!

[ColdRain&Snow]

51 Roslyn Road from the other side of the river:

[lbnevs]

Looks like there's a tenant for the main floor space in Zu (160 Osborne). Permits Online says 'Zu restaurant', no other details.

It's a big space - interested to see what's going in.

[trueviking]

Nice!

[ColdRain&Snow]

Hooray!

[ColdRain&Snow]

Walked by the Zu Apartments last night, there is definitely something going in on the ground floor commercial unit. Lots of HVAC equipment and steel stud walls. No indication of what it might be though.

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

Walked by the Zu Apartments last night, there is definitely something going in on the ground floor commercial unit. Lots of HVAC equipment and steel stud walls. No indication of what it might be though.

Does it look like they're segmenting it for something smaller or the whole storefront?

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

Walked by the Zu Apartments last night, there is definitely something going in on the ground floor commercial unit. Lots of HVAC equipment and steel stud walls. No indication of what it might be though.

Zu Restaurant

[Mr Tall Forehead]

Here’s hoping that name is just a placeholder.

[ColdRain&Snow]

It looks like the third and final building in the Zu Apartments complex, 430 Wardlaw Ave, is scheduled to open on October 1.

https://www.thezu.ca/floorplans

[rebl]

I decided to walk through the village this morning and boy was I happy I did. I was left with an impression that this area is densifying quickly. TV - I immediately noticed the size of the balconies in your building, both east and west facing. I walked around your entire building and I think it's a very clever design getting ample parking, CRUs and residential all in one area.

I also walked through and "under" the Zu complex, pretty neat way to connect the buildings. Not sure how it will age and how residents like it.

Fort Rouge park is a nice urban park that could use a little love - new or expanded play structure. I also understand the desire for a bike/pedestrian bridge there, although there was a lot of evidence of encampments at shore level which led me to not want to explore further.

I had breakfast at Buvette. Heuvos Rancheros was excellent. It's tucked away off the main strip but near enough Stradbrook that I can see it getting busy though the hour I spent there I was one of 4 customers (maybe expected for a Tuesday morning) It's a neat spot that I'd love to see stay open. Owner does a great job of making it feel like it's always been here even though it's been 3 years.

Despite the increase in density in the past few years there is still a ton of lots ripe for development. It will be great to see this trend continue for the neighbourhood.

Lots of contrasting architecture in this neighbourhood.

[trueviking]

Nice....thanks for sharing....i agree, it is a nice neighbourhood....i really hope they can figure out the uptick in crime because the bones are there for an incredible community.

[winni_the_peg]

People say there has been an uptick in crime in the Village, but is there any solid data on that? In my experience crime seems to be going down there. For example I work in a shop in the Village and anecdotally there has been a pretty significant decrease in theft in the store since the police have started doing foot patrols in the area. I was chatting to the cops about this and they said they hear that from a lot of different stores. And the encampment at Fourt Rouge seems to have improved too. It used to be a lot worse there, with the tents up on or near the turf, but now it seems like they've been pushed back further into the bush. It actually seems like the park gets a fair amount of people using it these days, whereas before that didn't seem to be the case.

[reallycoolguy]

I also see much less open drug use in the bus stops now.

[rivercity]

Originally Posted by reallycoolguy

I also see much less open drug use in the bus stops now.

It’s nice out, just wait for the snow to fly

[OsborneVillagDweller]

Originally Posted by winni_the_peg

People say there has been an uptick in crime in the Village, but is there any solid data on that? In my experience crime seems to be going down there. For example I work in a shop in the Village and anecdotally there has been a pretty significant decrease in theft in the store since the police have started doing foot patrols in the area. I was chatting to the cops about this and they said they hear that from a lot of different stores.

There has definitely been a decrease in the packages from stollen goods, drug paraphernalia and other trash left behind Safeway. That section on Roslyn where the rocks, shrubs and hydro box are used to be really bad. I don’t think I’ve seen that kind of litter in several weeks

I still see the shoplifters running across Roslyn with hand baskets full of meat and stollen goods. Rather than head for the hydro box, they stop in the parking lots of the buildings across the street where they put their loot in their own bags and abandon the hand baskets

As much as I prefer using a basket rather than a cart, I wish they’d just remove the hand baskets

[ColdRain&Snow]

915 McMillian Ave has been appealed again. I think this is the 3rd or 4th time this project has been appealed now.

https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/ppd/PublicNotices/detail/APPEAL-25-174815%2FC