Winnipeg Construction XI - Page 67

Sheepish · #**1321** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 6:47 PM**

Building on a surface lot!!So they do listen to us

Unbending · #**1322** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 6:51 PM**

I think 290 Garry is the building north of the parking lot beside the Local, but not the parking lot itself.

TRSTN · #**1323** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 7:26 PM**

290 Garry Street is an existing 4 story brick building on the other side of the lot from The Local. https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/garryblock.shtml

Makes sense as the statements from the mayor talk about converting vacant commercial space to residential. Would certainly be nice to see a development fill the lot between them though.

neutroniks · #**1324** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 7:38 PM**

If they convert the majority of that block of Garry st into residential, and build on those lots south of Local And Ultra infinity lounge, that would be huge for that block IMO. I like that street, as the heritage buildings bleed into the core of downtown.

Biff · #**1325** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Unbending

I think 290 Garry is the building north of the parking lot beside the Local, but not the parking lot itself.

Ahh, yes. You are right. I have mixed feelings based on my first thought of having a gap filled downtown. I want these heritage building filled too.

ColdRain&Snow · #**1326** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 8:49 PM**

Back in 2024, the City of Winnipeg approved variances for an 11-story mixed-use building at 38 Albert St, the parking lot next to the St. Charles Hotel. I'm guessing this development is still going forward, plus the newly announced redevelopment of the St. Charles Hotel itself. 38 Albert St has 106 residential units and 1 commercial unit. So with the announcement today of a "140 unit redevelopment" of the St. Charles Hotel, I'm assuming that actually meaning 34 new residential units in the St. Charles plus the 106 new residential units at 38 Albert St. I could be completely wrong though, but that is my best guess at what's happening.

https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/ppd/PublicNotices/detail/VARIANCE-24-192700%2FB

cheswick · #**1327** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 8:59 PM**

Did centreventure take control of the st charles from whats his face demolition by neglect?

pspeid · #**1328** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 9:26 PM**

I'm sure we're all relieved the St Charles isn't going to be left to crumble into another surface parking lot. Having residential in all these locations will be a nice boost to the downtown.

I can see 290 Garry being a popular living space for the "hipsters", being right across the street from the Garrick Hotel. Isn't it kind of the "hip' place to be these days (no really knowing what counts as "hip" anymore, of course)?

neutroniks · #**1329** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 9:34 PM**

Ironically hipsters try to avoid the popular places lol. They very much still haunt the Village and Wolseley. I can see Garry street eventually becoming a hipster street if the rest of the heritage buildings on that strip become residential, as they're into that old school, heritage feel. The heritage suites in the Bend feel very hipster lol.

Sheepish · #**1330** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 9:48 PM**

Clearly Centre Venture is talking the talk.
But to double the population within the next 25 years they will need to be a little more aggressive. A few historical conversions are important, but they won't move the scale. Of course the Bay and Portage place will help, as will Railside. Still time to create an executable plan to convert the surface lots and develop a walkable, livable downtown community.

bomberjet · #**1331** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 10:44 PM**

Continuous progress of bringing more residents downtown one project at a time is positive. We're living in a time where dozens of projects are coming online at the same time, in terms of downtown residential. That is unheard of for Winnipeg in previous decades. Pandemic has caused hardships in the development community. but things are still progressing very well IMO. We're not getting 100 storey glass condo towers which we would all love because they are cool. But steadily more people are moving downtown.

The giant elephant in the room is the state of downtown, which again we've all gone in circles about.

WinCitySparky · #**1332** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 11:43 PM**

This article says the plan is to DISMANTLE AND DEMOLISH the facade and the building respectively, and then put the facade back on the new building.

Sounds extremely sketchy to me. Oops ran out of money at the end, guess we’ll put a sheet metal and styrofoam cladding on til we get more money! Cue the money never appearing and the facade becoming a half assed art piece on the corner of the development. The end. Zaifman the eel at it again! Shit does that cynical? IT IS.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/...own-housing-heritage-buildings-9.7063117

rivercity · #**1333** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 11:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

This article says the plan is to DISMANTLE AND DEMOLISH the facade and the building respectively, and then put the facade back on the new building.

Sounds extremely sketchy to me. Oops ran out of money at the end, guess we’ll put a sheet metal and styrofoam cladding on til we get more money! Cue the money never appearing and the facade becoming a half assed art piece on the corner of the development. The end. Zaifman the eel at it again! Shit does that cynical? IT IS.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/...own-housing-heritage-buildings-9.7063117

Yeah i think we can kiss this one goodbye.

Brule-le · #**1334** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 11:50 PM**

From CBC.
The three-storey St. Charles Hotel, a 113-year-old structure at the corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Albert Street, will be replaced with an 11-storey structure with 140 residential units, Rochelle Squires, executive director of the downtown Winnipeg development agency CentreVenture, said at a Tuesday news conference.

Building owner Ken Zaifman, an immigration lawyer, has been working for decades on a renovation plan that would satisfy the city's heritage-preservation goals for the structure, which stands at the entrance to the Exchange District.

Zaifman is working with Penfor Construction to preserve the facade of the three-storey building and extend the same visual esthetic to all 11 floors of the proposed new structure.

Doesn't sound like the building itself is being saved. I'll be the first to say that kinda sucks. Hopefully we don't end up with a Toronto-esque heritage facade hodgepodge, or an Orange Hall facade collapse.

cllew · #**1335** Posted **Jan 28, 2026, 12:11 AM**

In other construction news

Bayer to build new canola research and development site in Winnipeg.

Company says it's putting more than $45M in facility, considering multiple locations

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/...h-development-winnipeg-9.7064005?cmp=rss

TheDowntowner · #**1336** Posted **Jan 28, 2026, 1:42 AM**

Sight unseen, I would consider moving into the new St Charles just for the "free" view of the Block Party every year

jim_bred · #**1337** Posted **Jan 28, 2026, 2:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

This article says the plan is to DISMANTLE AND DEMOLISH the facade and the building respectively, and then put the facade back on the new building.

Sounds extremely sketchy to me. Oops ran out of money at the end, guess we’ll put a sheet metal and styrofoam cladding on til we get more money! Cue the money never appearing and the facade becoming a half assed art piece on the corner of the development. The end. Zaifman the eel at it again! Shit does that cynical? IT IS.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/...own-housing-heritage-buildings-9.7063117

What a great location for an 11-storey building.

jim_bred · #**1338** Posted **Jan 28, 2026, 2:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by cllew

In other construction news

Bayer to build new canola research and development site in Winnipeg.

Company says it's putting more than $45M in facility, considering multiple locations

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/...h-development-winnipeg-9.7064005?cmp=rss

Centerport would be my guess.

drew · #**1339** Posted **Jan 28, 2026, 3:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by rivercity

Yeah i think we can kiss this one goodbye.

I guess we will find out what kind of teeth UDAC and Heritage Winnipeg have.

My money is on a empty lot.

drew · #**1340** Posted **Jan 28, 2026, 3:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by jim_bred

Centerport would be my guess.

Also seems like a SmartPark kinda tenant.