Winnipeg Construction XI

[drew]

^ meh. It's mid block filler.

[Sheepish]

It actually looks suspiciously similar (though far less interesting) to TV's OV apartment, except the colors are reversed.

[bomberjet]

The renders probably help with the looking good part. Hopefully doent end up like that grey square government buolding on Portage by Gordon Bell.

[neutroniks]

Originally Posted by Sheepish

It actually looks suspiciously similar (though far less interesting) to TV's OV apartment, except the colors are reversed.

A carbon copy or derivative of TV's Village build would be awesome along Sherbrooke

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by pegster

This belongs in the other thread but... The Blue/FX lines trace out a potential future rapid transit/BRT/LRT-style map, and have higher frequency, but at the expense of the other routes (especially feeders after business hours or on weekends).

So, for example, you can take an FX3 direct from City Hall to Osborne Junction, because it is a major node on the rapid transit route, but not to the more central part of the Village. You can, however, take the F8 from City Hall to Donald and River (not as frequent as the FX3, but fairly direct), or the D16 from City Hall to Osborne and Stradbrook (less frequent than FX3 or F8, and takes a bizarre trip through St. B).

huh yea this just plane weird

[Sheepish]

The elevation not as interesting and the finishes no doubt cheaper. So more like the 20th copy on an old mimeograph machine (going back to elementary school days!) when the resemblance to the original had faded significantly.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by drew

^ meh. It's mid block filler.

Adding to the commercial strip. Probably the most impactful part. Will change the street.

[trueviking]

Academy across from Stephen and Andrew’s. A shame there no commercial. Lost opportunity to improve that strip.

[Dictaphone]

Hard to tell from the images but IF that is 5 new street-level townhouse units it seems like a win. Not every project needs commercial to bring life to the street.

Current view: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wXgAtLErRrGdQ1sRA

[trueviking]

Yeah. Except there is precious little on Academy zoned to allow commercial. Basically two pockets. This building and the f•cking house across from leopold’s will consume a pretty big part of it. A lost opportunity to make the neighbourhood more complete and walkable. This would be allowed on most of the street. The few blocks that allow commercial are precious because once it’s developed it can’t happen elsewhere.

When the city did the development plan for academy and isolated the blocks that allow commercial, they should have made it a requirement for new development.

[trueviking]

It’s a pretty terrible street to live on. The guy who built the house took a massive hit. Had to drop the price by half a million and carried it for three years. I consider it penance for robbing the neighbourhood of better development on that site.

These look like high priced condos. We will see how they sell.

[Mr Tall Forehead]

Yeah, Academy could be so much better than it is. The commercial hubs need to grow but the worst stretch is from Harrow to Oak, which has about four bus stops but not even a single pedestrian crossing. Anything new (residential or commercial) that would slow traffic on that stretch would be an improvement.

There are also variance signs up for a six unit building at the corner of Oxford and Academy. I wish the applicant luck but I fully expect Orlikow to tuck and run when a half dozen neighbours demand the block be kept as a time capsule.

[neutroniks]

Originally Posted by trueviking

It’s a pretty terrible street to live on. The guy who built the house took a massive hit. Had to drop the price by half a million and carried it for three years. I consider it penance for robbing the neighbourhood of better development on that site.

These look like high priced condos. We will see how they sell.

With how high traffic Academy is, and how unwalkable it is, I'm not sure if it sells well. Do those units have built in garages or all street parking. Can't be desirable if there's no parking lol.

[wags_in_the_peg]

Originally Posted by Dictaphone

Hard to tell from the images but IF that is 5 new street-level townhouse units it seems like a win. Not every project needs commercial to bring life to the street.

Current view: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wXgAtLErRrGdQ1sRA

Loving seeing these townhouses and 100% agree, a mix of housing and commercial bring the street to life, not all new builds need commercial, there's already quite a bit on Academy and currently room for more. There's 3, maybe 4 empty units for Lease right now

[neutroniks]

I think what TV is getting at, is you'd rather have commercial clustered together to make the area walkable, rather than have a couple of pockets spread out over a kilometer, as it make sit much more car / transport reliant, but I know what ya mean haha.

[trueviking]

Yeah. My point is that the city has restricted the possibility for mixed-use development to a few blocks on the entire street. This is now the second building on one of those few blocks that is only residential. If mixed-use was allowed for the entire street, or at least larger parts of it, that wouldn't be an issue because commercial could happen elsewhere. This is using up precious little opportunity to grow the commercial area. If it happens anymore, there will be no possibility for commercial growth at all.

[Dictaphone]

I wasn't familiar with the City's overlay for Academy, see if my link works to the PDO sketch-



I get you now- prohibition on even conditional or accessory commercial use in the 9 blocks of "Living" areas they carved out is bananas.

Purpose of the Plan is to reinforce Academy as a "Neighbourhood Main Street to River Heights"... Boo city.

[bomberjet]

Some info and basic renders.

https://www.chrisd.ca/2026/02/12/kildonan-place-winnipeg-redevelopment-project/
Kildonan Place Announces $30M Redevelopment Project

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by Dictaphone

Purpose of the Plan is to reinforce Academy as a "Neighbourhood Main Street to River Heights"... Boo city.

agreed...academy should be a full high street.....the PDO gave in to the river heights pearl clutchers.

there was a buyer for the lot across from Leopold's that was going to be mixed-use, but when some rich guy down the street found out, he swooped in and made a big offer to take it and build single family because he didn't want his precious street to have any commercial on it. That's why I'm glad he took a bath.

[WinCitySparky]

Some interesting info

A fellow tradie informed me today the former failed Merit Functional Foods building on Route 90 North has been/is being completely gutted and transformed into a data center. Tight timeline for construction, 7 days a week over 6-10 months or some such.

Here’s an old article mentioning a mystery buyer

https://agfundernews.com/receiver-strike...merit-functional-foods-plant-in-winnipeg