Winnipeg | St Boniface | Developments & Discussions

[bon_vivant]

Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy

Freedhome Developments Ltd. has an application to build another large multi-family building (100+ units) in St. Boniface at 470 Des Meurons, just down the street from their other two developments, 316 Des Meurons & 366 Marion.

A variance has been requested for the following:

1. For the Apartment Building

• Front yard: They want zero front yard (building right up to the sidewalk/street) instead of the normal 25 feet setback.
• North side yard: Only 8 feet gap to the neighbour instead of the required 18 feet.
• South side yard: Only 6 feet gap to the neighbour instead of the required 20 feet.
• Rear yard: 20 feet at the back instead of 25 feet.
• Balcony overhang: The balconies on the south side will stick out 5 feet instead of the maximum allowed 2 feet.
• Lot area per unit: They plan to have less land per apartment than required (344 sq ft per unit instead of 400 sq ft). This basically means they want to fit more units on the lot.
• Street landscaping: They are not providing as much landscaping along the street edge as the rules require.

2. For the Parking Lot

• Number of spaces: They want to provide only 105 parking spaces instead of the required 120.
• Guest parking: They want zero unassigned guest parking spaces instead of the required 11 spaces.
• Drive aisles: The lanes between parking rows will be slightly narrower (19 to 19.5 feet wide) instead of the required 20 feet.
• Parking lot landscaping: They are not providing as much landscaping inside the parking lot as the rules require.

I live in the area and received a notice about this in the mail. Locals were consulted on March 12th and the NIMBYs have "significant concerns". The usual stuff: scale and fit, infrastructure capacity, traffic and safety, insufficient consultation. Personally, I'm fine with it. The rendering looks nice.

[bomberjet]

Lmao. Thr nimbys. This is on Des Meurons. What else do they expect? Dilapidated industrial zones?

[Mr Tall Forehead]

Originally Posted by asher__jo

Not really necessary to link to variances when you list them all. Can you follow linking to addresses in maps? Thanks

Nice job complaining about the length of a post by including the post in your complaint.

[bon_vivant]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

Lmao. Thr nimbys. This is on Des Meurons. What else do they expect? Dilapidated industrial zones?

I know, right? Somehow vacant commercial buildings are better.

[KnickKnack]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

Lmao. Thr nimbys. This is on Des Meurons. What else do they expect? Dilapidated industrial zones?

That building is only semi-delapidated at the moment, pretty good for a st b industrial use

[trueviking]

anyone here live in st. boniface and wants to sign a letter of support for the project on Des Meurons? Private message me. I can show you the plans.

[ColdRain&Snow]

366 Marion St:

[ColdRain&Snow]

175 Rue Aubert:

[ColdRain&Snow]

Rezoning and variance application for 470 Des Meurons is now up.

https://dmis.winnipeg.ca/ViewMeeting?documentId=28854&sectionId=827997

[peg]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

Rezoning and variance application for 470 Des Meurons is now up.

https://dmis.winnipeg.ca/ViewMeeting?documentId=28854&sectionId=827997

I like it! It looks a kinda like an arched Osbourne Terraces.

[Winnipeg Grump]

"C'mon down! My son left the arch-making machine on and we gotta clear them out!" LOL

[ColdRain&Snow]

Also, the variance application for the 7-story building on Rue Aubert is up now:

https://dmis.winnipeg.ca/ViewMeeting?documentId=28854&sectionId=827995

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

Also, the variance application for the 7-story building on Rue Aubert is up now:

https://dmis.winnipeg.ca/ViewMeeting?documentId=28854&sectionId=827995

The building was recommended for approval for rezoning and variance on September 4, 2025, posted for the June 2, 2026 Riel Community Committee is the plan approval.

They should be gearing up for presales soon.

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by bon_vivant

This project has been inactive since I moved into the area about 18 months ago. I'm guessing it's been dormant even longer than that. Corner Goulet and Enfield.

This half finished building is being demolished.

[wags_in_the_peg]

^^^ I'd love to know the story on this one. The building has been in that state for 4++ years, if they ran out of $ why not sell as is and let someone else take over. Maybe they built w/o permits? One of you must know!

[cllew]

Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

^^^ I'd love to know the story on this one. The building has been in that state for 4++ years, if they ran out of $ why not sell as is and let someone else take over. Maybe they built w/o permits? One of you must know!

From Reddit:

"It was developed by a company called “Ulta Developments”. They were building infills before starting this one. They ended up mismanaging funds and ran out of money. Ended up screwing trades out of about a million in unpaid labour and materials (I was one of those trades). They knew the ship was sinking, yet still had trades do work. Company had two owners, who ended up suing each other. There’s a bunch of litigation still ongoing. Both owners are complete pieces of shit and are shady as f***"

[wags_in_the_peg]

Originally Posted by trueviking

The CRU's at Des Meurons and Goulet will soon be filled.

well that's great news!

[wags_in_the_peg]

Originally Posted by cllew

From Reddit:

"It was developed by a company called “Ulta Developments”. They were building infills before starting this one. They ended up mismanaging funds and ran out of money. Ended up screwing trades out of about a million in unpaid labour and materials (I was one of those trades). They knew the ship was sinking, yet still had trades do work. Company had two owners, who ended up suing each other. There’s a bunch of litigation still ongoing. Both owners are complete pieces of shit and are shady as f***"

If that is true, why not sell it instead of waiting to see it rot and demo it?

[drew]

Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

^^^ I'd love to know the story on this one. The building has been in that state for 4++ years, if they ran out of $ why not sell as is and let someone else take over. Maybe they built w/o permits? One of you must know!

They built without full permits, and there were a lot of deficiencies in the plans they used to build. City put in a stop work order. There were some attempts to have other consultants come in to finish the job and complete the necessary remediation.

But because no inspections were carried out on the piled foundation installation, no 3rd party Engineer was willing to assume responsibility for the installed piled foundation (as would be expected).

So it sat in limbo.

[wags_in_the_peg]

^ thx