Regina Construction - Page 94

CCF · #**1861** Posted **Apr 20, 2007, 9:46 PM**

Thanks for the pictures!

Here are a couple more from the transition area.

CCF · #**1862** Posted **Apr 20, 2007, 10:25 PM**

In other news Saskatoon got the Children's hospital. This isn't meant as a gripe towards toon-town, but it would have been a huge boost to get it here. Saskatoon's health care system is already miles ahead of ours, and something like this could have spurred growth and helped us to attract much needed doctors. It could have also perhaps been a starting point to the U of R getting its own Med school. It's positive news nonetheless, but it's unfortunate that our health care will continue to lag.

Only The Lonely.. · #**1863** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 3:44 AM**

Nice picts of downtown.

Only The Lonely.. · #**1864** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 3:46 AM**

This is an attractive building. What is it? When was it built?

1ajs · #**1865** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 4:21 AM**

how come does regina have a hsbc bank tower and winnipeg does not ??? 🞵🞵🞵 is up with that

Migs · #**1866** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 5:08 AM**

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This is an attractive building. What is it? When was it built?

That is the Farm Credit Canada (Hamilton Centre) Building that was built in 1992 I believe.

governorgeneral · #**1867** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 6:12 AM**

Thanks Migs and CCF for the photos!

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There's a handful of apartment buildings like this around Transition and Cathedral, and I totally love them. Growing up I thought they looked like grand old castles, and I wanted to live in one (instead of blah-Woodland Grove (no actual Woodland, or Grove)). I still would, if I were there. Why don't they build more infill like this?

governorgeneral · #**1868** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 6:31 AM**

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In other news Saskatoon got the Children's hospital. This isn't meant as a gripe towards toon-town, but it would have been a huge boost to get it here. Saskatoon's health care system is already miles ahead of ours, and something like this could have spurred growth and helped us to attract much needed doctors. It could have also perhaps been a starting point to the U of R getting its own Med school.

Perhaps it would've been a boost locally, but for the province as a whole, having a critical mass of medical academics in one place is better for everyone I think: stronger research; the "prestige" of a full-complement, proper training centre for med students and residents; integration with existing specialty services in S'toon, etc. The spinoffs would benefit everyone in the province.

I would agree it probably makes a Regina med school less likely for now... but then again, many physicians escaped/skipped S'toon to work in Regina precisely because it's not as much an academic centre, and so they can concentrate on practice and don't have to supervise or teach (as much). Along with Victoria it's the only tertiary care centre in Canada without a med school.

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It's positive news nonetheless, but it's unfortunate that our health care will continue to lag.

If you mean Regina vs S'toon, I don't think there's much a lag at all: our wait time performance isn't all that different from theirs; service-wise, there isn't much more they have that we don't (eg being the academic centre, I think they handle transplants and such). Anecdotally I hear it's easier to get a family doctor there since they have a larger Family Medicine training stream, and many U of S residents stay in S'toon to practice.

Only The Lonely.. · #**1869** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 5:11 PM**

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That is the Farm Credit Canada (Hamilton Centre) Building that was built in 1992 I believe.

Thanks!

ReginaGuy · #**1870** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 5:14 PM**

Has there been any more word on the possible relocation of the Dewdney rail yards?

CCF · #**1871** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 7:15 PM**

I've seen it mentioned in a couple of reports from the Warehouse district and REEDA. That's about it.

Greco Roman · #**1872** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 7:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

how come does regina have a hsbc bank tower and winnipeg does not ??? 🞵🞵🞵 is up with that

Not to mention a BMO quazi-tower too. I'm curious myself.

Mayor Quimby · #**1873** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 8:03 PM**

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Has there been any more word on the possible relocation of the Dewdney rail yards?

That is as likely to happen as Fiacco's promise to have Regina's population at 250,000 by 2010.

1ajs · #**1874** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 8:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Albertaboy

Not to mention a BMO quazi-tower too. I'm curious myself.

BMO built a tower in winnipeg at P&M they sold it to MTS in the last millennium

1ajs · #**1875** Posted **Apr 21, 2007, 8:37 PM**

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Has there been any more word on the possible relocation of the Dewdney rail yards?

Dewdney rail yards did not know that one. they seem to name every thing after my gr gr gr gr uncle....

Greco Roman · #**1876** Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 3:12 AM**

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BMO built a tower in winnipeg at P&M they sold it to MTS in the last millennium

Yes, but it WAS a BMO tower and now it's not. That was my point.

newflyer · #**1877** Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 4:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

how come does regina have a hsbc bank tower and winnipeg does not ??? 🞵🞵🞵 is up with that

The basic answer is the "HSBC" tower in Regina is really a government tower, with a HSBC branch on the main floor. Since the government didn't want to have almost every highrise in town with some form of government logo, the rights were sold to HSBC.

This is also true of the CIBC building (mostly Ag department), BMO and a large part of the Delta Hotel (office portion of this mixed use building). Regina is a government city pretending to be a corporate centre.

I heard they wanted the other twin tower to have a private label on it as well, but it only housed Grabba Jabba at the time as a private tenant.

I kinda hope they do something like that for Winnipegs government office buildings. Imagine a Starbucks logo on the new Hydro building.

newflyer · #**1878** Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 4:19 AM**

I have always liked Regina's Bank of Montreal Building. Its small, but has some flair.

newflyer · #**1879** Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 4:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Albertaboy

Yes, but it WAS a BMO tower and now it's not. That was my point.

The lead tenant ussually gets the naming rights to a building. MTS/Allstream gradually out grew its space and took over more surrounding buildings. They even had there logo on a Calgary highrise for a while.

Sorry this is a Regina thread... hey how about those Riders.

CCF · #**1880** Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 4:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by newflyer

The basic answer is the "HSBC" tower in Regina is really a government tower, with a HSBC branch on the main floor. Since the government didn't want to have almost every highrise in town with some form of government logo, the rights were sold to HSBC.

This is also true of the CIBC building (mostly Ag department), BMO and a large part of the Delta Hotel (office portion of this mixed use building). Regina is a government city pretending to be a corporate centre.

I heard they wanted the other twin tower to have a private label on it as well, but it only housed Grabba Jabba at the time as a private tenant.

I kinda hope they do something like that for Winnipegs government office buildings. Imagine a Starbucks logo on the new Hydro building.

CIBC doesn't have a building. That building is Farm Credit Canada's. CIBC just rents out the bottom floor.