Winnipeg Construction

[1ajs]

in other wards the tax freez makes his friends money

[roccerfeller]

thats disappointing about the shindico thing.

I thought they wanted to build downtown?


whatever, maybe something better will come from it.

For instance, sure it sucks today that we won't get a new 5-6 story office tower downtown, but now it might mean in the future we'll get a larger 15-16 story office tower instead.

[1ajs]

no what woulda beenb est was the one that was in the exchange that was proposed and give it a new use

[j.online]

Originally Posted by roccerfeller

thats disappointing about the shindico thing.

I thought they wanted to build downtown?


whatever, maybe something better will come from it.

For instance, sure it sucks today that we won't get a new 5-6 story office tower downtown, but now it might mean in the future we'll get a larger 15-16 story office tower instead.

riiiiiiiight.... cause there's just such a shortage of land to build on downtown....

[JayM]

Originally Posted by j.online

riiiiiiiight.... cause there's just such a shortage of land to build on downtown....

Totally!

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by j.online

riiiiiiiight.... cause there's just such a shortage of land to build on downtown....

no one will sell the empty land

[h0twired]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

no one will sell the empty land

Exactly. People sitting on vacant lots in downtown Winnipeg aren't going to sell (or develop the property) for a dinky little 5 storey building, they want a 20+ storey building and sell the property for much more money.

Until that happens they will continue to collect parking revenues instead.

[khabibulin]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

in other wards the tax freez makes his friends money

I guess you would rather see Judy wash the dishes on her knees making money for her Union friends?

Don't forget, every politician is beholden to somebody!

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by h0twired

Exactly. People sitting on vacant lots in downtown Winnipeg aren't going to sell (or develop the property) for a dinky little 5 storey building, they want a 20+ storey building and sell the property for much more money.

Until that happens they will continue to collect parking revenues instead.

they had 5 other proposals....all of them very willing to develop...all of them downtown.....all of them the catalyst to something even bigger.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by khabibulin

I guess you would rather see Judy wash the dishes on her knees making money for her Union friends?

Don't forget, every politician is beholden to somebody!

face it unions are here not much we can do what we can do is work together... i am not a big fan of unions either for their political crap........ shes runing to be mayor because shes sick of this city not going anywhere and just draging its feet thing like this this rfp suburban development crap are why we need to get rid of katz he had his hand in this in some mannor

[RTD]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

face it unions are here not much we can do what we can do is work together... i am not a big fan of unions either for their political crap........ shes runing to be mayor because shes sick of this city not going anywhere and just draging its feet thing like this this rfp suburban development crap are why we need to get rid of katz he had his hand in this in some mannor

As not-so-great as Katz is right now, Judy would be 100x worse. I've read parts of her platform, and she is as anti-progression, lack-of-vision, lackluster as she is clueless on how to run a city. Add to the fact that is is pro-NDP (socialist), and that makes her that much worse.

Oh fuck, I've contributed to the OT on this thread. Great!

Hey guys, let's take all this civic talk to the civic thread, please and thanks.

[1ajs]

i hate party politics will people shuve this mentality out the window already i vote for who makes the most sens.

katz is flipfloping and does not have this cities best interest at heart hes more interested in making money for him and his friends thus we have had this fight for rapid transit...

but eh have ur opion man just make sure you vote or stfu i am sic of people who complain but never vote

[RTD]

Sorry mods, as I was part of this, but can we please take all civic comments and place them into the civic thread? Thanks!

Now, back to construction talk!

[Bdog]

Did anyone go to the Fort Rouge Yards open house? If so, what was the general response like from residents, etc...

[RTD]

Originally Posted by Bdog

Did anyone go to the Fort Rouge Yards open house? If so, what was the general response like from residents, etc...

Well, I'm betting that there were many residents that were very angry and probably whined a lot, but I'm not concerned anymore, as I hear this project will be going through regardless, and that is good news IMO.

[Bdog]

Originally Posted by RTD

Well, I'm betting that there were many residents that were very angry and probably whined a lot, but I'm not concerned anymore, as I hear this project will be going through regardless, and that is good news IMO.

Where did you hear about this project going through regardless? As far as I know, they haven't even submitted a formal application to the city yet, the city hasn't held any public consultation/hearings, etc... This is far from being approved is it not?

[RTD]

Originally Posted by Bdog

Where did you hear about this project going through regardless? As far as I know, they haven't even submitted a formal application to the city yet, the city hasn't held any public consultation/hearings, etc... This is far from being approved is it not?

I expressed concerns a few weeks back about NIMBY's destroying yet another "corner turning" project in this city, and a certain architect on this site who is apparently in the know assured me that all the t's have been crossed and all the i's dotted, and that this project "won't die".

[1ajs]

so aparently someones gone and restored this place
http://www.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q...9ejgRgqPI-1nx3Fg&cbp=12,213.97,,0,-10.42

[Only The Lonely..]

I think downtown Winnipeg is ever so slowly moving in the right direction.

My family is in a position where we would like to buy a small heritage building downtown or elsewhere in the inner city for a family business, but they're getting harder to come by.

Conversely, it was only fifteen years ago that there were whole city blocks (think the downtown Red River campus) that were empty.

Hang in there everyone.

[1ajs]

check ur pm box otl