Winnipeg Construction

[Riverman]

Originally Posted by h0twired

How is it anymore expensive compared to replacing the windows in your own house?

It has to be done from the outside and my house is not 20 floors.

[hexrae]

Originally Posted by JamieDavid Exchange

^^^^^^^^^^^
You guys get so off topic sometimes that it ruins the excitement of new development news. How many pages of insurance talk is this gonna turn out to be? Lets start talking about city population sizes again while we're at it.....

Does Mississauga have glass towers?... Mississauga, that's in Toronto right?

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by Riverman

^^^ Correct Sir.

Replacing windows on upper floors is expensive and the owner would be responsible for the cost.

That is a good point you made about the company still being in business to honour the warranty. Yikes.

I've looked quite a bit into condo ownership for our retirement and frankly I can't make sense out of it.

Ask the owner of a 20-25 year old condo in Vancouver what they think of condo ownership. There is a huge stock of glass walled condo's there approaching their glass refurb. date. It won't be pretty.

[Mininari]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Ask the owner of a 20-25 year old condo in Vancouver what they think of condo ownership. There is a huge stock of glass walled condo's there approaching their glass refurb. date. It won't be pretty.

Yeah, the late 80's early 90's stuff. Can you say 'special assessment?'
But honestly, that's the reality of any home ownership. Expensive maintenance issues come and go.

[cheswick]

FWIW I went to an open house at 55 nassau in the spring and talked with a resident on the elevator. She said they had just replaced all the windows and she liked it there etc. My assumption was window replacement was covered by the condo reserve fund. Isn't that what the reserve is for?

A 25 year old condo building would have a decent reserve.

[1ajs]

[Mininari]

Originally Posted by cheswick

FWIW I went to an open house at 55 nassau in the spring and talked with a resident on the elevator. She said they had just replaced all the windows and she liked it there etc. My assumption was window replacement was covered by the condo reserve fund. Isn't that what the reserve is for?

A 25 year old condo building would have a decent reserve.

Thats assuming that the building is properly managed, and HAS a reserve fund.
This is where 'buyer beware' plays a role; it is your responsibility to look into your building's financial situation and ensure that the financials are in good shape, relative to the size of the building. I was fortunate to live in a small old condo building (and be vice president of the strata council) that had its finances in order and was run VERY conservatively.

[1ajs]

heritage landing piles are indeed going in




whats going on with this place seems to of been empty for quite some time now...
noticed today theres survaying marks for the building and the property line on the side walk infront...

??

[bryanscott]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

Great shot. Looks like you took advantage of the 5 minutes of sun we had this morning (in other words, the 5 minutes of sun we've had in three weeks).

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by bryanscott

Great shot. Looks like you took advantage of the 5 minutes of sun we had this morning (in other words, the 5 minutes of sun we've had in three weeks).

i also took a nasty fall my back and hip is sore sigh......

[JamieDavid Exchange]

Originally Posted by cheswick

FWIW I went to an open house at 55 nassau in the spring and talked with a resident on the elevator. She said they had just replaced all the windows and she liked it there etc. My assumption was window replacement was covered by the condo reserve fund. Isn't that what the reserve is for?

A 25 year old condo building would have a decent reserve.

I lived there when the windows were being replaced. There was a special assessment of $8, 300, 000 to be paid between 301 unit owners. You do the math. It was not pretty. Some reserve funds were used towards the amount. One bedrooms were faced on average with a $16,000 assessment and two bedrooms with $24,000 assessment. Unit owners were given the option to have yearly payments split over 4 years.

[lilwayne]

Winnipeg, Division No 11 MB NEGOTIATED/PLANNING
undetermined, adjacent to the Winnipeg Convention Centre
$52,000,000 est
Start: November, 2013 Complete: 2015
Note: Owner's Rep is securing a site. Detailed design is underway. A Hotelier has not been finalized for this project. Working drawings are expected to begin spring 2013. Construction schedules will be determined late 2013 pending completion of phase one, construction of an addition to the convention centre followed under report number 9090646 and negotiations with a Hotelier.
Project: construction of a 250-room, 18-storey hotel adjacent to the Winnipeg Convention Centre. The project will include one storey of underground parking with 151 spaces to be shared with the WCC.
Scope: 350,000 square feet; 18 storeys; 1 storey below grade

the convention center hotel will be 18 storys


18 story wcc htoel
15 story residential at centerpoint
22 story dubrovinkik site
24 story herritedge bldg
alt hotel

thats 5 towers right there in the core niice

[armorand93]

Originally Posted by lilwayne

Winnipeg, Division No 11 MB NEGOTIATED/PLANNING
undetermined, adjacent to the Winnipeg Convention Centre
$52,000,000 est
Start: November, 2013 Complete: 2015

An entire year?!

[1ajs]

i have a feeling theres another proposal in the works for assinboine...

[lilwayne]

Originally Posted by armorand93

An entire year?!

ya but by than alot of the other projects already be completed and others be in the works

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

i also took a nasty fall my back and hip is sore sigh......

Worth the shot though. Nice photo.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Worth the shot though. Nice photo.

yea as i laid on the ground i screamed some foul words called for my friend and then thought the things i do for a photo and laughed. then i dug my phone out and called my friend who was at their van putting fluids in while i took a pic befor going for brekie at promnad biestro hmm hmm good eggs banidic salmon and some stranger herd my words and came to check to see if i was ok

i love this city i truely do

[zeddhead]

Originally Posted by AB Born

This looks awesome!

I think the units are so cheap because they deleted the insulation. If you look at the website, there are some revealing images from a building science perspective. One in particular shows what appears to be a fully glazed aluminum frame wall and a cantilevered concrete slab that doubles as a sun shading device. It is one thing to see this in Vancouver, but in Winnipeg as well? I am afraid to guess what the heating and cooling costs will be be.

Glad to see another residential tower downtown but wonder if Glasshouse is really appropriate for the Winnipeg climate.

[trueviking]

i dont think the 18 storey WCC hotel is set in stone as far as height goes....room number is, but it depends on the site to determine number of floors.

[wags_in_the_peg]

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/glasshouse-a-stones-throw-from-mts-centre-177816181.html

GlassHouse units are small but reasonably priced. I think they will do well, not everyone wants a $350k unit on waterfront or assiniboine