Regina Construction II

[Davidson]

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Originally Posted by Davidson

I was meaning this past years enrollment. I was at a meeting between concerned staff regarding the budget situation on campus and the President, and that is what she said at the meeting regarding enrollment numbers.

OK fair enough. The number do look different, depending on what time frame you're using as a reference point.

[Davidson]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

I really hope the U of R, my alma mater, can do something about enrolment. When the rest of the city's population is growing, it would be sad if the university cannot take advantage of it. Improving parking and student life on campus would do wonders.

It's an odd thing perhaps, but strong economic growth doesn't necessarily translate into enrollment growth - in fact, the opposite occurs as it becomes easier for those without post-secondary education to get high (or decent) paying jobs. University enrollments typically go up during a recession.

Having said that, improving both the physical infrastructure on campus (like the College Ave. campus revitalization) and the life on campus (such as the two new residence towers planned on the main campus) will help to make the school more attractive to students.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

I really hope the U of R, my alma mater, can do something about enrolment. When the rest of the city's population is growing, it would be sad if the university cannot take advantage of it. Improving parking and student life on campus would do wonders.

My guess is that the apartment availability situation is hitting the uni a bit. The stupidest decision the city could have made was to allow the conversion of the apartments just across Wascana parkway to condos. That was a huge hit to uni housing stock.

Thugs should improve a little with the soon-to-begin dorm projects, but I think the uni area could still use a couple large apartment complexes to replace those lost a few years ago.

[Green Saskie]

It would be awesome if someone did something with the old Traveller's Building property. That would be a great place for some sort of entertainment venue or hotel. Does anyone know who owns it?

[Regina Boi]

Originally Posted by Nathan

My guess is that the apartment availability situation is hitting the uni a bit. The stupidest decision the city could have made was to allow the conversion of the apartments just across Wascana parkway to condos. That was a huge hit to uni housing stock.

Thugs should improve a little with the soon-to-begin dorm projects, but I think the uni area could still use a couple large apartment complexes to replace those lost a few years ago.

I don't think selling off those units as condos would make a big difference. Many investors purchased those units as revenue properties. I also know a lot of families who bought units specifically for their kids to live in while attending school.

[Mike328]

MEDICAL BLDG: Plains Surgery and Outpatient Care Centre

PROJECT OVERVIEW
Last Updated: 2013-02-27
Phase: Planning Phase
Stage: Contemplated
Status:
Estimated Value: $60,000,000 (a more accurate cost estimate is available from RSMeans Online)

PROJECT LOCATION
State: Saskatchewan
County: Division No 6
Address: Wascana Parkway

PROJECT TYPE
Building Category: Medical bldgs
Work Type: New

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
construction of a new ambulatory surgery centre to serve southern Regina. The building will have day surgery space, diagnostic imaging, cancer treatment, and services that do not require overnight stay.

[jw6969]

Oh god. There are people trying to petition the government for rent control. If they even slightly succeed we would see no new appartement buildings or massive condo conversions.

[sk187]

Originally Posted by jw6969

Oh god. There are people trying to petition the government for rent control. If they even slightly succeed we would see no new appartement buildings or massive condo conversions.

...part of implementing rent control would mean that the government would have to start contributing to housing (low income and otherwise) which would help boos a little bit of construction. If you really want to see a stall in apartment construction, let the rental situation continue going in the direction it is. I pay $1050 for a run-down apartment in a 40 year old building. I am currently hunting for a rental in Toronto (where my job is taking me) and I can get something much newer in Toronto for a similar price. I currently work in a restaurant downtown and a conversation that I keep hearing again and again is between people who have recently moved to Regina and are soon to be leaving due to the high cost of living here.
Not trying to stir the pot, I am simply suggesting that rent control is not a bad thing, especially for the middle class. I do agree, however, that rent control on its own would be potentially damaging for apartment construction. It would need to be combined with incentives for investors to build here, which other provinces have done in the past.

[Goose]

Rent control would be the worst policy that the province could implement. As study after study has shown, rent controls decrease the incentives to invest in rental property. Less supply in rental property leads to greater demand per available unit and in turn, higher rents per unit.

The Regina housing market is responding to the housing shortage by seeing enormous increases in housing starts, with 2012 seeing more housing starts than we've seen since the mid 70's.

http://www.leaderpost.com/business/Regina+housing+starts+surged+2012/7799090/story.html

Implementing rent controls and jeopardizing this progress is not something the province should pursue. Let the market take care of things.

[blacktrojan3921]

Originally Posted by curo

Why is there a funding gap?

To put it simply, the University of Saskatchewan serves as the official university for the province of Saskatchewan; and therefore gets the extra attention.

It's a familar case across the country, with the U of Alberta, U of Manitoba, UBC. They were originally established as provincial universities as they were the first, and had time to grow into such fine institutions of higher education.

[Mike328]

Interesting project my friend told me about potentially going up in Greens on Gardiner.

http://www.reginacondo.com/gateway/

Anyone know a possible location?

Edit: he was told first floor will be commercial

[thefourthtower]

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[Devon]

Eek!

[thefourthtower]

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[curo]

Originally Posted by blacktrojan3921

To put it simply, the University of Saskatchewan serves as the official university for the province of Saskatchewan; and therefore gets the extra attention.

It's a familar case across the country, with the U of Alberta, U of Manitoba, UBC. They were originally established as provincial universities as they were the first, and had time to grow into such fine institutions of higher education.

Well this makes no sense to me. So what if it’s the University of “Saskatchewan”. So that means that students in the Southern half of province deserve less. That’s like saying Regina deserves more Gov’t funding than Saskatoon because it’s the provincial capital.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

Thank you for that piece of information great find , that is one hot looking structure , it's certainly not your norm ,kind of of a mix of office and condo in the looks department I love it's look

The website says its mixed use res and commercial but it does not say if the commercial is retail, office or both

[TechnicalRecession]

Originally Posted by Mike328

Interesting project my friend told me about potentially going up in Greens on Gardiner.

http://www.reginacondo.com/gateway/

Anyone know a possible location?

Edit: he was told first floor will be commercial

This type of design is infinitely better than most of the condo's going up in the city, a lot of which a large rectangle stucco buildings with zero character or aesthetic appeal. This one at least has some variety to and and using more modern and interesting materials than stucco.

[Dan0myte]

Originally Posted by blacktrojan3921

To put it simply, the University of Saskatchewan serves as the official university for the province of Saskatchewan; and therefore gets the extra attention.

"Official" University huh?

It's just that simply there are two tiers of universities across Canada: Doctoral schools and everyone else. Doctorals always have an 'air' about them that they're better than the primarily undergraduate universities, stemming from the fact that they're graduating Doctors, Lawyers and Politicians (see: people with money who regularly give charitable donations to their alma mater) More funds means a bigger university, and bigger universities get the bulk of the research dollars, leading to more attention to the campus. It's about as simple as that. Most provinces can only support one doctoral school due to population, so if that's what you mean by "official university" then OK. That theory doesn't really work in Ontario though where they have three doctoral schools (U of T, Queens and McMaster). Four if you include Western Ontario.

There's a group of schools that are classified as "Comprehensives" that include substantial MBA and other graduate programs and have a large research facility, who are basically bridging the gap between being a Doctoral school while not having a doctoral program. The U of R falls into that category.

[Treesplease]

In the most recent QS university rankings the UofS came at 393rd spot which is pathetic. I would much rather see money directed to maintain at least one quality institution than directed at two substandard schools. Yes, the people in the south of the province deserve access to a quality university education - so do the people in central and northern areas.

[Dougler306]

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

Construction still ahead of 2012

Leader-Post March 5, 2013


Read more: http://www.leaderpost.com/business/Construction+still+ahead+2012/8048610/story.html#ixzz2MgqhhDHg

Quote from article: For the first two months, residential building permits valued at $58.5 million were issued, compared with permits valued at $33.5 million for the same two-month period in 2012.

That's a good sign, it would be amazing if we had another year like 2012 with respect to housing, since 2012 was our best in 30 odd years. But it goes on to say non-residential is down by nearly half of 2013 numbers?