Winnipeg Construction

[DonaldSmith]

Our newest tower is open:

Hotel opens at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/03/14/mb-hospital-hotel-hsc-winnipeg.html

[CoryB]

Originally Posted by cheswick

Any word on if/when they'll start construction on the remaining buildings? They've only built 2 of the 6. At some point the realtor told me the remaining 4 would be completed in the sping and fall of 2012.... Considering the whole concept involved a lush courtyard, the delay of getting the project done is certainly not helping sales.

Considering the current BGBX building was constructed extremely slowly and was even looking like it may have been halted at one point I would not expect more construction to occur quickly.

[hexrae]

Originally Posted by techfreak

Awesome looking concrete floors. Hate the stairs. $213,000 for 963 sqft. Not sure if i like outdoor parking stall in the West End, but location is kind of away from the madness.

[trueviking]

newest vantage point of Winnipeg's skyline.....from the top floor of the CanadInns HSC Hotel.

[Biff]

I love the density in that view between the Radisson and Manitoba Hydro.

......nice pick Vike

[trueviking]

for what its worth...a quick shot of the hotel:



has some ok night lighting:

[chrisallard5454]

Originally Posted by trueviking

for what its worth...a quick shot of the hotel:



has some ok night lighting:

As bare bones as it is, it really isn't that bad, especially considering it sits outside of the downtown area. It is better than some of the towers we have downtown.

[esquire]

Considering that CanadInns basically operates Holiday Inn-calibre hotels, I find it amazing that they seem to only build vertically anymore (their older hotels excepted).

It isn't hard to imagine newer CanadInns locations like the one at HSC, the ones in Brandon and Grand Forks, and the McPhillips Street Station location having being built as low-rise (3 or 4 floor), sprawly beasts surrounded by huge parking lots. By contrast, CanadInns builds them with some urban flavour in a way that adds to the skyline. It's nice to see.

[trueviking]

it is true, say what you want about canadinns, but they are not building the 4 storey, wood frame — that has been proliferating all over st. james in the last few years.....the hotel construction business has razor thin margins.....this building was built for $215/s.f.....that is a pretty amazing accomplishment for a high rise.

compare this to 95% of the hotels going up in the city and it isnt that bad....its nothing earth shattering, but its clean and simple.....

they could easily be building this:

[Lenin]

Thanks for sharing the stellar pic, trueviking! Any chance you have a slightly smaller version kickin' around so we could kinda soak in the whole scene at once? Again, great shot.

[Bdog]

Originally Posted by trueviking

newest vantage point of Winnipeg's skyline.....from the top floor of the CanadInns HSC Hotel.

Would be awesome to get that exact shot with the Osborne Village towers anchoring the right side of the panorama...

[1ajs]

one can see the alt crane in that pic

[armorand93]

Some of Winnipegs apartment buildings could use a coat of paint. Jeeze, it's like something out of Pyongyang.

Awesome pic!

Nice to see this hotel in operation

[hexrae]

Originally Posted by trueviking

for what its worth...a quick shot of the hotel:

Where's the Honda s2000?

[Halverso_99]

Man there is a lot of ugly looking apartment buildings in that pic.

[1ajs]

we are a canvis waiting to grow

[chrisallard5454]

Originally Posted by Halverso_99

Man there is a lot of ugly looking apartment buildings in that pic.

I like the ugliness of the central park apartments. They provide character and contrast to the skyline. I would prefer many contrasting styles rather than a wall of glass.

[vid]

But there are no contrasting styles. It's a sea of brown.

Thunder Bay has a more colourful skyline than Winnipeg and we don't have a skyline!

[chrisallard5454]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...475512.178253.97884715512&type=1&theater

[rypinion]

Originally Posted by trueviking

this building [HSC CanadInns] was built for $215/s.f.....that is a pretty amazing accomplishment for a high rise.

Would be nice to see someone do something similar with an apartment block - get a large budget-oriented apartment building in the Central Park area... really pump up the density around there.