Winnipeg Construction VIII - Page 415

cllew · #**8281** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 7:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by bogdog

Anybody know what they're doing to Guay Park on St Mary's Road?

River bank stabilization. I believe it was suppose to be been started two years ago but didn't go through for some reason and was deferred to the 2015 budget year.

S&J Construction won the contract for a cost of over $760,000.

trueviking · #**8282** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:12 PM**

major new building hinted at by red river college today at the chamber lunch....he said it will be for foreign students.....seemed to be in the exchange district somewhere.

Bovell007 · #**8283** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

major new building hinted at by red river college today at the chamber lunch....he said it will be for foreign students.....seemed to be in the exchange district somewhere.

Hopefully it gets rid of another surface lot.

trueviking · #**8284** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:17 PM**

for sure....can anyone identify that building on the right?

esquire · #**8285** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:21 PM**

^ Looks like the love child of the Pompidou and the Public Safety Building

Are we to guess that RRC is planning to get its hands on the PSB? That would be fantastic, but now does not look like a very promising time for big capital projects that aren't already in the pipeline somehow...

Bovell007 · #**8286** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

for sure....can anyone identify that building on the right?

Not so sure about the building but I am pretty sure it is on William or Bannatyne avenue.

Cyro · #**8287** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

^ Looks like the love child of the Pompidou and the Public Safety Building

I know it's a blurry image but is it just me or does that a picture of the old Winnipeg Arena after it was renovated?

Don't get me wrong, another project of this scope in the Exchange is great news.

TimeFadesAway · #**8288** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

for sure....can anyone identify that building on the right?

Looks like the Scott Fruit Company Warehouse at 319 Elgin to me. Just to the north of the downtown campus. If that's the case, this plan would involve the demolition of the old Metro Motors on Elgin and could also eat up the surface parking lot just west of Metro.

trueviking · #**8289** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:39 PM**

you know. I bet it is across the street from the existing campus....where that old car dealership is with the metal siding....on elgin.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.9007343,-...w%3D324.06631%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656

trueviking · #**8290** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:39 PM**

ha...you beat me to it.

too bad they don't go the other way and get rid of that parking lot on princess.

cibinel architects.

Urban recluse · #**8291** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:43 PM**

The rendering looks interesting despite the lack of details. That would be a great addition to the area.

esquire · #**8292** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

ha...you beat me to it.

too bad they don't go the other way and get rid of that parking lot on princess.

cibinel architects.

Wow, that is frustrating. I hate the fact that there could be millions spent on a new building and it will for all intents and purposes be invisible from Princess St.

Biff · #**8293** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:54 PM**

^^^RRC put out a RFP for Feasibility Study last summer for the redevelopment of the buildings at 319 - 325 Elgin Ave. I assume that's a conceptual render of what could be.

bomberjet · #**8294** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:55 PM**

Yeah looks to be on Elgin. Maybe the new build will stretch overtop the existing red brick building, and include the lot along Princess (to the right, outside of the image they showed).

jmt18325 · #**8295** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

^ Looks like the love child of the Pompidou and the Public Safety Building

Are we to guess that RRC is planning to get its hands on the PSB? That would be fantastic, but now does not look like a very promising time for big capital projects that aren't already in the pipeline somehow...

With the Feds willing to spend infrastructure money, I'd say this is the perfect time.

esquire · #**8296** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 8:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by jmt18325

With the Feds willing to spend infrastructure money, I'd say this is the perfect time.

It would have to be fed-driven because the province won't have much dough left after the last round of announcements, and our potential government in waiting probably will not be the least bit interested in spending money on a postsec capital project downtown.

Urban recluse · #**8297** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 10:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Yeah looks to be on Elgin. Maybe the new build will stretch overtop the existing red brick building, and include the lot along Princess (to the right, outside of the image they showed).

The potential...

The area between here and the new Bag Lofts is ripe for clustering new residential developments.

1ajs · #**8298** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 11:04 PM**

Elgin ave old fiat site

Explaines all the drilling I saw last yr in that parking lot

Urban recluse · #**8299** Posted **Jan 22, 2016, 12:23 AM**

206 - 210 and 216 Princess: does anyone know who owns the buildings? Hopefully they see redevelopment soon.

Bdog · #**8300** Posted **Jan 22, 2016, 3:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

I know it's a blurry image but is it just me or does that a picture of the old Winnipeg Arena after it was renovated?

Don't get me wrong, another project of this scope in the Exchange is great news.

I thought the same thing Cyro...