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[BAKGUY]

Originally Posted by robertocarlos

You have to fight for your right to sunlight.

True but that is where the rest of perhaps 99.7% of the city comes in plus all the surrounding land near the city so no major concern.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

I know we've gushed over this before. But man would it be sweet if Sutton Place and the church stuff went ahead. So dense there it would be awesome. 6 new towers in basically one block.

It would become the densest part of Winnipeg... think about it... if TNS and the St. Mary's developments get built out, that stretch of Carlton and Hargrave from Portage to York would have something like 14 10-storey plus towers on either side.

[bomberjet]

It would be awesome. Get the wastelands of Donald Ave populated with buildings and boy that' be something.

Anybody here anything recently on the MPI lots of Donald? They were on hold last I heard. Originally they were released for RFP at same time as TNS.

[Urban recluse]

Originally Posted by esquire

It would become the densest part of Winnipeg... think about it... if TNS and the St. Mary's developments get built out, that stretch of Carlton and Hargrave from Portage to York would have something like 14 10-storey plus towers on either side.

That would be amazing.

[lilwayne]

Donating to a church is a tax write off that's getting built right after sutton hotel completed

100 percent gauranteed

Church will get big donations from richardson and chipmac ns

[h0twired]

Originally Posted by robertocarlos

You have to fight for your right to sunlight.

[tree]

Originally Posted by esquire

This is the plan for the lot next to St. Mary's Cathedral, but the pricetag is $105 million and who knows how long it will take the Archdiocese of Winnipeg to raise the money to get this thing started.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/busines...become-downtown-developer-411705635.html

I want that to happen so bad.

[WolselyMan]

Well that settles my question. I knew the church was looking into building a mega project downtown, but I didn't realize that the lot in mind to build on was that exact very site!

Assuming St. Mary's happens, then I stand my ground that the RWB residence should be a vegetated green space serving the square. I just can't really think of anything more interesting that you could do with the property. What exactly could you do with it otherwise? Build a slightly bigger podium for Sutton? I guess that could add an extra space for more retail, but by the time RWB finally considers getting rid of it the Sutton place will likely already have been built.

This whole idea is much more plausible as a long term wish. I would love to see the ballet build a new residence on top of their parkade, but this can happen at anytime, so no rush.

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Just drove by. Camera still in the same spot. Hopefully this weekend.

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg

Just drove by. Camera still in the same spot. Hopefully this weekend.

You'd think someone would notice by now that the camera is not working if they didn't move it.

That St. Mary's Cathedral and Centre expansion looks very ambitious. Not that it's a bad thing. I just feel that it's a bit drastic.

Don't get me wrong! I'm all for this expansion. As someone mentioned before, this will be the most dense part of downtown Winnipeg. I just feel that the Cathedral would be dwarfed by these potential midrises/highrises. Then again, some cathedrals in New York City have been dwarfed by it's skycraper neighbours.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by The Jabroni

Then again, some cathedrals in New York City have been dwarfed by it's skycraper neighbours.

I can live with something like this

[robertocarlos]

^Wow. Nice.

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by esquire

I can live with something like this

Yup. Beautiful!

[bomberjet]

Update for those suffering camera withdrawl.

Office tower now up to forming of 7th floor slab. Elevator core is working on the 7th floor walls. The roof of the podium is being formed at the west end of the site. Can't see the residential tower from here, so no updates. I would think they're up to the 3rd floor by now.

[optimusREIM]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

Update for those suffering camera withdrawl.

Office tower now up to forming of 7th floor slab. Elevator core is working on the 7th floor walls. The roof of the podium is being formed at the west end of the site. Can't see the residential tower from here, so no updates. I would think they're up to the 3rd floor by now.

Walking by the other night and the residential was forming the 3rd floor slab.

[Stryfe]

I can grab a couple pictures on my walk home tonight

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

Update for those suffering camera withdrawl.

Office tower now up to forming of 7th floor slab. Elevator core is working on the 7th floor walls. The roof of the podium is being formed at the west end of the site. Can't see the residential tower from here, so no updates. I would think they're up to the 3rd floor by now.

Thanks for the update.

Although your words are no substitute for those beautiful construction images that we all are missing right now.

[bomberjet]

Okay okay. Pictures. But that's all I got! haha

[Urban recluse]

Very nice, thanks.

[esquire]

^ Nice pics!

If that St. Mary's Cathedral project ever gets built, it sure will ruin the view to the south for the occupants of the office tower (at least the ones on the lower floors). But then, it'll probably save the landlord a ton on A/C-related energy costs by eliminating the south exposure for several floors, so I guess the tenants can use that to haggle a deal