Regina Construction III

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by Missinglink

When you make a statement like " The building does not lend itself to condos even slightly. The floor plate is waaaay to big". What do you base that on, your professional background? Many similar and even larger have been converted in Chicago as a example.

Regina is not Chicago.

The building is nearly 190 feet wide. That means with a central corridor each unit is approximately 90 ft long. Then to get decent windows you need the unit to be at least 15 feet wide. Doing that you've got minimum unit sizes of 1350 square feet, which is huge and untenable. Not to mention shaped like a bowling alley.

The building is 400,000 SF which means you'd end up with over 200 units, which is huge. You're looking at $40M-$80M to renovate the whole building.

The only way this building works is as a a luxury building with huge units. Regina simply does not have the population or money to make it work.

The best option would be to demolish 50% of the building (which was an addition anyway). Then you are left with workable floor plates.

[CoR East]

New parking lot at Candy Cane playground is just about done... now twice as many people can drive there to enjoy all of the broken playground equipment.

[J-Walker]

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

http://heritageregina.ca/wp-content/uplo...house-09-21-February-2017-Korvemaker.pdf

An Outstanding Saskatchewan Industrial Building
 From an architectural and engineering perspective, the Robert Simpson Company
Warehouse reflects some of the best early 20th century industrial design, as emanating
from the internationally recognized Chicago architect N. Max Dunning. The building
also incorporates the highly effective reinforced concrete principles primarily developed
by another well-known internationally-acclaimed American architect, Albert Kahn, who
was also responsible for designing the General Motors complex in Regina (erected in
1928 at 8th Avenue and Winnipeg Street).
 The eight-storey Simpson’s Warehouse – the largest of its kind in Saskatchewan during
the early years of the 20th century – helped demonstrate the economic viability of
Regina’s Warehouse District. It consequently attracted other businesses to the area, not
only at the outset but throughout the rest of the century.

Great back ground on the Sears ware house on broad street , cool pictures

In Vancouver or Toronto, a building of this size (that could be converted to residential) coming to market would be a godsend. In Regina, unfortunately, a building like this seems to have little to no economic value right now. Sure, a lot of historic value, but that doesn't pay for the buildings maintenance. If put on a heritage designation list, I wouldn't be surprised if it became the next candidate for "demolition through neglect" by the owners. It's quite sad really, because although it might not be the most architecturally significant building, it is still significant to the City's past and appears to be a pretty sound structure.

Hopefully they can find a use for this building, residential here seems highly unlikely though. It's not that the floor plates are to large for residential conversion, this could be easily solved with an open air courtyard or two. Even knocking out the center portion of the rear half of the building would leave a good U-shaped floor plate that could accommodate units 35-40 feet deep. The problem is demand. There is likely little to no demand for residential units in this building, and I can't envision this changing any time soon. Even if you only converted the top few floors, and left the rest of the floors for commercial uses, this would likely be much more inventory than demand warrants. I wish I was wrong, but people in Regina seem love their suburbs, and if the City can't even get people to move downtown - this area would seem to be an even tougher sell.

[thefourthtower]

http://www.westerninvestor.com/news/sask...c-amidst-building-permit-boom-1.20724105
Regina’s industrial sector average lease rates are $11.45 per square foot, which is significantly higher than in Winnipeg ($7.34) and Calgary ($8.) or even Vancouver ($9.80).

Regina housing market "problematic" amidst building permit boom

Investors bullish but fear tenant failure: the city is fearing overbuilding, yet construction is rising



By
Frank O'Brien Western Investor
June 28, 2017

[CCF]

33 1/3 coffee house opening up on 13th Ave (Gale's building).

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by CCF

33 1/3 coffee house opening up on 13th Ave (Gale's building).

Glad that space is finally being used. The Gale's is one of the most embarrassing property owners in the City. Totally underutilized. Not the mention this ugly POS they own.

[Festivus]

Does anyone know the estimated completion/opening date for the new Winners in HL?

[thefourthtower]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/mountie-floral-monument-regina-1.4183781

RCMP floral monument to be permanently installed in Regina

Topiary designed for Canada 150 Exhibition in Gatineau, Que.

CBC News Posted: Jun 29, 2017 10:00 AM CT| Last Updated: Jun 29, 2017 11:09 AM CT

[thefourthtower]

http://regina.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1158188
Confederation park

[dsmmace]

Originally Posted by Festivus

Does anyone know the estimated completion/opening date for the new Winners in HL?

Days to a week at most?!

[thefourthtower]

http://regina.ctvnews.ca/weyburn-ranked-fifth-best-place-to-live-in-canada-1.3489064
Weyburn ranked fifth best place to live in Canada
Weyburn, which has a population of 11,000 people, outranked Regina at 34 and Saskatoon at 109.

[StealthGirl]

Originally Posted by dsmmace

Days to a week at most?!

They are working on curbs before they pave the parking and delivery lane behind the store. So far doesn't look like stock has arrived yet.

The website for Grasslands states Fall 2017.

Little Caesars is going in next to the Knight Archer insurance office according to Grasslands' crackbook page.

Justice Clothing (early teen clothing) is going in beside Rickis this fall.

[KTBuild]

Originally Posted by StealthGirl

They are working on curbs before they pave the parking and delivery lane behind the store. So far doesn't look like stock has arrived yet.

The website for Grasslands states Fall 2017.

Little Caesars is going in next to the Knight Archer insurance office according to Grasslands' crackbook page.

Justice Clothing (early teen clothing) is going in beside Rickis this fall.

Any word on the 11ish spots in the building by Golf Town? So far a slon, Chopped Leaf and Tutti Frutti were announced. Blaze Pizza used to be on the GL website but it's been removed.

[J-Walker]

CBC article on railyard development setback.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchew...ents-regina-setback-guidelines-1.4183889

The article speaks to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) guidelines that advocates for preventing residential development within 300m of a rail yard and that the City is not following this guideline when it comes to the new rail yard project.

Thankfully, common sense by the City prevailed here. The idea that what is remaining of the rail yards would require a 300m setback is ridiculous. The buffer identified in the article would basically prevent any residential development in the downtown north of 11th Avenue as well - even the lots where the Namerind development has been proposed falls within the articles non-residential buffer.

[jigglysquishy]

That rail yard won't exist long term either so it doesn't make sense to plan for it

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by jigglysquishy

That rail yard won't exist long term either so it doesn't make sense to plan for it

Actually the RRI is on the intermodal lands. The actual railyard will remain although it is mostly east of Broad.

[StealthGirl]

Originally Posted by KTBuild

Any word on the 11ish spots in the building by Golf Town? So far a slon, Chopped Leaf and Tutti Frutti were announced. Blaze Pizza used to be on the GL website but it's been removed.

I expect Metalsmiths will be on the main floor of the Residences.

[thefourthtower]

http://www.620ckrm.com/2017/07/06/residential-permits-continue-to-rise-in-regina/
Residential permits continue to rise in Regina

Regina, SK, Canada / 620 CKRM
News Room

July 06, 2017 11:23 am
Among the permits issued are alterations to an office building in Regina’s downtown valued at $28.8 million, construction of an apartment building on Dorothy Street valued at $10 million and construction of a grocery store on Chuka Boulevard valued at $6.8 million.

[thefourthtower]

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release...nr-community-to-saskatchewan-2225170.htm
July 06, 2017 13:28 ET

Regina-Based Developer Brings First BUILT GREEN® Community to Saskatchewan

REGINA, SK--(Marketwired - July 06, 2017) - The first BUILT GREEN® community in the province of Saskatchewan has been announced. The Autumn Ridge Estates subdivision, just 7 minutes north of Regina, has launched the sale of 42 lots, with the provision that the homes built in the community be certified through Built Green Canada.

In parallel with the release of these lots, the Government of Saskatchewan is scheduled to adopt 9.36 of the building code in the coming months. This will be the first time the code addresses energy efficiency in Saskatchewan, which means all builders will have energy efficient requirements they must meet.

Built Green's programs are complementary to the incoming code as they include energy efficiency, integrating Natural Resources Canada's EnerGuide label, and then go beyond to include the preservation of natural resources, reduction of pollution, ventilation and air quality, and the improvement of home durability.

This holistic approach to sustainable building addresses the growing expectation for climate leadership and takes a step forward in mitigating climate change, benefiting the environment, the builder, and the homeowner: the 2017 Canadian Home Buyer Preference National Study shows that 63 per cent of homeowners say a high performance home is a 'must have.'

"The convergence of this development with the incoming 9.36 is fortuitous and shows the leadership coming from within the industry putting builders ahead of regulation," says Jenifer Christenson, chief executive officer of Built Green Canada. "The growth of our programs, in large part, is due to progressive builders who continue to pursue better building technologies and innovations."

[jigglysquishy]

What a crock of shit.

No exurban community can be green.