Winnipeg Construction IX

[Urban recluse]

And hands are for spanking, so assume the position.

[biguc]

Originally Posted by trueviking

It'll be interesting to see what the final design for 300 Main is. It's rendered as all glass. Even spandrel has reduced insulation from solid walls.

Why is spandrel so bad? Glass's r value isn't crazily different than a lot of exterior finishing materials, and if you're backing it with whatever you want, why wouldn't it insulate as well as any wall. Is it the porous nature of glazing?

[kings5504]

New sign going up this afternoon...



Bell MTS Place sign going up by Salvador Maniquiz, on Flickr

[pegcity]

Cue the Winnipeg Debbie downers, there's a joint bid being put together between the province and city for the new Amazon headquarters.

[Wigglez]

Originally Posted by pegcity

Cue the Winnipeg Debbie downers, there's joint bid being put together between the province and city for the new Amazon headquarters..

I'm happy that they're actually trying! I know the odds are very very low but its worth a try.

[jmt18325]

I don't know why they're trying - it specifies 1M people. We don't have that.

And no one would call me a Debbie downer.

[optimusREIM]

Originally Posted by jmt18325

I don't know why they're trying - it specifies 1M people. We don't have that.

And no one would call me a Debbie downer.

It may specify it but that doesn't mean they'll stick to it.

[DancingDuck]

It's such an opportunity the city/province would be crazy to not at least give it a shot, even if it is almost guaranteed somewhere else will get chosen

[Wigglez]

Originally Posted by jmt18325

I don't know why they're trying - it specifies 1M people. We don't have that.

And no one would call me a Debbie downer.

"The most basic requirement for a market is population. IKEA's market research calls for a minimum of two million people within about 40-60 miles of a single media market."

Crazy things have happened before...

[Kronos]

From the Twitterverse....

http://https://mobile.twitter.com/pccaucus/status/906616444624011264

[robertocarlos]

Debbie Downer? Who's she? So they gave Chipman about 5% for his project. I'd give Amazon about $500 million to get this project in Winnipeg. It's that big.

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Originally Posted by pegcity

there's joint bid being put together between the province and city for the new Amazon headquarters..

Outstanding news!

[1ajs]

winnipeg is at the core of fiberoptic networks crossing canada and networking to the states............. and with centre port we got the potential for a searious bid

[jmt18325]

I'm sorry, but it's just not happening. It's unrealistic to think it's happening.

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Originally Posted by jmt18325

I don't know why they're trying - one would call me a Debbie downer.

Because they should.

[hexrae]

I'd love it but working in the industry there's not a large enough labour pool locally. Of course, this would be a huge draw to fix that.

[Andy6]

Originally Posted by jmt18325

I'm sorry, but it's just not happening. It's unrealistic to think it's happening.

It's probably more of a publicity stunt than a serious bid. Canada's tech sector is getting a bit of U.S. media exposure over this, and they want Winnipeg to get some media mentions in that context rather than being completely invisible as usual.

[balletomane]

Winnipeg will not be selected as much as I'd like it to be. If we were even Ottawa's size I think our chances would be immediately greater. There are many qualities about the city that could make it appealing, but we lack the size and labour pool.

[Glenn99]

Odds of any Canadian city getting this are slim. Trump would shame Amazon relentlessly if Canada 'stole' 50,000 jobs from the US.

[wags_in_the_peg]

looks like nice place in Crescentwwod, condo magazine has more info than website

http://themcmillan.ca/