Winnipeg Construction IX - Page 343

Biff · #**6841** Posted **May 11, 2018, 8:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

OK, that makes sense. That definitely looks like the front of the Pembina Pancake House location at the far left of the pic. Close enough to the transitway to get that TOD density bump too.

That is definitely it. Google streetview is exactly that...sans the centre boulevard trees.

esquire · #**6842** Posted **May 11, 2018, 8:50 PM**

With all the stuff in the works for Pembina, I wonder if it might eventually surpass Portage as Winnipeg's densest suburban artery? Projects like that are quite impressive and it seems that the transitway is playing some part in kicking things up a notch.

Kris22 · #**6843** Posted **May 11, 2018, 9:20 PM**

Good design and built to the sidewalk on Pembina? Seriously a miracle.

I've always wished that strip of north Pembina just before confusion corner (on the right side between the tracks) would be higrise residential. Like where that car dealership is and a bunch of crappy warehouse-like buildings. It's right at the foot of Osborne village and corydon plus great transit access. https://www.google.com/maps/@49.8698486,...JMIa1JNh-R5ICkb834tkA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

buzzg · #**6844** Posted **May 11, 2018, 11:27 PM**

Main floor of the Dayton Building is finally getting cleaned up. All the dead lighting and old signage is finally being removed.

Also, the doors to the unit in Dayton on Portage beside Snap were open today and it looks like a bar is being built. Was hard to tell, but it seems like it may be part of and connected to the space behind/under Snap (old 4Play entrance) that has already been under construction as a restaurant for a while.

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This would be great info to put in a Downtown Winnipeg thread

*nudges mods*

Glenn99 · #**6845** Posted **May 13, 2018, 12:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

Winnipeg is getting new Jaguar/Landrover and Lexus dealerships on Waverley just south of McGillavray Blvd on a vacant piece of land.

Are these new dealerships or Birchwood relocating their existing ones. Winnipeg supporting 2 Land Rover/Jaguar dealers?

pegcityboy · #**6846** Posted **May 13, 2018, 12:36 PM**

I for some reason would like to see the Dayton building gone , don't like the colour , too small for fronting Portage and Hargrave and with Alt and Glasshouse kinda sticks out ( old Calcutta storefront even worse) I guess could be worse .Sorry wrong thread

esquire · #**6847** Posted **May 13, 2018, 1:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by pegcityboy

I for some reason would like to see the Dayton building gone , don't like the colour , too small for fronting Portage and Hargrave and with Alt and Glasshouse kinda sticks out ( old Calcutta storefront even worse) I guess could be worse .Sorry wrong thread

It does seem that the Dayton Building and the one housing O'Calcutta are prime redevelopment spots waiting to happen. But what an annoyance it would be for people with units on the southside of Glasshouse to have a highrise go up a few metres away from their balconies...

Biff · #**6848** Posted **May 13, 2018, 10:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Glenn99

Are these new dealerships or Birchwood relocating their existing ones. Winnipeg supporting 2 Land Rover/Jaguar dealers?

They are Birchwood. I imagine that the Volvo/Jaguar/Landrover dealership is too small for 3 brands. I would think that Lexus is a good selling brand in this city and needs to keep up with the new Audi and Benz dearlerships that just opened on Kenaston.

CoryB · #**6849** Posted **May 14, 2018, 2:59 PM**

The interesting piece is Birchwood moving dealers out of their Pointe West auto park. Almost every dealer there is a Birchwood dealer. There also seems to possible be an opportunity to fill in the pond and build more dealers. If the pond is needed to land drainage purposes they could so some work to move it west of Pointe West to near the proposed hotels where it would be more a feature than a use of otherwise prime space.

buzzg · #**6850** Posted **May 14, 2018, 7:00 PM**

My guess is they just want to be closer to the other luxury dealerships, and the money.

The Unknown Poster · #**6851** Posted **May 14, 2018, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

Winnipeg is getting new Jaguar/Landrover and Lexus dealerships on Waverley just south of McGillavray Blvd on a vacant piece of land.

On the Crampton's side or behind Lake Albrin Park? I hope not the latter. My house is right there and I like the field #NotInMyBackyard lol

WildCake · #**6852** Posted **May 14, 2018, 8:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Unknown Poster

On the Crampton's side or behind Lake Albrin Park? I hope not the latter. My house is right there and I like the field #NotInMyBackyard lol

That's at Bishop Grandin. Previous posters have said this dealership is south of McGillivray, so possibly between the Enterprise Rent-a-Car site and the solar panel place.

Crampton's and the flat triangular portion of albrin park (I don't think it's actually part of the park there) are on city land, with Crampton's leasing the land from the COW. On Google Maps you can see how this land will eventually be able to accommodate a future interchange at Bishop and Waverly. Crampton's in it's current location is running on borrowed time, as whenever the city builds an interchange there they will get the boot. I'm sure the owners will be well retired by the time anything ever happens though.

Biff · #**6853** Posted **May 14, 2018, 8:34 PM**

1400 Waverley at Clarence. There used to be a Robins Donuts on the site. Next to (north of) the Data Centre.

The Unknown Poster · #**6854** Posted **May 15, 2018, 2:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by WildCake

That's at Bishop Grandin. Previous posters have said this dealership is south of McGillivray, so possibly between the Enterprise Rent-a-Car site and the solar panel place.

Crampton's and the flat triangular portion of albrin park (I don't think it's actually part of the park there) are on city land, with Crampton's leasing the land from the COW. On Google Maps you can see how this land will eventually be able to accommodate a future interchange at Bishop and Waverly. Crampton's in it's current location is running on borrowed time, as whenever the city builds an interchange there they will get the boot. I'm sure the owners will be well retired by the time anything ever happens though.

Ah yes, My house practically backs onto Albrin park and I got the street wrong. I grew up there and recall when the Park didn't exist. Local kids called it "The Hills" and it was just seemingly untouched dirt/fields/rocks etc. My friend's dad sold cars and RVs and would actually drive them through what is now the Park to park them on the City land behind his house's backyard fence.

The old Robin's Donuts makes sense although since I work across the street, the Robin's was a nice change of pace for lunch.

Wpg_Guy · #**6855** Posted **May 16, 2018, 5:23 AM**

Manitoba Housing has sold 185 Smith Street to Edison Properties, the property has been vacant for 3 years so downtown will get another redeveloped residential building.

dmacc · #**6856** Posted **May 16, 2018, 12:57 PM**

^^^ Great news, it's not a flashy new high rise but will add population to downtown. I wonder how much it sold for and how much money it will take to make it livable again.

Kris22 · #**6857** Posted **May 16, 2018, 1:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by WpG_GuY

Manitoba Housing has sold 185 Smith Street to Edison Properties, the property has been vacant for 3 years so downtown will get another redeveloped residential building.

Fantastic news! I was just looking at this building earlier this week and wondering if anything would ever happen. Edison Properties is no stranger to high-rises so this should be done right. Once this is complete that entire block of Smith will have been totally revitalized (well not that little parking lot...but that belongs to Edison now so safe to say it will be surface parking for tenants until the end of time).

Biff · #**6858** Posted **May 16, 2018, 1:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by dmacc

^^^ I wonder how much it sold for and how much money it will take to make it livable again.

$16.2 million

dmacc · #**6859** Posted **May 16, 2018, 1:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

$16.2 million

it sold for $16.2? It will take at least that if not more to straighten that place out. I've heard it's a huge mess.

esquire · #**6860** Posted **May 16, 2018, 1:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by dmacc

it sold for $16.2? It will take at least that if not more to straighten that place out. I've heard it's a huge mess.

Freep article quoted an Edison guy saying that the province left it in good shape following the water damage that they experienced.

The bones of the building are solid, all it probably needed was a restart to fix the flood damage, eradicate the bedbug problem and whatever else. IIRC that tower started out as a seniors building but gradually became an all purpose Manitoba Housing complex where people with all kinds of issues the building simply wasn't designed to handle moved in, leading to a bunch of problems.

If Edison turns it into a well run, well managed building it could be a net positive for the area instead of the problem it was turning into in its later years before it closed down. Although if I can editorialize, I don't get why Manitoba Housing couldn't have been the landlord to run it properly given the need for social housing.