Windsor talk - Page 49

north 42 · #**961** Posted **Dec 15, 2019, 5:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by DetroitSky

Nice to see The Hive finally underway.

Absolutely, I’m happy to see that it’s actually moving ahead and not cancelled! I was really starting to have my doubts.

ericmacm · #**962** Posted **Dec 19, 2019, 7:03 PM**

Demolition for The Hive continues! They are down to one floor now.

Symz · #**963** Posted **Dec 21, 2019, 8:03 PM**

There is a new billboard up at the former Danny's site on Riverside for a new red brick office building. It is being developed by Mid South which seems to be on fire lately!

If you remember this site was formerly going to be redeveloped by Cheetah's owner Rob Katzman who owned Danny's and the land previously.

Mid South is responsible for the Fish Market building reno, the former Cadillac Jack's reno, Chatham Street grill, and The Pour House.

http://midsouthlanddevelopment.com/

Symz · #**964** Posted **Dec 21, 2019, 8:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by north 42

Absolutely, I’m happy to see that it’s actually moving ahead and not cancelled! I was really starting to have my doubts.

I dont blame ya. All signs of that development at Tuscarora & Goyeau have dissapeared. Secondly we've heard nothing about that 16 storey building that was proposed for Park & Victoria.

north 42 · #**965** Posted **Dec 22, 2019, 3:10 PM**

This is great news for air quality in the Windsor area! US Steel is basically shutting down their operations at Zug Island in metro Detroit. It is the worst air pollution offender in the region.

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/...ing-down-primary-operations-indefinitely

north 42 · #**966** Posted **Dec 22, 2019, 3:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Symz

I dont blame ya. All signs of that development at Tuscarora & Goyeau have dissapeared. Secondly we've heard nothing about that 16 storey building that was proposed for Park & Victoria.

Yeah, I’m definitely not overly optimistic about the Park and Victoria development, but I’m still holding out for this to go through somehow. We are in desperate need for new highrise residential in the core, especially with the area growing at 5000 per year.

ericmacm · #**967** Posted **Jan 8, 2020, 9:00 PM**

Looks like the casino might have a new operator in the future.

Caesar's is included in OLG's procurement process for modernization. They're looking for a new long-term service provider to operate the casino in 2023. I'm assuming that the "modernization" aspect of this is only related to the operations of the casino, but there's no reason that this couldn't include some exterior renovations or construction.

Caesar's looks pretty rough around the edges these days, and could absolutely benefit from some TLC.

north 42 · #**968** Posted **Jan 9, 2020, 12:31 AM**

Caesar’s looks much better since they power washed both hotel towers this spring, before that they looked pretty grungy.

I highly doubt there will be any other operator taking Caesar’s over any time soon, since they have a very loyal following and are still very profitable.

ThishastobeTOM · #**969** Posted **Jan 10, 2020, 9:04 PM**

Not great news

Unemployment rate jumps to 7.5 per cent in Windsor

https://blackburnnews.com/windsor/windso...loyment-rate-jumps-7-5-per-cent-windsor/

ericmacm · #**970** Posted **Jan 18, 2020, 12:27 AM**

Highway 3 expansion to Leamington has been listed in the new Southwestern Ontario Transportation Plan. Hopefully this finally is able to get off the ground. With the 401 widening from Tilbury to London going ahead, this seems more likely to happen as well.

Dengler Avenue · #**971** Posted **Jan 18, 2020, 1:42 AM**

Why not just turn County Road 18 between Highways 3 & 77, S Talbot Road into the westbound lanes of Highway 3 and twin the remainder? If reconstructing those 2 roads to provincial standard doesn’t cost too much, I can see saving.

ericmacm · #**972** Posted **Jan 19, 2020, 3:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

Why not just turn County Road 18 between Highways 3 & 77, S Talbot Road into the westbound lanes of Highway 3 and twin the remainder? If reconstructing those 2 roads to provincial standard doesn’t cost too much, I can see saving.

That seems like it would make things needlessly complicated. I believe most of the ROW is already protected around the non-twinned section of Highway 3 anyway, and a significant amount of it is wide enough to accomodate another 2 lanes with a grass median.

north 42 · #**973** Posted **Jan 21, 2020, 3:54 PM**

Long overdo overhaul of Transit Windsor’s service and routes.

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/...dsors-service-in-transformative-overhaul

ericmacm · #**974** Posted **Feb 5, 2020, 6:09 PM**

New development planned for Sandwich Town at Mill and Sandwich. The development is located on what is currently the site of numerous abandoned buildings and The Barrel House restaurant.

The Barrel House will remain untouched. An 8 storey apartment building will be constructed on the eastern end of the lot set back from the street, on what is currently a fenced off patch of grass and an abandoned building. A 2-3 storey residential building will be constructed along Sandwich, with ground level retail. A 2 storey residential building will be constructed on Mill behind The Barrel House. Parking lots will fill the empty space. These apartments will be marketed to students.

Jack2Trades · #**975** Posted **Feb 7, 2020, 4:07 PM**

We are number 1 again!!!!

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/...yment-rate-for-january-highest-in-nation

north 42 · #**976** Posted **Feb 13, 2020, 7:42 PM**

Windsor’s metro population to get a big bump in 2021 when the Leamington CA is added to the Windsor CMA, adding approximately 52K to the 355K current 2019 estimated population, pushing it over the 400K mark, a pretty big milestone!

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/92f0138m/92f0138m2019002-eng.htm

Rope3 · #**977** Posted **Feb 14, 2020, 5:12 PM**

more bad news

Windsor slips to 15th in Canada's fastest growing regions list

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/...n-canadas-fastest-growing-regions-region

north 42 · #**978** Posted **Feb 14, 2020, 6:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rope3

more bad news

Windsor slips to 15th in Canada's fastest growing regions list

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/...n-canadas-fastest-growing-regions-region

The metro still grew by 1.7%, which is the Canadian average, so not really bad news at all.

ericmacm · #**979** Posted **Feb 24, 2020, 8:45 PM**

Figured you guys would appreciate this. It's incomplete (I still have a lot to model on the Windsor side) but it shows how the skyline will look across the river in the future. I hope we will get some tower proposals in the near future that I can add to the Windsor side!

north 42 · #**980** Posted **Feb 25, 2020, 3:03 PM**

Nice job! Looking forward to seeing the Windsor side finished.