Winnipeg Construction X

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by Biff

Look at Wpg_Guy showing me up again. Better pictures of Ronald McDonald House, better aerial pictures of True North Square....I thought we had a no online bullying policy around here, where is Human Resources.

haha life isn't always black and white Biff!

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by Biff

Look at Wpg_Guy showing me up again. Better pictures of Ronald McDonald House, better aerial pictures of True North Square....I thought we had a no online bullying policy around here, where is Human Resources.

HR says you 2 need to work it out amongst ur selfs

[Biff]

^^^^Sounds like virtual beers it is.

[CoryB]

Originally Posted by Hecate

Same guy that owned Bentley homes that went bankrupt. Forced several contractors to take out mortgages on their homes so they could pay their employees because of that man. He screwed so many people out of money including his own family, he had his cousin doing work for him, knowing full well he wasn’t gonna pay him because he was planning his bankruptcy. Yet gets away with it and gets to continuously start up new businesses. It’s nice when mommy and daddy have money.

Is this and Fortress are the "best" that CV can do maybe it is time to defund CV.

[trueviking]

one should be wary of what one reads on internet forums....

[EspionNoir]

Originally Posted by trueviking

one should be wary of what one reads on internet forums....

I very much agree.

[Hecate]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...roke-1.2775972

Read this and decide for yourself... I am very close to this so I know what I’m talking about.

[Hecate]

Perhaps I shouldn’t have said anything, but just seeing that name was a trigger lol. but it still brought up a lot of anger. His financial mismanagement hurt a lot of people, good honest people who deserved to be treated a lot better.

[Labroco]

Originally Posted by EspionNoir

I very much agree.

Well we will wait for an announcement from CV then. It’s a big step forward with millions of dollars at stake. I’m sure management and the board of directors have given this plan lots of thought. As long as it is not allowed to become a “temporary” parking lot I’m good. With bare land in the immediate area trading at over $200ft2 we will soon see how successful this transaction is! More importantly, how this project adds to the urban fabric of DT.

[trueviking]

All of Centre Venture’s land transactions come with strict development agreements that have monetary penalties and take back clauses if redevelopment does not happen in a short timeline. Fortress had to pay when they forfeited.

It can not become a parking lot.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by CoryB

Is this and Fortress are the "best" that CV can do maybe it is time to defund CV.

CV was defunded years ago.

[buzzg]

Scaffolding is back up at 201 Portage on the corner, and the area of the half-assed BMO sign up to the next set of windows is tarped. Imagine they're going to put the final signage in now, but maybe there's some roofing or tile repairs to do first.

Seems like such a waste BMO put that temporary permanent signage up for a month haha.

[cllew]

Its also interesting that they put an exposed ATM on the outside of the building. I have visions of some customers bundle of loose $20's flying out of their hand on a windy day.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by cllew

Its also interesting that they put an exposed ATM on the outside of the building. I have visions of some customers bundle of loose $20's flying out of their hand on a windy day.

Those are a common sight elsewhere, but not so much in Winnipeg. I wonder if it'll catch on...

[post_man]

So, Barcode's controversial low income housing project Centre Village has almost all the ground floor entries and windows boarded up.

What's its future?

This past summer it seemed to have become a hangout for people to sell drugs and wash down a slice from Jumbo with a Stone Cold from the vendor before passing out somewhere. A far cry from the family-friendly utopia they pictured.

In fact, with this boarded up, the small stretch from Cumberland to the strip mall is now completely dead, and most of what's across the street is owned either by slum lords or people who've lost the ability to maintain their home, which is a shame because those are (were) some very nice old homes.

[WinCitySparky]

Originally Posted by post_man

So, Barcode's controversial low income housing project Centre Village has almost all the ground floor entries and windows boarded up.

What's its future?

This past summer it seemed to have become a hangout for people to sell drugs and wash down a slice from Jumbo with a Stone Cold from the vendor before passing out somewhere. A far cry from the family-friendly utopia they pictured.

In fact, with this boarded up, the small stretch from Cumberland to the strip mall is now completely dead, and most of what's across the street is owned either by slum lords or people who've lost the ability to maintain their home, which is a shame because those are (were) some very nice old homes.

That whole strip is long overdue for a teardown, it’s a monstrous blight and just way out of place on such a busy thoroughfare.

[buzzg]

There was the article a while back talking about how it was built for families but so horribly designed for them and a huge failure.

I actually know someone who uses Manitoba Housing who was recently placed there. He can barely walk... his kitchen, living room and bedroom are all on different floors. Because of Covid homecare isn’t coming, so he goes days without leaving his room. So far requests for transfer have been denied.

[esquire]

Was the building boarded up in the sense that it's abandoned, or boarded up because some meth head went nuts?

The building made sense in the era in which it was built... there was actually a bit of optimism surrounding inner city rejuvenation in the in the late 2000s. It felt like things were improving. That didn't really take root and the area Centre Village is located in is probably as rough now as it's ever been, especially with the various impacts of covid.

The sad reality is that a design like that was more suited to a prosperous Mediterranean town with no real crime problem than it is to the urban jungle of Balmoral St. It's a nice looking building... it just couldn't withstand the brutal social dynamics of inner city Winnipeg.

[buzzg]

Originally Posted by esquire

Was the building boarded up in the sense that it's abandoned, or boarded up because some meth head went nuts?

The building made sense in the era in which it was built... there was actually a bit of optimism surrounding inner city rejuvenation in the in the late 2000s. It felt like things were improving. That didn't really take root and the area Centre Village is located in is probably as rough now as it's ever been, especially with the various impacts of covid.

The sad reality is that a design like that was more suited to a prosperous Mediterranean town with no real crime problem than it is to the urban jungle of Balmoral St. It's a nice looking building... it just couldn't withstand the brutal social dynamics of inner city Winnipeg.

Which means the architects and developers are 100% to blame here – they clearly took into account absolutely zero context, not only to the area but to the people that would be living inside it.

The building absolutely never made sense in any era, it was built to be subsidized low income and newcomer family housing in one of the lowest income and highest crime areas of the city. Seems to me like the plan was flawed from day 1. A more normal style apartment would likely have been much better suited.

That's not even taking into account the poor cosmetic choice of white stucco 3 feet away from a high traffic street with no boulevard, so it's always just filthy.

[Kris22]

^Barcode has shit the bed so many times it's just ridiculous to me that they still get so much business in Wpg. They are so blatantly form over function; they design for themselves and not for the clients. I love contemporary architecture but it has to be handled with knowledge and a level of foresight that this firm does not have.