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Originally Posted by buzzg
Well they're currently undertaking a multi-million dollar top-to-bottom renovation inside and out, so it seems like they have a plan. It fell off because it hadn't been touched in 30 years. Natural lifecycle of buildings.
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Losing two major tenants, Agricore and Canwest, when they consolidated/moved operations out of Winnipeg really started the decline for 201 Portage Ave and had little to do with the state of the building. TDS and MNP obviously defected to TNS to be close to the coveted Chipman/Jets empire. It is worth nothing that a different law firm apparently moved into the vacated TDS space, likely from a different downtown tower.
Not sure why TD moved or where there non-retail spaces went but they are definitely gone. I know IG was temporarily in the minimally renovated spaces while building their own office in a different location outside of downtown, and for clarity the office moved from outside of downtown to downtown temporarily to move back out of downtown to their new office.
It is also more minor but in the wake of the other vacancies 201 Portage had Good Life move into one of the tower floors and replace the smaller/independent fitness facility that ran out of the ground level of the attached parakde. Good Life has moved (or will soon be moving) to the new space over Winnipeg Square.
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