Winnipeg Construction X - Page 151

BAKGUY · #**3001** Posted **Aug 13, 2020, 10:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Private Pension Partners bought the property and I believe the talk was a 20 storey apartment building with street level CRUs.

I think there was a news release on it or some such thing.

Yes, 20 floor residential was the proposal

BAKGUY · #**3002** Posted **Aug 13, 2020, 10:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Building conversion to residential, there’s a thread about it on the first page of the thread listings

433 Main is what Luisito means

1ajs · #**3003** Posted **Aug 14, 2020, 12:14 AM**

whats the old eatons/ sears space becoming at polo? hear its coming down?

WinCitySparky · #**3004** Posted **Aug 14, 2020, 12:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

whats the old eatons/ sears space becoming at polo? hear its coming down?

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Labroco · #**3005** Posted **Aug 14, 2020, 4:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by plrh

Seems like a waste of $12000 or whatever. Are they required to put up a fence?

The owners are securing their property. They do not want it to become an encampment. Money very well spent.

WinCitySparky · #**3006** Posted **Aug 14, 2020, 12:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by Labroco

The owners are securing their property. They do not want it to become an encampment. Money very well spent.

Exactly. Also, $12k is basically nothing to an organization like PPP. Literally pennies.

Biff · #**3007** Posted **Aug 14, 2020, 12:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

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And one floor of retail

cllew · #**3008** Posted **Aug 14, 2020, 3:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Labroco

The owners are securing their property. They do not want it to become an encampment. Money very well spent.

And it's not the rental panel fencing either so it looks slightly better over the long term.

borkborkbork · #**3009** Posted **Aug 16, 2020, 8:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Authentic_City

It's a really nice fence

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Originally Posted by esquire

Quality materials solid workmanship A+++

can we get the fence construction its own thread and add it to the Winnipeg Developments list

borkborkbork · #**3010** Posted **Aug 16, 2020, 8:36 PM**

Fence
Location: 634 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB
Architect: Midwest Fence Company
Developers: Private Pension Partners
Size: 25'x100'x5'
Completed: 2020
Budget: $12,000
Project Thread: TBD
Status: Complete

Andy6 · #**3011** Posted **Aug 16, 2020, 9:11 PM**

Is the 5' measuring just to the top of the chain-link? Because under the forum rules it should include the caps on the top of the posts in the corners if they are integral to the fence and not just decorative.

Kris22 · #**3012** Posted **Aug 16, 2020, 11:51 PM**

LMAO thank you for taking that as far as you did, borkborkbork.

I haven't seen Fence in person yet so I will have to do a drive by ASAP.

Andy6 · #**3013** Posted **Aug 17, 2020, 12:11 AM**

I like how they've built Fence right out to the lot line. It's just like New York.

bomberjet · #**3014** Posted **Aug 17, 2020, 2:39 PM**

CoryB · #**3015** Posted **Aug 17, 2020, 3:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by pacman

Apologies for quoting myself... in addition to the West St Paul location, there is a separate advertisement for the previously rumoured on here conversion of the St James location to a "Costco business center" with a start date of March 2021.... hopefully these things don't get delayed as selfishly it would be great for me

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Originally Posted by rrskylar

Heard all along that Headingly and McPhillips/West St. Paul would see two new Costco locations with the St. James location turned into a Costco Business Centre.

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Originally Posted by Gm0ney

Last time I drove by the proposed new Costco site on Portage out past the Downs, there appeared to have been nothing started (just the roads to nowhere they put in last year I think). That was about 6 weeks ago...has anything changed?

I know you can knock together a warehouse type store pretty quickly, but 6-7 months to open a new location and convert the St. James Costco to a Business Centre doesn't seem likely...

Definitely nothing started on the Portage Ave Costco site. The roads don't "go to nowhere" though. The road on the west is the access for the Red River Ex site as the east side parking lot is owned by ASD. Not sure if Red River Ex sold it or never owned it. That said relations between Pegius who now own and operate ASD and Red River Ex is extremely frosty right now.

It terms of Costco, the plan that had circulated was the St James location would be converted to a business centre after the two new locations opened.

One of my "source in the know" keeps telling me the planned Portage Ave site isn't happening. I am not sure the exact issue but think it might come down to who would be picking up the costs to get the water/sewer lines into the site. My understanding is that even though it is west of the Perimeter it is still inside city limits. It also sounded like the servicing costs would be significantly more than just the normal from the property line.

BAKGUY · #**3016** Posted **Aug 17, 2020, 4:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by CoryB

Definitely nothing started on the Portage Ave Costco site. The roads don't "go to nowhere" though. The road on the west is the access for the Red River Ex site as the east side parking lot is owned by ASD. Not sure if Red River Ex sold it or never owned it. That said relations between Pegius who now own and operate ASD and Red River Ex is extremely frosty right now.

It terms of Costco, the plan that had circulated was the St James location would be converted to a business centre after the two new locations opened.

One of my "source in the know" keeps telling me the planned Portage Ave site isn't happening. I am not sure the exact issue but think it might come down to who would be picking up the costs to get the water/sewer lines into the site. My understanding is that even though it is west of the Perimeter it is still inside city limits. It also sounded like the servicing costs would be significantly more than just the normal from the property line.

I have also heard that eventually Costco St James will be for business needs only. The company I work for and a few people that have a business were told this from Costco managers. They will need North & West locations first to swing that.

BariasEC · #**3017** Posted **Aug 17, 2020, 5:00 PM**

Anyone know of any updates on this project or when it’s supposed to start?

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...567125972.html

buzzg · #**3018** Posted **Aug 17, 2020, 5:29 PM**

A bunch more trees on Broadway (east) were removed recently. It's been absolutely decimated there are not very many mature trees left. Some have been replaced (2019) but with most of them dying out, and the Broadway streetscape looking worn, I'd really like to see a whole new plan for the street, it needs some love desperately. Would like to see the boulevards be taken advantage of in a better way.

Biff · #**3019** Posted **Aug 17, 2020, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by BariasEC

Anyone know of any updates on this project or when it’s supposed to start?

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...567125972.html

^^^Steinbach Credit Union - Kenaston - Literally any day now.

CoryB · #**3020** Posted **Aug 17, 2020, 7:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by buzzg

A bunch more trees on Broadway (east) were removed recently. It's been absolutely decimated there are not very many mature trees left. Some have been replaced (2019) but with most of them dying out, and the Broadway streetscape looking worn, I'd really like to see a whole new plan for the street, it needs some love desperately. Would like to see the boulevards be taken advantage of in a better way.

Pre-pandemic thinking but would be nice to see the middle of the street perhaps become a dedicated food truck area in summer. Perhaps four trucks (two east, two west) at each cross street with tables/benches etc in the middle.

In winter perhaps an extension of the skating trail/warming huts?