Back in May 2021 the Free Press reported that Big Sky Studios was converting the old Nygard complex on Inkster into 3 sound stages and associated support areas.
The two former Nygard buildings on Notre Dame, one was his apartment which I find very weird have been converted into Apple self storage a company with 45 locations across eastern Canada
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Back in May 2021 the Free Press reported that Big Sky Studios was converting the old Nygard complex on Inkster into 3 sound stages and associated support areas.
The ones that are already build and paid for will do fine…
The two former Nygard buildings on Notre Dame, one was his apartment which I find very weird have been converted into Apple self storage a company with 45 locations across eastern Canada
Apparently there is good money in self storage. they seem to be popping up all over Winnipeg in the last few years.
Does anyone have any insight on these vacant lots scattered around some of the core neighbourhoods?
124 Mayfair Ave - Zoned RMF-M; Google Streetview shows buildings there as of 2015
145 River Ave - Zoned RMF-M; rowhouses there as of 2015
821-827 Grosvenor - Zoned R2; two duplexes there in 2015
761 McMillan Ave - Zoned R2; boarded up house there in 2015
440 Assiniboine Ave - Zoned Downtown Living; a pair of boarded up low-rise apartment buildings in 2007
514 Wellington Cres - Demolished November 2020 after much litigation; supposed to be a 3-house lot split
They all seem like prime places to develop. I assume that 2015 wasn't some unusual massacre year for Winnipeg housing stock, and mostly reflects the update interval for Google's imagery.
I dislike giant surface parking lots as much as the next guy, but I at least understand they're income-generating assets and this can incentivize owners to resist development. But what drives someone to sit on brownfield for half a decade when there's clearly a drive elsewhere in the area to put up new apartment buildings?
120 Transcona Blvd at Park City Commons (this is a behemoth of a building)
Overall I am really liking the development happening in Transcona especially the Park City Commons development. It seems the area is in midst of a construction boom that rivals any other rapidly growing part of the city such as the southwest or northwest.
That Hudson one has been sitting like that for about 3 years now. It fills with water haha
That commons area, besides the obvious sea of retail parking, actually seems decent for a suburban place like that. Although I admit I haven't been in anything to check it out.
The Hudson property was sold to another developer. I believe it should start construction this year.
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