Winnipeg Construction X - Page 440

Unbending · #**8781** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 6:53 PM**

Are the “Another Project by Rockport Group” signs new on the St. Regis site?

Biff · #**8782** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 7:08 PM**

Yes.

optimusREIM · #**8783** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 7:44 PM**

Their website links to a black page reading "something cool is coming"

esquire · #**8784** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by optimusREIM

Their website links to a black page reading "something cool is coming"

Well, when has a website ever lied before?

zalf · #**8785** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 7:51 PM**

Not just any website, mind you. The website of a downtown Winnipeg empty lot development. That's basically the word of god, right there.

drew · #**8786** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 7:53 PM**

"Another Project"...

Don't you need a first project before you can have another project?

esquire · #**8787** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by zalf

Not just any website, mind you. The website of a downtown Winnipeg empty lot development. That's basically the word of god, right there.

I literally LOLed

esquire · #**8788** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:01 PM**

December 2020 article about Rockport:

St. Regis Hotel developer says 2015 bankruptcy won't affect project

Rockport Developments says new parking, retail and residential project well-funded

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ress-1.5817858

Biff · #**8789** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by drew

"Another Project"...

Don't you need a first project before you can have another project?

They have been/are building about $100m of projects out in Island Lakes - Bonavista on the Lake.

https://www.rentalsfornewcomers.com/...warde-ave/1967

Bella Vista is complete already I believe.

https://www.luxurylivingatbellavista...al-information

It is not 40 storey high-rises, but they do have some kind of track record.

pspeid · #**8790** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:10 PM**

If you look up rockportgroup.net you will see their website with a number of "purdy pitchurs" of developments they are working on. There actually seems to be a little more information on their facebook page Rockport Group. It looks like they have done some residential high-rises in Toronto/the GTA, and some of their buildings look quite nice.

esquire · #**8791** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by pspeid

If you look up rockportgroup.net you will see their website with a number of "purdy pitchurs" of developments they are working on. There actually seems to be a little more information on their facebook page Rockport Group. It looks like they have done some residential high-rises in Toronto/the GTA, and some of their buildings look quite nice.

Is that the same Rockport Group, though?

pspeid · #**8792** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

Is that the same Rockport Group, though?

Good question, I just assumed, but then again how many developers called Rockport Group can there be?

trueviking · #**8793** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:32 PM**

They have built one residential building. To be honest I’d be fine if this is what they build there.

trueviking · #**8794** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:33 PM**

The Toronto Rockport is not the same guys.

drew · #**8795** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

They have been/are building about $100m of projects out in Island Lakes - Bonavista on the Lake.

https://www.rentalsfornewcomers.com/...warde-ave/1967

Bella Vista is complete already I believe.

https://www.luxurylivingatbellavista...al-information

It is not 40 storey high-rises, but they do have some kind of track record.

You would think their website would allude to some of these previous projects...

cheswick · #**8796** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:46 PM**

I'm confused, is this that monolith parkade with a building on top or is that a different site?

bomberjet · #**8797** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:56 PM**

Same thing.

esquire · #**8798** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 8:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by cheswick

I'm confused, is this that monolith parkade with a building on top or is that a different site?

I'd certainly prefer the monolith to the suburban style lowrise building pictured above...

trueviking · #**8799** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 9:27 PM**

Push it up against the sidewalk and add commercial along the ground floor and I’d take it.

esquire · #**8800** Posted **Jan 25, 2023, 9:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

Push it up against the sidewalk and add commercial along the ground floor and I’d take it.

Are you trying to manage our expectations?

Seriously, the suburban thing reminds me of the bad old days in the 90s and early 00s when nothing was getting built in prairie downtowns, except Calgary. In particular, I remember the excitement in Edmonton when suburban stuff like this would go up downtown... now it just seems kind of lame.