Winnipeg Construction X

[wags_in_the_peg]

Do we still have mods? This sub-forum topic is Winnipeg Construction

[audie]

I can't help but notice that calling out someone for their thinly veiled bigotry gets more pushback and sparks a bigger thread than the bigotry did in the first place. I have to question how sincere these requests for civility are when I only see them being applied in defense of skylar, this is hardly the first time

[audie]

In other news, the old Manitoba conservation building on Salteaux crescent is a thing of the past. I believe that WinPak is building an expansion in its place.

[Biff]

Originally Posted by audie

In other news, the old Manitoba conservation building on Salteaux crescent is a thing of the past. I believe that WinPak is building an expansion in its place.

60,000 sq ft addition.

[Biff]

re the Kromar Building - I think the building would make for a great redevelopment into multi-family apartments. Decent location. Would require some new and larger windows to be cut into the facades.

Two issues that would make it a challenging sale though - one would be the east wall has no window exposure due to the neighbouring building, and I think the biggest factor to a sale would be the large 20,000 sq ft or so, single storey warehouse part on the north side of the building. Hard to know what to do with that.

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by audie

I can't help but notice that calling out someone for their thinly veiled bigotry gets more pushback and sparks a bigger thread than the bigotry did in the first place. I have to question how sincere these requests for civility are when I only see them being applied in defense of skylar, this is hardly the first time

So by me stating that a First Nation of less than 10K acquiring a huge building for their office space is unnecessary and hardly practical that this is now considered racist amongst todays woke left who see anything they don’t agree with as something to denigrate!

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by Biff

re the Kromar Building - I think the building would make for a great redevelopment into multi-family apartments. Decent location. Would require some new and larger windows to be cut into the facades.

Two issues that would make it a challenging sale though - one would be the east wall has no window exposure due to the neighbouring building, and I think the biggest factor to a sale would be the large 20,000 sq ft or so, single storey warehouse part on the north side of the building. Hard to know what to do with that.

With some minor conversion that warehouse could be a secure garage for cars and bikes and maybe some of it could be left for storage units for residents? Secure parking would probably be a great selling point for residents on that edge of downtown.

[Biff]

^^^ I thought of that, it still seems awfully large for that purpose.

[Luisito]

Sorry for the off topic, but I am stil upset over the whole sky city centre fiasco. Every time I drive on main or up fort or garry st past Graham I always think there really needs to be a tall building there. Something atleast 150 meters tall. Those parking lots on Graham both really need something tall there. Sorry for the off topic.

[ColdRain&Snow]

Anyone heard anything about Sutton Place Hotel or 185 Donald/300 Saint Mary's recently? It would be great to see those two projects get underway again.

[lotw_wpg]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

Anyone heard anything about Sutton Place Hotel or 185 Donald/300 Saint Mary's recently? It would be great to see those two projects get underway again.

Oh, jeez, it looks like it's back on the market. Ouch. Things are so expensive now.

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by lotw_wpg

Oh, jeez, it looks like it's back on the market. Ouch. Things are so expensive now.

Both or just St Mary's?

[BuildUpWpg]

Scaffolding going up around the whole building on the southwest corner of Portage & Main. Anyone know what that is about? The windows were already all replaced 2-3 years ago.

[bomberjet]

It was unfinished.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by lotw_wpg

Oh, jeez, it looks like it's back on the market. Ouch. Things are so expensive now.

Donald is listed for sale again? Was it not listed previously?

Edit.
It is listed. Wondering if was not listed at one point. The negotiations were to come to and end next week.

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca...91#RelatedDocs

Man. That was going to be a nice building. Spent all of Covid working on that.

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

It was unfinished.

I was hoping they were going to re clad it white.

[city_slicker]

Originally Posted by rdaner

Great update! So actual new, occupied units are at 790 plus the 1,100 employees at the new Wawanesa office tower. I wonder what the totals are if Osbourne Village is added?

Osborne Village has had 1000 new residential units built or approved over the last 5 years, across ~30 different projects.

[city_slicker]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

Hi Folks,

I wanted to make a post tracking all of the projects going on downtown. Here's my best shot at it. Please let me know if I'm missing any!

Recently Finished:

300 Main St:
-42 stories, 400 rental apartments
-People started moving in a few months ago
-More Info: https://www.300main.ca/

52 Albert St:
-Renovation of an existing heritage building into 31 rental apartments
-Leasing just begun within the last month
-More Info: https://greggbldglofts.com/

101 Paulin St:
-Conversion of an old warehouse into 109 rental apartments
-The building is now leasing and I believe people have started to move in
-More Info: https://mrhproperties.ca/the-paulin/

236 Carlton St:
-New Wawanesa HQ, 21 stories tall
-I think office workers have started moving in?
-More Info: https://www.wawanesa.com/canada/news...?language_id=1

Under Construction:

109 James Ave, Phase 3:
-New building attached to the James Ave Pumphouse with 65 rental apartments
-Projected occupancy date of Fall 2023
-More Info: https://alstonproperties.com/development/

90 Alexander Ave:
-New building with 210 rental apartments, heritage building is being converted into commercial and office space
-Construction is almost done and the apartment building is now leasing
-More Info: https://towersrealty.ca/building/the-bend/
-More Info: https://www.rndsqrwpg.ca/

127 Bannatyne Ave:
-New mixed-use building with 90 rental apartments, commercial space, and office space
-Projected completion date of Fall 2024
-More Info: https://alstonproperties.com/development/

Forks Railside:
-Huge, multi-decade mixed-use redevelopment of several large surface parking lots at The Forks
-Water and Sewer work started a few weeks ago
-More Info: https://www.railsideattheforks.com/

The Bay Redevelopment (Wehwehneh):
-Conversion of the old Hudson’s Bay building into 300 affordable apartments, 2 restaurants, a health centre, a child-care facility, a senior’s centre, an art gallery, and office space.
-Demolition of the old interior has started
-First phase is expected to open in 2026
-More Info: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ment-1.6807000

214 Main St:
-Renovation of the old Winnipeg Hotel into a new Boutique Hotel
-Restoration of the building’s facade started about a month ago
-This building is the oldest building in downtown Winnipeg, built in 1873, the same year that Winnipeg was incorporated.
-More Info: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ions-1.6283825

200 Main St:
-Former Wawanesa building has been bought by Manitoba Metis Federation. The building will now have MMF offices and a child-care centre.
-MMF also bought the building located at 280 Fort St
-More Info: https://www.mmf.mb.ca/news/mmf-expan...ty-acquisition

175 Carlton St:
-Conversion of a former office building to 35 rental apartments (185 Carlton will still be an office building)
-Projected occupancy date of Winter 2024
-More Info: https://alstonproperties.com/development/

109 Mayfair Ave:
-New 15-story building with 96 rental apartments
-Construction started this summer and the parkade is almost done now
-More Info: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=239189

308 Colony St:
-New mixed-use building with 214 rental apartments (86 affordable units)
-Construction started about 1 month ago. Piles appear to be done and work on sewer & water has started.
-More Info: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ipeg-1.6920481

380 Young St:
-New 7-story building being built next to the U of W. The building will be owned by Opaskwayak Cree Nation and will contain 69 affordable apartments.
-The building has been enclosed with interior work now starting. The building is expected to be finished by July 2024.
-More Info: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...outh-1.6710334

On-Pause:

Sutton Place Hotel:
-Two towers on a podium: The first tower is an 18-story hotel and the second tower is a 13-story residential tower with 130 apartments.
-Construction has been paused for 2-3 years.
-More Info: https://www.wcc.mb.ca/planners/sutton-place-hotel/

185 Donald St (300 St Mary Ave):
-New 14 story mixed-use building with 120 rental apartments
-The foundation of the building was mostly finished but the developer went bankrupt. The building was up for sale for several months and now appears to have sold.
-More Info: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=252309

In Pre-Development:

Marketlands:
-Redevelopment of the site of the former Public Safety Building (currently a large gravel parking lot behind City Hall)
-Mixed-use building with about 100 mixed-income apartments and 20,000 sq ft of commercial space for art organizations
-More Info: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/it-s-goi...rict-1.6190310

Portage Place Redevelopment:
-Redevelopment of Portage Place Mall, including a new 15-story medical centre and a 16-story residential tower
-More Info: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...tion-1.6841551
-More Info: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=240158

138 Portage Ave E:
-New mixed-use redevelopment and addition to the existing heritage building located at 138 Portage Ave E
-The buildings will contain a total of 148 residential units
-More Info: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...ing-on-history

355 Main St:
-The old Bank of Montreal building at Portage and Main will be converted into the new home of the Metis Nation Heritage Centre
-More Info: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ipeg-1.6920481

325 Broadway:
-Former CRA building will be converted into a 5-star Hyatt Centric hotel
-No timeline announced yet
-More Info: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ipeg-1.6920481

138 Portage East is imminent - being issued permits right now

[city_slicker]

Originally Posted by dmacc

The townhomes were removed from the Stradbrook development because the City required more parking spaces per unit than the original proposal allotted for. Can blame the City for that outcome, not value engineering.

Not true. The City required very little parking as it was TOD. The land purchase agreement from Winter Club had a caveat stipulating 1.5 stalls per unit (very high for a TOD).

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by city_slicker

Osborne Village has had 1000 new residential units built or approved over the last 5 years, across ~30 different projects.

That’s awesome. The equivalent of a 25 storey tower every year. How did you figure that out?