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Old Posted Feb 13, 2026, 12:40 AM
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Some interesting info

A fellow tradie informed me today the former failed Merit Functional Foods building on Route 90 North has been/is being completely gutted and transformed into a data center. Tight timeline for construction, 7 days a week over 6-10 months or some such.

Here’s an old article mentioning a mystery buyer

https://agfundernews.com/receiver-strike...merit-functional-foods-plant-in-winnipeg
I was working in the area when that building was going up and when I heard it had fallen through I was shocked. It was quite the operation and quite the building.
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2026, 5:07 PM
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thats on portage where that car lot burnt a few yrs back right?
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thats on portage where that car lot burnt a few yrs back right?
Yes, Portage and Banning. Across from DeLucas.
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2026, 6:48 PM
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thats on portage where that car lot burnt a few yrs back right?
15 years back yep
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2026, 6:49 PM
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2026, 7:03 PM
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That's good. Probably going to take down the trees that burnt in the fire and get the site ready for spring start-up.
Looks like you are right about a spring start up.

On my way into Valley Gardens this morning there was a tracked excavator and a telescopic handler on the north side of the lot.
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15 years back yep
was it that long ago?
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2026, 9:58 PM
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No Name Auto at 951 Portage Ave had a fire incident Feb 28 2018 that burnt it down.
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Old Posted Feb 15, 2026, 12:54 AM
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Damn I was way off, feels way way longer than that.
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Old Posted Feb 15, 2026, 1:14 AM
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2018 might as well be 50 years ago. Feels like it with everything going on in the world.
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Old Posted Feb 15, 2026, 2:34 AM
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Amen brother
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Old Posted Feb 19, 2026, 8:04 PM
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Renovations coming to the Pembina Hwy Holiday Inn.

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Old Posted Feb 19, 2026, 8:21 PM
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Gateway Construction has a site office trailer on the site of the former condo building at 750 London at Kimberly that caught fire at the end of Jan 2022 under a previous developer and burnt to the ground.

From that I see on the Carrington Real Estate site the building will have 96 suites. The condo project that burnt down had 84 units according to the Wpg Free press report back in Feb 2022.
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Old Posted Feb 19, 2026, 8:25 PM
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A nice partnership for Gateway on the Carrington projects. Nice for them I mean haha.
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Renovations coming to the Pembina Hwy Holiday Inn.

Honestly kind of needed. The current building is starting to look pretty drab.
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Honestly kind of needed. The current building is starting to look pretty drab.
More painting of brick or covering with cheap panels?
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Old Posted Feb 19, 2026, 10:23 PM
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Local NIMBY is appealing the zoning variance for the Anne Oake woman's addiction treatment center by the Victoria Hospital.

The appealing resident says the usual things that complainants bring up. There will be too much traffic / associated noise in the area and a loss of privacy with vehicle headlights coming and going from the proposed 68 stall parking lot.

I live 9 houses away from a high school with a larger parking lot and don't have any issues with noise or vehicle lighting. The day care as part of the treatment center can't have any more traffic than I see with high school kids being dropped off and picked by parents or a school bus.
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More painting of brick or covering with cheap panels?
No the brick looks nice and I'd like it to stay. It's the windows and the siding that is starting to look drab. Taking a second look at the rendering, it does look like some pretty cheap paneling which really sucks.
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Local NIMBY is appealing the zoning variance for the Anne Oake woman's addiction treatment center by the Victoria Hospital.

The appealing resident says the usual things that complainants bring up. There will be too much traffic / associated noise in the area and a loss of privacy with vehicle headlights coming and going from the proposed 68 stall parking lot.

I live 9 houses away from a high school with a larger parking lot and don't have any issues with noise or vehicle lighting. The day care as part of the treatment center can't have any more traffic than I see with high school kids being dropped off and picked by parents or a school bus.
They’ll lose
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