Winnipeg | 197 Osborne St | Residential Development - Page 8

trueviking · #**141** Posted **Apr 27, 2022, 8:37 PM**

demo soon. Construction later this summer, fingers crossed.

It's evolved really nicely. I'm excited too.

zalf · #**142** Posted **Apr 27, 2022, 9:02 PM**

Good to have it from the horse's mouth. That giant For Lease sign was beginning to get me worried it was still a year or more out.

lbnevs · #**143** Posted **Apr 27, 2022, 10:08 PM**

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demo soon

the back of the old dutch maid/antique market looks like it's about to demo itself! the opening in the wall was enormous last time I walked by.

trueviking · #**144** Posted **Apr 27, 2022, 11:20 PM**

Ha ha. Yes. It’s starting to demo all on its own.

lbnevs · #**145** Posted **Apr 28, 2022, 1:53 PM**

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Ha ha. Yes. It’s starting to demo all on its own.

Looks like the front of the building is now all tarped. Guessing they're doing some interior demolition or asbestos abatement prior to demolition? I live around the corner from this -- it's going to be very nice to see go up!

trueviking · #**146** Posted **Jun 3, 2022, 11:47 PM**

https://twitter.com/brent_bellamy/st...EEVZ3ca8x6EoWA

esquire · #**147** Posted **Jun 4, 2022, 2:43 AM**

^ Nice. What an improvement that will be over what's currently there.

WinCitySparky · #**148** Posted **Jun 4, 2022, 6:37 AM**

Looking at Vike’s twitter and seeing the apparent current rendering of the Zü building….it looks way out of place for the village in terms of design. It’s like a shorter whiter version of the Halo Towers. No likey.

esquire · #**149** Posted **Jun 4, 2022, 2:45 PM**

^ Where is the rendering? I wasn't able to find it on his twitter feed.

WinCitySparky · #**150** Posted **Jun 4, 2022, 3:14 PM**

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^ Where is the rendering? I wasn't able to find it on his twitter feed.

https://www.villagezu.com/

The south facing side isn’t so bad, now that I actually clicked the link and looked through multiple angles. Dislike the north side look, the skinny window white metal cladding thing.

davequanbury · #**151** Posted **Jun 4, 2022, 3:30 PM**

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https://www.villagezu.com/

The south facing side isn’t so bad, now that I actually clicked the link and looked through multiple angles. Dislike the north side look, the skinny window white metal cladding thing.

Between Zu and 197 Osborne, the south village is going to have a really different feel in a couple years.

esquire · #**152** Posted **Jun 4, 2022, 4:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

https://www.villagezu.com/

The south facing side isn’t so bad, now that I actually clicked the link and looked through multiple angles. Dislike the north side look, the skinny window white metal cladding thing.

Yeah, wow. I agree. It looks like the kind of wall that would be abutting a neighbouring building. Maybe some day it will once the WFPS moves out of the current fire hall location, but that is going to be a very prominent wall and it won't look all that great relative to the rest of the complex.

zalf · #**153** Posted **Jun 4, 2022, 8:04 PM**

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Yeah, wow. I agree. It looks like the kind of wall that would be abutting a neighbouring building. Maybe some day it will once the WFPS moves out of the current fire hall location, but that is going to be a very prominent wall and it won't look all that great relative to the rest of the complex.

I suspect that's exactly what they are doing. Probably future-proofing against a 375 Stradbrook situation.