Winnipeg | Osborne Village & Corydon area

[buzzg]

Nice mixed use project going before council for the empty lot at the corner of Stafford and McMillan.

Three storeys (height of 4), main floor & mezzanine commercial, second floor office, and 4 residential units on the third floor.

Item 23: http://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/dmis/View...onId=&InitUrl=

[plrh]

What's the story with the parking lot behind Vita Health and the radio station on Osborne? I was reading about a 4 storey apartment going in there and construction starting soon. But what will it look like?

[buzzg]

Still in early planning stages. There was like a line drawing for massing done a while ago but didn't have any design implications. All 3 lots will be residential IIRC with commercial in the podium of the one on Osborne.

Personally I'd like to see commercial on the main floor of the buildings fronting Wardlaw as well, and think the city should push for it. It's nice to have that wrap around the corners like on Gertrude, or Lilac and Stafford off Corydon/Grosvenor.

[borkborkbork]

Originally Posted by buzzg

Still in early planning stages.

Interesting. When they were first pitching it I thought I remember them talking a big game about shovels in the ground this year. But since there haven't even been applications for variances yet, I wonder if that ambition has faded a little...

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by borkborkbork

Interesting. When they were first pitching it I thought I remember them talking a big game about shovels in the ground this year. But since there haven't even been applications for variances yet, I wonder if that ambition has faded a little...

The hotel has to be rezoned to residential first.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/ou...#have-your-say

[esquire]

It feels like we have been hearing rumours about those parking lots for decades now.

[Biff]

I spoke to someone involved last week. They are hoping to start later this year. The OVI will likely be demoed fallish.

[plrh]

But is there a different project on the other side of Wardlaw?

[Biff]

The project is 3 buildings, the OVI property, the parking lot directly behind (east) on Wardlaw and the parking lot opposite Wardlaw to the south.

[buzzg]

All those lots are owned by the same people, and were all owned by the OVI before as well.

[DonaldSmith]

Originally Posted by plrh

But is there a different project on the other side of Wardlaw?

The six-storey multi-use, multi-family apartment building will be on 160 Osborne Street and will deliver approximately 100 units. The two four-storey buildings, which are also multi-use and multi-family, would be at 424 and 425 Wardlaw Avenue, with approximately 60 units in each building. Covered and uncovered parking will be available as well as 14,000 square feet of street-level commercial space for development.

https://privatepensionpartners.com/p...e-plan-reveal/

[plrh]

Originally Posted by DonaldSmith

The six-storey multi-use, multi-family apartment building will be on 160 Osborne Street and will deliver approximately 100 units. The two four-storey buildings, which are also multi-use and multi-family, would be at 424 and 425 Wardlaw Avenue, with approximately 60 units in each building. Covered and uncovered parking will be available as well as 14,000 square feet of street-level commercial space for development.

https://privatepensionpartners.com/p...e-plan-reveal/

Excellent. Thank you. My confusion was from a Winnipeg Construction Association report which had 424 Wardlaw labelled as a standalone project.

[borkborkbork]

Originally Posted by plrh

Excellent. Thank you. My confusion was from a Winnipeg Construction Association report which had 424 Wardlaw labelled as a standalone project.

it'll be nice to see wardlaw east of osborne start to fill in. a lot of parking/vacant lots between osborne and donald make it feel like a less residential area than the west-of-osborne stretch.

but filling in the vendor lot, the stellas lot, and replacing some of the spread-out bungalows east of scott will really make a difference.

it's too bad that street falls apart on the south side as it approaches donald (parking, warehouses, gas station).

it feels like river and stradbrook are pretty much filled in (and getting better)... but wardlaw and gertude are still a bit of a wasteland east of osborne

[buzzg]

Originally Posted by DonaldSmith

The six-storey multi-use, multi-family apartment building will be on 160 Osborne Street and will deliver approximately 100 units. The two four-storey buildings, which are also multi-use and multi-family, would be at 424 and 425 Wardlaw Avenue, with approximately 60 units in each building. Covered and uncovered parking will be available as well as 14,000 square feet of street-level commercial space for development.

https://privatepensionpartners.com/p...e-plan-reveal/

Good to hear it sounds like there will be commercial space fronting Wardlaw, thanks.

Originally Posted by borkborkbork

it'll be nice to see wardlaw east of osborne start to fill in. a lot of parking/vacant lots between osborne and donald make it feel like a less residential area than the west-of-osborne stretch.

but filling in the vendor lot, the stellas lot, and replacing some of the spread-out bungalows east of scott will really make a difference.

it's too bad that street falls apart on the south side as it approaches donald (parking, warehouses, gas station).

it feels like river and stradbrook are pretty much filled in (and getting better)... but wardlaw and gertude are still a bit of a wasteland east of osborne

I think part of the issue is the industrial buildings there. It's not really attractive for more residential with a paint factory across the street, and they're not going to build more industrial in a predominantly residential neighbourhood.

IMO one of the next "big" projects the city needs to look at is a complete refocus of Confusion Corner and surrounding blocks, and how to actually act on and try to implement the master plan for the villages in this area that was put out a couple years ago.

[Wpg_Guy]

180 Roslyn Village Living
Location: 180 Roslyn, Osborne Village
Developer: Sunstone Resort Communities
Contractor: Graham Construction
Status: Completed June 2019
Description: 71,900 sq. ft. seven-storey 78-suite apartment complex in Winnipeg’s Osborne Village





https://twitter.com/winnipeg_boy/sta...00377436643329

[esquire]

^ Is there any hint of the green accents that were so prominent in the rendering? A small splash of colour probably would have helped this building out a little.

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by esquire

^ Is there any hint of the green accents that were so prominent in the rendering? A small splash of colour probably would have helped this building out a little.

Yah visually it did not turn out great at all, must be why they only realsed a ‘night’ rendering, very deceiving.

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Originally Posted by esquire

^ Is there any hint of the green accents that were so prominent in the rendering? A small splash of colour probably would have helped this building out a little.

I was thinking the same thing.

[buzzg]

The horizontal bars surrounding the windows are varying shades of green, just like in the renders, and the glass that is shown green in the renders, is green in real life. The sign is also green. It's literally identical to the renders. Of course light shining through green glass at night is more prominent than during the day.

[Wpg_Guy]

HOpefully we can continue to see larger developments like the building is almost fully leased so there is obviously high demand for new rentals like this.