Winnipeg | Osborne Village & Corydon area

[cheswick]

Originally Posted by borkborkbork

Looks like something's going into the old Pizza Heaven spot, though I can't read what it is...

Japanese:

"Staff Recruitment

Kitchen Hall

We are recruiting start/launch staff''

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Originally Posted by borkborkbork

Looks like Delta9 opened yesterday on River.

Looks like they got their expanded hours (to 11:00 pm). They were before the Board of Adjustment on March 20 asking to be exempted from the 9:00 am to 9:00 pm restriction for retail sales in a C1 zoning district.

[buzzg]

Originally Posted by EndoftheBeginning

Looks like they got their expanded hours (to 11:00 pm). They were before the Board of Adjustment on March 20 asking to be exempted from the 9:00 am to 9:00 pm restriction for retail sales in a C1 zoning district.

Wow I didn't even know that was a rule. So dumb. Stores (especially in OV) should be allowed to stay open 24h if they want. Do all these late-night Shoppers need to apply for variances every time?

[ediger]

Originally Posted by Authentic_City

Very true. And Eat Em Up Records on Sherbrook is also closing. Perhaps similar factors are at play across the industry.

Eat 'em Up is run by some friends of mine. One of them is moving out of province shortly so that's the main reason for their closing. I can't say for sure but I can't imagine it was a huge money maker. Their focus was obscure rock'n'roll & punk records which is tough to turn a profit on in a city the size of Winnipeg. But, aside from them and Into the Music, a bunch of other prominent independent music stores have shut down in other cities recently. So it's not a problem that's unique to Winnipeg. There's pretty narrow profit margins at the best of times so anything that adds to the expense of running a store could easily kill it off.

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Originally Posted by buzzg

Wow I didn't even know that was a rule. So dumb. Stores (especially in OV) should be allowed to stay open 24h if they want. Do all these late-night Shoppers need to apply for variances every time?

Some explanation from the minutes of the meeting below. The issue was the store is C1 rather than C2 which surrounds it. I guess that was because the residential use immediately behind it.

The applicant indicates that their intention is to operate from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm. The applicant indicates that these hours are the same as those employed by the Liquor Mart retail store situated across the street from the subject property.

The restriction on operating hours in the “C1” district exists in order to minimize impacts on nearby residential properties. The subject property however is located in a commercial area of Osborne Village. The property and those immediately east and west have been home to commercial uses for many decades.

Nearly all commercial properties in Osborne Village are zoned “C2” – Commercial Community. The “C2” district does not impose restrictions on operating hours. “C2” properties in the Village, including two existing competing cannabis retails stores nearby (“Tweed” – 120 Osborne Street and “Tokyo Smoke” - 435 Stradbrook Ave), are not subject to operating hour restrictions.

The Urban Planning Division has reviewed the conditional use, and given the location of the property within a commercial node, the Division is satisfied that removal of the restriction on operating hours will not pose undue impacts on surrounding properties.

[borkborkbork]

Originally Posted by cheswick

Japanese:

"Staff Recruitment

Kitchen Hall

We are recruiting start/launch staff''

I'm surprised that they'd post signs in Japanese.

Census data suggest there are less than 2500 Winnipeggers of Japanese origin, and only about 150 who speak Japanese as their primary language at home.

[borkborkbork]

Looks like the Park Alleys in South Osborne is for sale.

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/1...ne-st-winnipeg

"Price reduced to sell! At $133.50 per sq. ft. of building area this property is a bargain! Appraised at $805,000 in 2014. Rare opportunity to buy a fantastic retail building in highly sought after area of South Osborne St. The building is 5,760 sq. ft. of clear span space with 12' high ceilings. Tar & gravel roof recently redone and 2 newer heat/cool systems installed in 2016. Ideal for all types of retail, fitness business, restaurant/bar, entertainment venue, etc. Ideal property for a developer looking for a property with great upside to it. The building could be developed into 2 separate units as there are 2 separate heat/cool systems. Excellent loading area directly in front of the building on Osborne Street with very good customer street parking surrounding the property."

[wags_in_the_peg]

Originally Posted by borkborkbork

Looks like the Park Alleys in South Osborne is for sale.

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/1...ne-st-winnipeg

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Not a new listing, been for sale for a long time. A family that immigrated here bought it and they have since moved elsewhere in Canada. A personal friend owned 3 restaurants in past 10 years where they exact same situation happened.

[Wpg_Guy]

Fort Rouge Park to get new neighbour
River Avenue site set for transformation
By: Ryan Thorpe
Posted: 03/25/2019 3:00 AM



Property on the eastern side of Fort Rouge Park on River Avenue will be transformed after city hall approved plans that pave the way for the demolition of five, three-storey apartment buildings.

Towers Realty Group plans to build a five-storey, 100-unit residential complex at 281 River Ave., which will effectively double the living density at the location.

"We’re very excited for this project to increase density in Osborne Village, and with this being situated right on the park and right on the river, it’s going to make it a very desirable and very beautiful location to live in," marketing manager Jason van Rooy said.

"We’re very excited for the neighbourhood to see this project once it’s finished. We think people are going to love it."

Plans for the new rental development were unanimously approved during the March 5 meeting of the city centre community committee.

The planning department’s administrative report on the proposal, which recommended approval, said developers had incorporated the department’s feedback into their designs, making the proposal consistent with the Osborne Village neighbourhood plan.

The site is a 1.1-acre plot directly east of Fort Rouge Park that backs onto the Assiniboine River.

The buildings at the location have a combined 54 residential units, roughly half of what the new single building will contain. Trees and root structures in the area will be protected when the new development breaks ground.

"We’ve been working on bringing this project forward for a couple of years. Towers Realty Group is the property manager of the current buildings and has been for some time," van Rooy said.

"First, we had to look at the feasibility of it, then come up with a design, arrange public information sessions, get feedback from the community, then finalize our plans and present to the city. It all took some time."

Towers Realty hopes to break ground on the project this summer, although it remains up in the air when construction will be finished. Before shovels hit the ground, they still need to finalize construction details and get building permits approved.

The city’s report on the project points out it will have a "generous buffer" separating the building from Fort Rouge Park, and that Towers Realty will create 94 parking spaces for the 100 units.

In addition, there will be a car-share vehicle available on the property.

ryan.thorpe@freepress.mb.ca

Twitter: @rk_thorpe

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...507602412.html

[Wpg_Guy]

Address: 928 and 936 McMillan Avenue., Winnipeg, MB
Location:https://www.google.com/maps/place/92...3!4d-97.162064
Developer: https://progressiverealestate.ca/
http://landmarkplanning.ca/project/m...evelopment.php

Development expected to fill a need in community
Owners propose four-storey commercial-mixed use project for Crescentwood lots
By: Danielle Da Silva
Posted: 12/20/2018 3:03 PM

The owners of a vacant lot on Stafford Street have big plans for a new high-profile development in Crescentwood.

Progressive Real Estate plans to build a four-storey, commercial-mixed use building at 928 and 936 McMillan Ave. The new development will include approximately 1,200-square-feet of commercial space on the main floor; about 8,000-square-feet of office space between floors two and three (which will be a mezzanine); and four 1,450-square-foot residential units on the top floor.

Brendan Salakoh, senior planner with Landmark Planning and Design, a local firm leading the stakeholder engagement on the project, said the proposal contributes to the mixed use corridor that has developed along Stafford Street.

"(The developers) are hoping that this project — the lots are currently vacant right now — would add to that walkable, pedestrian-oriented feel of the street," Salakoh said.

Parking will be handled on-site, and according to Landmark, the 23 spaces provided fulfil the requirements under the City of Winnipeg’s planning bylaw.

Salakoh said 15 spaces will be enclosed on the first floor of the development, with access from the public lane, and completely concealed from the street level. Eight parking spaces will be adjacent to the lane on the south side of the property.

The two lots have sat vacant for a number of years. In 2010, a fire wiped out the two-and-a-half-storey home that had been at 928 McMillan Ave. for about a century.

The property is currently zoned R1M, for a medium residential use, and Salakoh said the developers will be asking the City to rezone the property for commercial mixed-use.

"We’re working with the architect to try to incorporate the feedback that we hear from the public or from the community, particularly the stakeholders that are most directly affected by a project," Salakoh said.

"The concerns that we hear are things like parking, traffic, the look of the building… and trying to preserve trees on-site."

Salakoh said the developers chose to designate space for commercial units and offices, rather than residential use.

"Based on the market research that they’ve done, they feel that would fill a need in the area," he said. "It’s definitely an area that’s attractive as a whole from a walkability perspective, and transit perspective."

Coun. John Orlikow (River Heights-Fort Garry) said he isn’t surprised to see a proposal of this scale come forward for the two lots.

"OurWinnipeg (the City’s development plan) does talk about densification along our regional corridor streets, such as Stafford, and the two lots are available," he said. "Of course, the neighbourhood is strongly characterized by single family lots, so I’m wondering how it will fit into the context and structure of the neighbourhood."

Orlikow said a commercial mixed use development and single family residential both have merit at that site.

"It is a change from two single family lots to a little bit of retail and residential," Orlikow said. "It is a regional corridor street, and so it’ll be interesting to see what the neighbourhood has to say about that."

The developer is working with Affinity Architecture on the design of the new building, and Salakoh said they have done their best to incorporate character elements from the neighbourhood and use materials and articulation to break up the massing of the four-storey project.

"A lot of the homes along that stretch are two and a half, three storey homes, so they’ve made the McMillan façade look like two buildings in a way, with two separate rooflines, to fit in with that character," Salakoh said.

"Both of the McMillan and Stafford frontages will have a lot of windows and a lot of permeability."

The developers tentatively plan to apply for a rezoning at the end of January and expect a public hearing to be held at City Centre community committee in the spring.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/ou...503263761.html

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958 McMillan just down the road from the above two is also listing residential units right now. Four are listed for sale on MLS right now, prices between $485,000 and $600,000 for three of them with the penthouse at $655,000.

[michelleb]

Wow. Those prices are...something else.

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by EndoftheBeginning

958 McMillan just down the road from the above two is also listing residential units right now. Four are listed for sale on MLS right now, prices between $485,000 and $600,000 for three of them with the penthouse at $655,000.

Should be nearing completion now.

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180 Roslyn looking close to occupancy (or are people in already?). Turned out fairly close to the render.

My photo


Render

[bomberjet]

Looks like a slight bit of re-arranging happened. Overall looks good.

[esquire]

The green accents are almost imperceptible in the finished product, but other than that pretty close.

That project on McMillan looks good.

[trueviking]

green accents were supposed to be windows....surprise!

[trueviking]

...and the window frames and mullions were supposed ot be black...surprise!

[EndoftheBeginning]

The balconies on the north end also appear to have been cut down in size by 50% too.

[wardlow]

The finished product is more in line with the elevation drawings approved by the community committee. Looks like the site plans show the narrower balconies, green accents, and lots more white EIFS surface that was actually built.

Renders obviously make things look a little unrealistic (hot pedestrians, perfect weather), but their building and site details should be consistent with the elevation drawings/site plans.