Update:
Galper/Porter Building at 165 McDermot Ave.
Building is now completely gutted.
Construction on Units beginning shortly.
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Their plan for the Galpern/Porter building involves converting the top five floors into 30 apartment-style units. They will all be one-bedroom units, roughly 500 square feet in size. They'll have an open-concept design, with exposed brick on the exterior wall and exposed wooden joists and beams. The monthly rental rate will be between $1,000 and $1,150.
The main floor and basement area on the Rory Street side of the building will be converted into four two-storey townhouse units. Each will have its own entrance and will be 1,100 to 1,200 square feet in size. The rent will be $1,650 per month.
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Historical Facts/Values:
Built:
1906/01/01 to 1906/12/31
The Galpern (Porter) Building, a handsome Chicago School warehouse with modest classical detailing, is a major component of a continuous row of brick buildings from the 1881-1921 period in downtown Winnipeg. The structure, designed by J.H.G. Russell, also is an important example of the aesthetic transition that occurred in the city's warehouse district in the early 1900s from Romanesque-influenced styles to a more restrained commercial architecture. Built for James Porter and Co., a crockery and china wholesaler, this functional facility, with its showroom, office, storage and service areas, has adapted well to subsequent uses, including as the L. Galpern Candy Co.'s factory. Through its tall profile, rich materials and classical composition, the building forms a striking visual anchor at one corner of a significant streetscape in the Exchange District National Historic Site.
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-...spx?id=7719#i1