Thread: Winnipeg | Forks Redevelopment | Parcel 4 - Rail Side Initiative | Proposals
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Old Posted Aug 9, 2016, 3:08 PM
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Originally Posted by esquire View Post
IMO 4-6 storeys are sufficient for the reasons given by vike, but if it were up to me I'd set aside a small patch of land on the site for a potential 20-30 storey tower in case the area really takes off. If it doesn't, then FNP can build one more 4-6 storey building.
Can't this be accomplished by fulfilling the plan set forth on the Forks Sites with 6 storey buildings and then, if "things take off" filling all the surface parking lots 200 ft away across the tracks along Main St and around the Nutty Club Buildings with 30 storey towers.

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