I'm kind of surprised that there hasn't been more discussion on here about The Bay building, but I guess it is kind of a hot potato! I'd like to set aside the heated parts of the discussion and just say that I'm really wondering about the budget numbers that are being thrown around:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...sfer-1.6427921
So this CBC article puts the budget at $130M, but the number of "up to $111M" just to bring it up to code has been thrown around for a long time - is it just me, or does it seem like a budget of way more than $130M would be required?
Looking at the most recent project of a similar scale and scope, Winnipeg Police Headquarters, it ended up costing $200M and is now falling apart. I'm not sure about the challenge of converting that building to a police HQ vs. converting The Bay to housing, museum, etc., but it just seems to me that the budget for The Bay is being grossly underestimated.
Thoughts?
