Winnipeg Construction

[lilwayne]

we can debate all day long about whether downtown winnipeg is or has been improving over the years or not, but i just like to look at the facts and not waste time discussing personal views on stuff. From a subjective view point someone can argue that they dislike our downtown, but based on the facts no one can dispute weather our downtown has been improving or not. We have new developments and businesses popping up all over downtown and there is absolutely no debating that. We just added a new national museum into the downtown area and are also spending millions on expanding the existing convention center. Factually speaking more than a billion dollars have been invested in the downtown area over the past 10 years and the spending is not stopping anytime soon. There are over 3 condo highrise projects in the works in the downtown and even more on the horizon. Im not arguing whether each and every one of these projects was a success but theres no denying projects like the millennium library, mts center, mb hydro bldg and u of w additions have not added some much needed life to the core. Portage place was flop no doubt, but the biggest reason retail and grocery stores failed was because of lack of residential spaces in the area. Now that new hotels, apartments and condos are being added into the core there is going to be a huge influx of people coming into the area and breathing life into existing businesses and attracting new business to open up. Thats how development and growth works, the people attract the businesses, the businesses dont attract the people.