Winnipeg | Osborne Village & Corydon area - Page 160

trueviking · #**3181** Posted **Mar 18, 2023, 4:04 PM**

Nice suburban office building.

pspeid · #**3182** Posted **Mar 18, 2023, 6:59 PM**

Here's the article:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...lage-1.6783575

Some assisted housing to be included, apparently.

esquire · #**3183** Posted **Mar 19, 2023, 5:31 PM**

I certainly don't think it's great, but it's not horrible either... much like most MURBs that get built in this city. At least the curtain wall provides some flair so it's not just 100% hardie board.

borkborkbork · #**3184** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 4:43 PM**

I always laugh at the little people in those building renderings. Everyone's driving a Porsche or looks like they're on their way to a Yorkville brunch or a downtown business meeting.

We need realistic Winnipeg CGI renderings, where there's a guy riding a BMX along the sidewalk with a giant boom box strapped to the handlebars, or an F150 with Jets plates driving through a puddle and splashing a pedestrian.

Biff · #**3185** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 5:08 PM**

Also funny in that the renderings depict a two way street which River/Wellington is not. Obviously outsourced drawings.

bomberjet · #**3186** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 5:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by borkborkbork

I always laugh at the little people in those building renderings. Everyone's driving a Porsche or looks like they're on their way to a Yorkville brunch or a downtown business meeting.

We need realistic Winnipeg CGI renderings, where there's a guy riding a BMX along the sidewalk with a giant boom box strapped to the handlebars, or an F150 with Jets plates driving through a puddle and splashing a pedestrian.

Does an F150 with Bomber plates get excluded from the stereotype?

Damn, I've outed myself...

wags_in_the_peg · #**3187** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 5:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Does an F150 with Bomber plates get excluded from the stereotype?

Damn, I've outed myself...

I'm F150 w Jets plates, but I don't splash pedestrians, unless they are waving "support Kinew" signs, then they get splashed.

Coil · #**3188** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 7:03 PM**

I'm all for more supportive housing and it does make sense on that corner, wow the bar for design is low in this town!
An area like Osborne Village needs some kind of design review that will tell the architects to get back to the drawing board and try again...suburban office park is the perfect descriptor.

building_lover · #**3189** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 8:28 PM**

Affinity Architecture is making a strong case for worst architect in Winnipeg

Kinguni · #**3190** Posted **Mar 20, 2023, 9:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

I'm F150 w Jets plates, but I don't splash pedestrians, unless they are waving "support Kinew" signs, then they get splashed.

I'm an F150 with Support the Troops plates and I'd offer those wet people my dash cam footage.

Jeff · #**3191** Posted **Apr 11, 2023, 12:04 AM**

the osborne location of anytime fitness re-opened under new management along with prairie donair taking up the former chiropractor spot. good to see the resilience and vitality of the village continuing!

borkborkbork · #**3192** Posted **Apr 11, 2023, 1:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jeff

the osborne location of anytime fitness re-opened under new management along with prairie donair taking up the former chiropractor spot. good to see the resilience and vitality of the village continuing!

Current vacancies as far as I have noticed:

- Silver Skies at River/Osborne
- UPS Store on River
- Bell MTS store at River/Osborne
- Tokyo Burger on Osborne between River and Stradbrook
- Take Care on Osborne between River and Stradbrook
- Basil's (this is the free bingo square)

Not great, but probably not far off a usual commercial vacancy rate, especially given the high rents and tough environment for retail

trueviking · #**3193** Posted **Apr 11, 2023, 5:42 AM**

^ not bad....certainly not the dead strip it is often made out to be,,,,i was kind of hoping the gym wouldn't re-open...but better than empty.

I hate that PPP made the second floor of one of the terrace buildings on osborne into an office space....wasted.

wags_in_the_peg · #**3194** Posted **Apr 11, 2023, 12:48 PM**

Leopolds OV is very hoping on weekends (I know as I chaufeur my daughter & friends quite often)

esquire · #**3195** Posted **Apr 11, 2023, 1:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by borkborkbork

Current vacancies as far as I have noticed:

- Silver Skies at River/Osborne
- UPS Store on River
- Bell MTS store at River/Osborne
- Tokyo Burger on Osborne between River and Stradbrook
- Take Care on Osborne between River and Stradbrook
- Basil's (this is the free bingo square)

Not great, but probably not far off a usual commercial vacancy rate, especially given the high rents and tough environment for retail

Is the Into the Music store location on the west side of Osborne occupied?

It will be interesting to see what happens once the new MURBs with their ground-floor retail units hit the market. Although the vacancy rate along Osborne is decent taking into account the impact of the pandemic, I get the sense that the market is pretty soft... it feels like it's mostly small mom and pop operators running things on a shoestring.

zalf · #**3196** Posted **Apr 11, 2023, 2:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

Is the Into the Music store location on the west side of Osborne occupied?

No. I had heard it was going to be a dentist or something and there was a lot of reno work happening for a while, but that's a couple years ago now.

borkborkbork · #**3197** Posted **Apr 12, 2023, 6:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

Is the Into the Music store location on the west side of Osborne occupied?

It will be interesting to see what happens once the new MURBs with their ground-floor retail units hit the market. Although the vacancy rate along Osborne is decent taking into account the impact of the pandemic, I get the sense that the market is pretty soft... it feels like it's mostly small mom and pop operators running things on a shoestring.

Hard to tell if it's mom and pops only because the bigs can't make a go of it -- or if bigs don't move to the area because the available space is all badly maintained old buildings with bad plumbing that wouldn't fit with their brand or real estate standards.

The new ground-floor retail will be a test of this. It'll offer new space that can easily be fit up to their needs, presumably at a pretty high price.

If that doesn't work, I wonder if those will end up being used as "live/work" spaces or professional offices rather than retail/restaurant.