Winnipeg Construction X - Page 444

rrskylar · #**8861** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 6:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by drew

^ This developer deserves to twist in the breeze in perpetuity for the totally unnecessary and willful destruction of a one of kind, intact, structurally sound historical house and detached garage - all for THIS?

It's gross.

Seriously! You mean to allow for a totally appropriate condo for multiple families versus a decrepit house no one wanted!

And yet those same people against the condo probably had no problem with two grain elevator like homes on a 45' lot next to a 1920's bungalow anywhere else in the city that wasn't River Heights or Old Tuxedo!

Wpg_Guy · #**8862** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 7:27 PM**

Potential redevelopment of Kennedy at Graham Ave

zalf · #**8863** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 7:39 PM**

^ Oh man, I hope so. How many units?

Biff · #**8864** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 7:50 PM**

Looks like the building that Subway is in - NE corner. Great project...I'm not really a fan of the design but.

Again, too bad it has to bring down an existing building instead of filling a surface lot, but we all know why. Cheaper to buy and tear down an old building then pry a money generating to perpetuity surface parking lot from someones hands..

GreyGarden · #**8865** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 8:13 PM**

When I read Graham and Kennedy I was hopeful that we were getting something on the medical arts lot.

It looks like the building goes right up to the east property line. Will the east facing wall have no windows?

esquire · #**8866** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 8:23 PM**

Nice project. The site layout and orientation makes it like a modern-day Kensington Building, but residential.

Also, it's amazing how Graham is where all the action is. It's turning into a canyon. Portage Avenue is practically forgotten by comparison.

WinCitySparky · #**8867** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 8:32 PM**

Niiice

trueviking · #**8868** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 9:47 PM**

what's the source?

pspeid · #**8869** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 9:47 PM**

Do we know where the proposal comes from? Is it a serious developer with a good record or is it a "dream" development? I'd love to see it built, but of course we've see many pretty colourful pictures of buildings that never really had a chance to be built.

zalf · #**8870** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 9:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by pspeid

Do we know where the proposal comes from? Is it a serious developer with a good record or is it a "dream" development? I'd love to see it built, but of course we've see many pretty colourful pictures of buildings that never really had a chance to be built.

https://www.amphora.ca/ is the architect.

I have no opinions on that; maybe someone in the know can weigh in.

bomberjet · #**8871** Posted **Feb 16, 2023, 10:26 PM**

Interesting. I like the small village type feel on that end of Graham.

BKB · #**8872** Posted **Feb 17, 2023, 3:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by zalf

https://www.amphora.ca/ is the architect.

I have no opinions on that; maybe someone in the know can weigh in.

They seem to have a lot of experience building computer models.

trueviking · #**8873** Posted **Feb 17, 2023, 4:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Interesting. I like the small village type feel on that end of Graham.

I do too...it makes me wrestle with proposals like this, and the future zoning that will be applied in the new downtown plan as Graham Avenue is developed when transit leaves. These two blocks are just little old buildings that anyone would say should be replaced, but because they are little old buildings, this is the only area of downtown that has any semblance of storefront activity. If we replace those throw away buildings with new ones that will be lost. How do we make Graham a special place in downtown and move it forward, without losing the best part of it?

Labroco · #**8874** Posted **Feb 18, 2023, 5:23 AM**

Nice rendering but not a viable project on a 4200ft2 site.

The two adjacent properties would provide an appropriate 14,000ft development site if acquired. Probably a better use of the land and area.

399 Graham has 27 suites in a concrete and brick structure completed in 1927. (Same architect as the Eaton Warehouse everyone loves).

With the right proposal I guess it could stay or go…

I’m ambivalent…

BAKGUY · #**8875** Posted **Feb 19, 2023, 8:40 PM**

Speaking of the rapid destruction/evolving appearance on Wellington Crescent, West of Academy, Does anyone know what will happen to the Old Shriners lot? I Know the riverbank seems to have some stabilization work which it needed. I was curious what anyone knows? For example, might it end up being a low rise residential? Or maybe the continuance of 8,000 ft2 private homes that many of late are mirroring garden shed styled architecture? 1021 comes to mind first.A few other as well.

BAKGUY · #**8876** Posted **Feb 19, 2023, 8:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy

Potential redevelopment of Kennedy at Graham Ave

I sure hope there are some windows on that backside we are not seeing.
Far from some beauty but still nice to see some mid-rised residential as well.
A few of these will help the area.
Anything downtown, especially in that area must have ground floor CRU's/ retail.

It would appear almost all is lost on Portage Avenue.
It will take a lot of might to remedy the many issues that seem to plague it.
What a shame.
Our most famous, well known major thoroughfare is stagnant & Covid Endemic assisted killing off most of what retail existed.
The Public Transit safety issue & shelters problems are key.

WinCitySparky · #**8877** Posted **Feb 19, 2023, 9:06 PM**

I doubt there will be any windows on the back in consideration of a future similar development built tight up against it on the east side, no?

esquire · #**8878** Posted **Feb 19, 2023, 11:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by BAKGUY

It would appear almost all is lost on Portage Avenue.
It will take a lot of might to remedy the many issues that seem to plague it.
What a shame.
Our most famous, well known major thoroughfare is stagnant & Covid Endemic assisted killing off most of what retail existed.
The Public Transit safety issue & shelters problems are key.

On that note, I wonder what fate has in store for the Boyd Building. It is starting to look like an abandoned structure.

thebasketballgeek · #**8879** Posted **Feb 20, 2023, 7:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by BAKGUY

I sure hope there are some windows on that backside we are not seeing.
Far from some beauty but still nice to see some mid-rised residential as well.
A few of these will help the area.
Anything downtown, especially in that area must have ground floor CRU's/ retail.

It would appear almost all is lost on Portage Avenue.
It will take a lot of might to remedy the many issues that seem to plague it.
What a shame.
Our most famous, well known major thoroughfare is stagnant & Covid Endemic assisted killing off most of what retail existed.
The Public Transit safety issue & shelters problems are key.

Polo Park is on Portage Ave so it’s still our biggest retail street. It’s just the type of retail that doesn’t configure much street level activity.

The key is get rid of the street parking, add some bike lanes on both sides of the street, and for god sakes get the Rapid Transit line started already. Even from Polo to Downtown will suffice for now. Portage Ave is still quite fixable, but it seems no one in the city with political pull understands basic urban planning principles.

wags_in_the_peg · #**8880** Posted **Feb 20, 2023, 1:51 PM**

from FreePress
Phase 2 of a student rental housing development project in southwest Winnipeg is expected to be completed next summer.

Align, an 18-storey, 397-unit (554-bed) residential mixed-use building located at 2537 Pembina Hwy., broke ground in May 2022 and will be move-in ready in time for the 2024 school year.

Units will start anywhere from $1,100 to $1,200 per month and be available in one to four-bed styles. Each dwelling will be fully furnished with full kitchens and internet.