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Old Posted Sep 13, 2018, 3:39 PM
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Right, thanks, I thought there was at least some commercial. Either way.
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Old Posted Sep 13, 2018, 4:36 PM
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honestly it's a bad location for an apartment with any urban amenities because it's a bad location for a rapid transit line and station (crammed between the river/rail line and a highway?) who wants to be next to that, especially in a town house?
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I don't really understand your logic at all.

And I believe there is 1 CRU in the tower portion.
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Old Posted Sep 13, 2018, 8:32 PM
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There's two apartment buildings of equivalent size there right now.

Why does anyone live where they do? I could debate any rationale about people living downtown, in the burbs, in the country. Any of it.
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Old Posted Sep 13, 2018, 8:59 PM
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It's a 5-minute walk to the Forks, short walk to downtown or Osborne village, very good transit service from the transitway and numerous other routes. Seems like a great location to me.
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^ until we get serious about removing cars from roads, developments like these will be a tough sell to provide space that is not for cars.

a townhouse that is 10 feet from a busy, wide, noisy road would not be a pleasant or safe place for a family to live.
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^ until we get serious about removing cars from roads, developments like these will be a tough sell to provide space that is not for cars.

a townhouse that is 10 feet from a busy, wide, noisy road would not be a pleasant or safe place for a family to live.
In all fairness I doubt families are the target market for this development.
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In all fairness I doubt families are the target market for this development.
Agreed, maybe a young family at best where public transit is key.
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Old Posted Sep 15, 2018, 6:43 PM
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Yeah, as people have mentioned before, this would be a fantastic place for a person who studies or works at U of M or south Pembina in general who wants to be close to downtown and the Villages. It's a fantastic location.
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Report 10 notes they only have a foundation permit for this development. There is a dispute with a caveat holder on the property.
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Old Posted Nov 7, 2018, 10:23 PM
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That's somewhat common on major projects, I recall that Safeway had problems with some of the mortgage holders on the property(s) at River and Osborne and had to ask for a time extension before they were able to build the new store there and redevelop the old one.

I was sort of surprised that a major company like Safeway with a professional property management division and the major Winnipeg law firm they were using would not have been able to manage the issues in the normal city timeframe or have had the mortgage discharges resolved before applying for the variances.

Since then I have seen other developers have issues come up and have to ask for an extension. The city gets a fee for extending the time and I don't think I have ever seen the civic administration tell the community committees to not agree to the extension.
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Old Posted Nov 7, 2018, 10:24 PM
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Seems quite risky to me they're spending millions of dollars and haven't cleared up land issues. But ya, things happen all the time.
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While not without its risks, perfectly normal to go in for foundation permits with such issues outstanding.
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they're pouring concrete for the foundation as we speak. It will likely take them another 6 months or more to finish the foundation. They have time to resolve this before it starts getting in the way of construction
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I agree kinda with headhorse a few posts (months) back, this isn't the best location for an apt because it isn't the best location for a transit station.

It boggles the mind that the city would put one there, but hopefully residents don't get deterred by the slightly longer walks to osborne and the forks... it's still close.

But it's spot on to build by transit centres. This trend needs to take off in Winnipeg.
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I think if you look at the area surrounding Harkness Station exactly as it is today, it’s not a great location – but that’s ignoring the potential. It was also built as the last stop on the transitway because the city knew Union Station was/is 10-15 years away from opening unfortunately.

There’s a TON of un- or under-developed land within a 2 minute walk of the station. This project is evidence of that, the corner lot beside it, the one story strip mall across the street could be redeveloped, there’s half a city block that’s flattened now where the MB Housing was – ripe for dense redevelopment. Not to mention all the space between this project and WWC could be much better used.

This station is great in that it wasn’t developed with a sea of parking and roads separating it from potential “TOD” like many of the upcoming ones, and there’s lots of potential for new, denser development around it.
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