Winnipeg Construction - Page 166

1ajs · #**3301** 09-05-2009, 08:01 AM

the mayors personal slave?

YWG - YOW - YUL · #**3302** 09-05-2009, 08:51 AM

Hahah, he is probably very highly paid for a slave

1ajs · #**3303** 09-06-2009, 09:25 AM

anyone notice the halloween destination thing thats gone up on the old a&b sound building?

swolfe · #**3304** 09-06-2009, 04:41 PM

Chinatown project under study
Residential building considered for area
By: Mary Agnes Welch

The Chinese community gathered downtown Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first families to settle the neighbourhood north of present-day city hall. In 1909, six families set up homes and shops and created the enclave that has become the city's destination for Chinese food, shops and services.

Looking ahead, champions of Chinatown hope to lure more shops and restaurants to the neighbourhood to combat the pull of the suburbs, which suck in many new immigrants.

Joseph Du, president of the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre, said there are plans underway to hire architectural consultants for a six-storey, 44-unit residential project in Chinatown.

Two parcels of land are being eyed, and Du said the proponents will eventually consider approaching the province for help with funding.

Any new residential projects will get a boost from the vibrancy that the new Winnipeg Regional Health Authority offices and Red River College expansion will bring.

Du said the latest wave of Chinese immigrants are well educated, technologically savvy and wealthier than the first waves who established Chinatown.

Manitoba has a lot to offer them, including jobs in the aerospace and mining industries, but the province has to maintain strong ties with the Asian country if the Chinese community is to continue to grow, he said.

In one of his first major public appearances since his appointment, Lt.-Gov. Philip Lee kicked off Saturday's festivities, which included dancers, martial arts demonstrations, singers and kiosks set up along King Street.

"We have gone from being excluded by the mainstream of Canadian society... to being part part of the community that forged a new cultural identity," said Lee, referring to the $50 head tax and the 1923 Exclusion Act limiting Chinese immigration.

Speaking after the formal ceremony, Lee said he hopes the next 100 years see Winnipeg's Chinese population grow to 50,000 people. Today, about 18,000 Chinese-Canadians live in Winnipeg.

Lee said more immigrants add to the city and provincial tax base, and more rejuvenation in Chinatown could help combat urban blight in the inner city.

pegcity · #**3305** 09-06-2009, 04:48 PM

[quote=1ajs;4442894]anyone notice the halloween destination thing thats gone up on the old a&b sound building?

Things are looking up for Portage Ave! well until October 31st.

They also have a temp. location on Empress.

Pootkao · #**3306** 09-08-2009, 12:09 AM

^^ re: Chinatown

Bingo! Its about time!

1ajs · #**3307** 09-08-2009, 08:09 PM

Million Dollar Homes In Wpg

9/8/2009

Another million dollar home has sold in Winnipeg. The 1.29 million dollars paid for the house in Waverley West, made it the eighth million dollar home sold in this city, since the beginning of the year. One more will set a record. Winnipeg Realtors says 11-hundred and 51 homes were bought and sold in August. That was off by one percent from the year before. However sales were up in terms of dollar volume from 218.9 million in August 2008, to 231.2 million this past August.

Spocket · #**3308** 09-09-2009, 04:38 AM

WW has a $1.3 million dollar home ? Well hey , if there's one thing I've noticed about dense , modern communities , it's the proliferation of million dollar townhouses and apartments.

I'm not saying that these other home styles can't be expensive (we all know they certainly can be) but it doesn't seem likely that anybody 'broke the mould' when it comes to million dollar homes in the Winnipeg region.

Biff · #**3309** 09-09-2009, 02:15 PM

It doesn't take much nowadays to make a home a million dollars.

h0twired · #**3310** 09-09-2009, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1ajs

Million Dollar Homes In Wpg

9/8/2009

Another million dollar home has sold in Winnipeg. The 1.29 million dollars paid for the house in Waverley West, made it the eighth million dollar home sold in this city, since the beginning of the year. One more will set a record. Winnipeg Realtors says 11-hundred and 51 homes were bought and sold in August. That was off by one percent from the year before. However sales were up in terms of dollar volume from 218.9 million in August 2008, to 231.2 million this past August.

Kind of a pointless article.

Inflation alone could be held responsible for the "record" sale prices and not the real estate market.

ILYR · #**3311** 09-09-2009, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1ajs

Million Dollar Homes In Wpg

9/8/2009

Another million dollar home has sold in Winnipeg. The 1.29 million dollars paid for the house in Waverley West, made it the eighth million dollar home sold in this city, since the beginning of the year.

Just for curiosity I'd like to see the lowest price for a house. I remember a few years back some homes selling for $10,000. Granted they were run down and not in Waverley west. If the lower end of the Winnipeg housing market has increased significantly that would be a good sign.

wags_in_the_peg · #**3312** 09-09-2009, 06:07 PM

a teardown house in old st.vital (just south of fermor) on a 40x120 lot goes for around $85k. I know I wanted to buy it for $70k and rent it out but it sold and and got torn down and a new house is being built. the same applies for much of older st.b.

Biff · #**3313** 09-09-2009, 07:27 PM

What gets me are all the $500,000 plus tear downs happening on Wellington Crescent. There must have been at least 5 or 6 in the last three years alone. You know there is some money floating around when people are spending that kind of money to tear down a house only to put up something well over a million.

wags_in_the_peg · #**3314** 09-09-2009, 08:29 PM

Yup, Crazy Times

flatlander · #**3315** 09-09-2009, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biff

What gets me are all the $500,000 plus tear downs happening on Wellington Crescent. There must have been at least 5 or 6 in the last three years alone. You know there is some money floating around when people are spending that kind of money to tear down a house only to put up something well over a million.

And lots of the new stuff replacing the teardowns is UGLY.

1ajs · #**3316** 09-09-2009, 11:38 PM

and stuff that won't last as well

1ajs · #**3317** 09-11-2009, 07:42 AM

Long delay likely for Winnipeg development

Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2009 | 7:54 PM CT Comments4 Recommend10

CBC News

Business magnate David Asper needs cash from new Polo Park development to pay for new stadium. But a slow retail environment may put a snag in that plan. (CBC News)A sluggish retail market has put the brakes on a major development in Winnipeg's St. James neighbourhood near Polo Park shopping mall, CBC News has learned.
Local developer Shindico planned to begin work this fall on a three-hectare piece of land occupied by the Winnipeg Arena and the former site of a network TV station.
But now the company is saying a slow economic and retail sales climate means it could be 16 months before shovels bite the ground.
The news comes at a critical time for the would-be owner of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football club.

'There's no question this isn't the best time to do it.'
—Mayor Sam Katz

David Asper is relying on cash from a site at Polo Park to help pay for a new stadium for the team. Asper calls the shopping mall the "economic engine" of his plan to purchase the team.
The City of Winnipeg has a memorandum of understanding with Asper to sell the current Winnipeg stadium to his real estate company, Creswin Properties.
The stadium would be torn down so Asper could redevelop the site for retail tenants.
That money would be used to help finance a $150-million, 30,000-seat stadium at the University of Manitoba.
Asper said some negotiations with retailers will be completed this month. An Asper spokesperson said an announcement will come in the next few weeks.
But Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz said it's apparent times are tough.
"A lot of [interested parties] have pulled back on the capital they have. There's no question this isn't the best time to do it," Katz said.
Shindico president Sandy Shindleman said tenants normally interested in setting up shop in the Polo Park area are being cautious but are willing to meet.
"Sometimes the meeting results in an offer going back and forth within a few weeks, and sometimes it's months or years. We're moving forward towards the latter to get things done," Schindleman said.

Spocket · #**3318** 09-11-2009, 08:41 AM

I have an idea....why don't they NOT build more retail in a retail-saturated area.
They could put up highrise residential , they could build that water-park , they could put up a professional center of some kind. In fact , they could put up just about anything and it will almost certainly make money but for some reason , somebody in charge feels that it just HAS to be more chain stores we already have a million of. I don't really understand that.

sledhead35 · #**3319** 09-11-2009, 01:30 PM

i completely agree. looking at the area, its pretty clear there is enough retail to fill the market. does he have numbers telling him its a good idea? i would HATE to see anything close to that aweful render we saw a dew months ago go up. any volenteers to bitch slap asper if he tears down the stadium and replaces it with a parking lot and stucko suburban stripmall?

wags_in_the_peg · #**3320** 09-11-2009, 02:00 PM

Grapes Leon Centre is becoming Hu's Asian Bistro (sister restaurant to Hu's on First)... if they have lunch specials, it'll do some great business there. the airport hotels and retail shoppers will have that place filled most evenings.