Winnipeg Construction X - Page 73

pspeid · #**1441** Posted **Nov 10, 2019, 11:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by buzzg

Considering most of our archives are in a warehouse right now – that would be an awesome use. City of Winnipeg Archives & Museum. Love it. Great location for it not only being right at P&M – but close to The Forks and in a prominent central space for tourists and locals.

I agree, a great use for the space. It could include some public displays at time to invite people into that beautiful building.

esquire · #**1442** Posted **Nov 11, 2019, 4:27 PM**

Having some kind of prestige commercial use for BMO like banking or head office would be by far the best use... Anything else would be a consolation prize. A bar or restaurant would be kind of sad.

Jeff · #**1443** Posted **Nov 11, 2019, 4:51 PM**

The Westin in Minneapolis is in an old bank and their lobby/lounge/restaurant is the old banking hall.. it's quite spectacular. I know that won't happen here, but it shows what is possible!

esquire · #**1444** Posted **Nov 11, 2019, 5:43 PM**

^ Yeah, as part of a top notch hotel that type of arrangement would be OK, for sure. I could be happy with BMO as the lobby area for a Westin Hotel tower next door...

Jeff · #**1445** Posted **Nov 11, 2019, 11:01 PM**

That would be quite the culmination of the on-going shake-up at Portge and Main!

1ajs · #**1446** Posted **Nov 12, 2019, 5:01 AM**

i would think bmo building would be more suited for a company like telpay to take over

1ajs · #**1447** Posted **Nov 12, 2019, 5:04 AM**

they tore down the aviation museum?

plrh · #**1448** Posted **Nov 12, 2019, 12:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

they tore down the aviation museum?

Last year

1ajs · #**1449** Posted **Nov 12, 2019, 4:44 PM**

so alll their stuff sits outside now?

Wpg_Guy · #**1450** Posted **Nov 12, 2019, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

so alll their stuff sits outside now?

It’s been moved to storage facilities around the province

CoryB · #**1451** Posted **Nov 12, 2019, 9:15 PM**

Due to all the climate controls a proper archives area has I would take a guess that trying to reuse a former banking hall would be an extremely poor fit and very costly.

City of Winnipeg needs to focus their efforts on getting their office space out of leased locations and into buildings they own. The space at Fort Garry Place and the office tower on Graham specifically come to mind.

cheswick · #**1452** Posted **Nov 13, 2019, 2:12 AM**

Anyone know what’s going on behind the Tims on North Mcphillips. It looks like there’s some construction happening between the tims and the Walmart parking lot.

Biff · #**1453** Posted **Nov 13, 2019, 2:35 PM**

^^^ A 2 storey commercial/office strip.

buzzg · #**1454** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 4:01 AM**

Poll: will Bell (MTS) ever put new banners up in the dozens of empty holders on the outside of their tower that haven't been used since the merger?

borkborkbork · #**1455** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 6:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by CoryB

City of Winnipeg needs to focus their efforts on getting their office space out of leased locations and into buildings they own.

Can you explain this a little further? I've never fully understood it.

In the private sector, it would be very unusual for a firm to own all its own real estate (or if they did, as some large retailers do, they would spin it off as its own REIT or something). Except when the real estate *is* the strategy, I think most firms lease the majority of their space.

But there's this idea that it's more rational for governments to own vs. lease space. Why is that?

Wpg_Guy · #**1456** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 6:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by buzzg

Poll: will Bell (MTS) ever put new banners up in the dozens of empty holders on the outside of their tower that haven't been used since the merger?

Doubtful, since they don't fully occupy the building nor do they own it.

DonaldSmith · #**1457** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 2:53 PM**

Noted in the WFP today that 433 Main was bought by Alston and the top nine floors are going residential.

plrh · #**1458** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 3:27 PM**

I wonder where the passport office will go?

esquire · #**1459** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 3:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by plrh

I wonder where the passport office will go?

It could stay at 433 Main... 9 floors of residential still leaves 4 floors of commercial.

BAKGUY · #**1460** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 4:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by buzzg

Poll: will Bell (MTS) ever put new banners up in the dozens of empty holders on the outside of their tower that haven't been used since the merger?

They cant afford to. Poor BELL / MTS.. Boo hoo...
Their rates have jumped dramatically as predicted and that's not good enough for them. Also.,. Where are all the WESTERN CANADIAN HEAD OFFICE jobs they promised?