When I went to the CentreVenture AGM, I was looking at the building slated to replace Starland Theatre:
<a href="http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l280/Munchkinguy/?action=view¤t=P1010135.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l280/Munchkinguy/P1010135.jpg" border="0" alt="And the award for Most Lethally Ugly Building goes to..." width="50%"></a>
A person standing beside me asked what I thought of it. I said I though it looked "alien" and that it was out of touch with the neighborhood. He said that it would clear away the "riff-raff". I am inclined to agree because, personally, I would not be caught dead near that monstrosity.
Yes, the Starland is slated for demo. The reference should be back in this discussion somewhere, It will take down the block up to, not including, the Bell Hotel.
The WHRA is getting some flack over the building, as is Doer. He's spent $30-35 Billion since '99 on <b>buildings</b>. That is what he figures will fix our health care troubles...nicer buildings.
There's another WRHA building announced across form where the downtown postal depot will be. They're taking down 3 buildings to build a new one (can't remember the cross street. One used to be a Fanny's Fabric and is now an "Easy Home" or whatever. The two next to it I think are three storey little ones.
That was announced a week or so ago. I will try to find the post. I remember because I am moving near Arlington and Portage and it was about a number of new construction projects and new stores would be opening on that stretch of Portage
<B>West End gets building boost; $10-M office for WRHA to show area's potential</B> <br> <br> Winnipeg Free Press March 3, 2008 at 01:15 PM CST<br> <br> A second new commercial development is being planned for the West End that should help breathe new life into an older stretch of Portage Avenue.<br> <br> A local family-owned firm -- Gladstone Finance Corp. Ltd. -- plans to tear down two older buildings on Portage between Toronto and Victor streets and replace them with a new $10-million, three-storey office building.<br> <br> The development will be located across the street from a new multimillion-dollar letter-carrier depot that Canada Post will be building on the southeast corner of Portage and Broadway. The developer of the Gladstone property -- Winnipeg businessman Hart Mallin -- said the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has signed a long-term lease for the 40,000 square-foot building, which will house its new downtown west community area office.<br> <br> continued http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/business/local/v-printerfriendly/story/4135713p-4727838c.html
<blockquote><cite>Posted By: Jimmytufish</cite>The WHRA is getting some flack over the building, as is Doer. He's spent $30-35 Billion since '99 on<b>buildings</b>. That is what he figures will fix our health care troubles...nicer buildings.</blockquote>
Are you sure thats BILLION and not million?
$30-35 billion would dramatically change the skyline of Winnipeg. The new EnCana tower in Calgary (at 50+ storeys) is being built for $1 billion.
That must be an error. Even if you take just the new wing of the HSC - if you include all the stuff that goes into the building (equipment, furnishings etc) it would have been in the high tens of millions or a 100 mil but not close to a billion and that's the biggest project we've had in a while.