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HE UNIVERSIY OF WINNIPEG 1

The IUS In-BriefSeries

Downtown Winnipeg:Developments and Investments, 2005-2013


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Layu: Frdrck Edards

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L O O K I N G B A C K

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table with a comprehensive package or dealing with

downtown and inner city change. What would unold

was a governmentled policy and programbased period

o intervention.

G O V E R N M E N T T O T H E R E S C U E

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o Canadas largest and astest growing cities to barely

holding on to top ten status. Many actors are oered

to explain this slow growth period: the opening o the

Panama Canal, war, internal labour unrest, and the

emergence o a stronger economy in Canadas West led

by Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouvercities that grew

through oildevelopment and better positioning orglobal trade.

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During the 1960s and 1970s, the city began to come

to grips with the need to intervene with policies and

supports to help undo a long, slow period o decline.

By 1980, the three levels o government came to the

Total Investment In The Downtown over $2 BillionNumber Of Significant I nvestments / Developments (Over $0.5 M) 106

Currently Proposed Projects 30

Residential Units Built 1772

Residential Units Currently Proposed 646

Expected Downtown Population Growth 2008-2021 1.9-2.4% / year

Population Growth In Census Tract 0024.00; 2006-2011

(Parts Of The Exchange District, And South Point Douglas) 52%

Commercial / Office / Institutional Space Developed over 2 million sq.ft.

Education / Museum Space Developed 0.7 million Sq.ft.

New Hotel Rooms Under Construction 221

Proposed New Downtown Hotels 4

Number Of New Parkades Downtown 6

Number Of New Parkades Proposed 3

Number Of Surface Parking Lots Developed To Higher Use 7

Surface Parking Lots Currently Proposed To Be Developed 8

The BIG Picture: 2005-2013


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cra housing. We catalogued the developmento 1,772 new residential units over the eight years with

an additional 646 currently proposed.3 Tis residential

development has helped the downtown pull back rom

the low point o the late 80s and early 90s, where the

population bottomed out at 11,000 people. Although we

await 2011 Census statistics or the ofcial downtown

area, the current population is estimated to be closing

in on 16,000 peoplea remarkable turnaround. Te

area o highest population growth is along Waterront

Crescent up into South Point Douglas. Tis section

o the downtown (Census ract 0024.00) has seena 52% increase in population between the 2006 and

2011 Censuses.4 Downtown growth is matching, even

exceeding, projections made by the City in 2007, which

oresaw population growth by 4,700 to 6,070 persons

between 2006 and 2021 (a rate o 1.9% 2.4%).5

Over the last eight years, Winnipegs downtown has

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Downtown Population (By Year)

1 Canadian Museum of Human Rights $351.0

2 Manitoba Hydro Headquarters $278.0

3 Winnipeg Police Headquarters $193.6

4 Winnipeg Convention Centre $180.0

5 Centrepoint / 311 Portage $75.0

6 U of W: Richardson College for the Environment $66.6

7 U of W: UNITED Health & RecPlex $40.0

8 RRC: Paterson Global Foods (Union Bank Tower) $35.0

9 Sky Waterfront $30.0

tie Residences on York $30.0

tie WRHA - 640 Main St. $30.0

$1,309.2

Top Ten Largest Projects (in millions)

Total (in millions)


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rends in New DevelopmentT R E N D : R E D E V E L O P M E N T O F O L D E R

B U I L D I N G S

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I N S T I T U T I O N A L

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commercial, and institutionalspace developed

University of Winnipeg: Richardson College for the Environment $66.6

University of Winnipeg: UNITED Health & RecPlex $40.0

Red River College: Paterson Global Foods (Union Bank Tower) $35.0

University of Winnipeg: Wesley Hall Restoration $19.2

University of Winnipeg: McFeetors Hall $17.5

University of Winnipeg: Buhler Center $15.0

University of Winnipeg: The AnX Redevelopment $5.5

University of Winnipeg: General Restorations $3.0

University of Winnipeg: UWSA Daycare $2.5

Total (in millions) $204.3

The Impact of Education Investment


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T R E N D : S U R F A C E PA R K I N G L O T C O N V E R S I O N

As noted, many o these mixeduse developments include

parkades. Parking is a contentious issue in many cities

and is no dierent in Winnipeg. Downtown Winnipeg

has a high number o surace parking lots, numbering

about 150, or 20% o the land area.11 Again, aer decades

o disinvestment, redevelopment o surace parkinglots is fnally occurring. In act, seven surace lots have

been developed to higher uses, with eight more currently

proposed to be developed. But that does not mean less

parking. Downtown Winnipeg has seen six new parkades

built in the last eight years, with three more proposed,

bringing the number o ostreet parking spots up slightly

to 35,562, twothirds o which are available to the public.12

And, Winnipeg continues to have some o the cheapest

parking in Canada, with the Median Daily Parking Rate

being the second lowest in Canada at $9.50.13

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Sports, Hospitality, and Entertainment District (SHED) area.

Ofcial boundary for Tax Increment Financing (TIF).


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R E S T R U C T U R I N G D O W N T O W N

Te downtown is also seeing a wider range o new

development. Tis has resulted in less o an reliance

on the big retail mall strategies o the 1970s and

1980s when ve downtown malls opened: Lombard

Concourse in 1969, Eaton Place in 79, Winnipeg

Square in 80, Portage Place in 87, and the Forks in

89. Most o these were part o other developments, but

Portage Place was partly justied as an eort to counter

the shi o retail to suburban locations. Tis was at best,

only partially successul.

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NEW RESIDENIAL INVESMENS:

(Includes student housing and seniors housing.)

Phus Cds / Rals, Prcss

YuCub Cdmums: Phas , Ha

Sky Warr: Phas , Warr Cr Vlla Aarms: Balmral

HO Warr: Phas (HO O), 480 Waterront

Lrks: Phas , Jams

Dsrc Cds: Jams

Dsrc Cds: Mark

Dsrc Cds: Jams

T Avu & Haml Blds., Pra

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dCd, Assab

Hra Lad, Assab

Pac r, Prcss Bll Blck, Dald

Harrav Hard Ls, Harrav

Na Vlla: Phas , Hs

Hs, T Braus Blck

Harrav

Glasshus Skyls, Pra

T Arhur Buld, Arhur

PROPOSED RESIDENIAL INVESMENS

(Some proposed developments are tenuous.)

M, MacDald

HO WarrPhas (HO ),

Warr

Lrks: Phas , Jams

Dsrc Cds: Jams

Dsrc Cds: Mark

Dsrc Cds: Mark

Hsll Iraal, Kdy

Jams Av. MxdUs Cmlx

(Rsdal, Cmmrcal, Ofcs, Parkad)

RESIDENIAL INVESMENS:

(Includes student housing and seniors housing.)

T L Baay, Baay

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Surm Racqu Cur, Pra

Sh Sr Vlla

Old Ws Mark Squar, Baay

Farchld Ls, Prcss Mb. Chs Sr Cr, Cumbrlad

T Ed Ars Vlla Phas , Ma

WbbS Cdmums, Wbb Plac

Pra

Prcss

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T Srad Warr, Warr

Na Vlla: Phas , Hs

Sky Warr Phas , Warr

Rsdcs Yrk, Smh

U W: McFrs Hall, Lasd T Ed (Frs & Wd Warhus), Prcss

YuCub Cdmums: Phas , Ha

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PLANNED & PROPOSED PLAZAS, PUBLIC SQUARES


SP Squar (Suh Pra), Carl

PARKADES: ALL: Bdrd Parkad (K/Rya Blck)

Cr Parkad

U W: UNIED Halh & RcPlx Parkad

Yrk Parkad, Smh

W Ral Halh Auhry Parkad

Lmbard Parkad, Lmbard

PARKADES: PROPOSED

Jams Av. Park L, Mxdus dvlm

Carl Park L, Mxdus dvlm

Dald Park L, Mxdus dvlm

LAE ADDIIONS:


PROPOSED RESIDENIAL

Alxadr

Farchld Ls Phas

Osbr Nrh, MxdUs Cmlx

Edm

PROPOSED COMMERCIAL

Jams Av. Pum Sa Rdvlm

CIVIC INVESMENS:

(Recreational, Cultural, Educational, and Inrastructure)

Mllum Lbrary, Dald

Srs r L Cr: Phas , Pacc

U W: Wsly Hall, Pra U W: Gral Rvas

UWSA DayCar, Furby

CaWs Cr r Tar ad Flm, Cly

NEW CIVIC INVESMENS:

(Recreational, Cultural, Educational, and Inrastructure)

W Cv Cr, Yrk

W Plc Hadquarrs, Graham

U W: Buhlr Cr, Pra

U W: Rchards Cll, Pra

U W: T AX, Pra U W: UNIED Halh & RcPlx

Caada Musum Huma Rhs

Mrla Eram Cr, Dald

Cr r Yuh Excllc, K

Cral Park Pavl

Skyalk Exs, CyPlac Dla Hl

Old Mark Squar CUBE

Dsral Fray ad Brd

Osbr Sr Brd

RRC Pars Glbal Fds (U Bak r)

PLANNED & PROPOSED CIVIC INVESMENS


Paas Playhus Exas, Mark

Srs r L Cr: Phas , Pacc

W Ar Gallry, Iu Ar & Lar Cr

PARKS, PLAZAS, PUBLIC SQUARES:

T Frks Ska Park Plaza

Sc Sr Pdsra Mall

Cas Glbal Plaza Pra

Old Mark Squar

PARKS, PLAZAS, PUBLIC SQUARES:

Cral Park Rdvlm, Cumbrlad

Mllum Lbrary Park, Dald

Babs Asr Llac Gard, Cly

122 Centennial Concert Hall: Steinkop Gardens, 555 Main

Ur Fr Gary Hra Park, Ma

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