Downtown Winnipeg has attracted over $600 million of new investment in commercial, residential and sports-entertainment developments in recent years. The magnitude of this new investment - representing projects committed, underway or completed - is unprecedented in recent memory.
March 11th, 2007
Scheduled for completion in 2008
Two thousand Manitoba Hydro employees will work downtown […]
January 31st, 2006
Construction was completed on the five-storey, $15-million head office for Credit Union Central of Manitoba and facilities for its information technology arm, Celero Solutions Inc, in 2006.
The almost 100,000-square-foot building has risen on the site where the Capitol Theatre once stood on Donald Street, just north of Portage and adjacent to Mountain […]
November 30th, 2004
MTS Centre, opened in November, 2004, is a dynamic, community-based 15,000-seat […]
September 30th, 2002
This unique, $35-million construction and reclamation project incorporated the existing facades of six historic buildings into the finished product.
CentreVenture advocated for the Princess Street site as the best location for the College’s 220,000 square-foot downtown campus, recognizing the key role some 2,200 students and staff would play in the economic and social […]
March 31st, 2002
Well-respected retailer Mountain Equipment Co-op turned three dilapidated, boarded-up buildings fronting Portage Avenue into one of the street’s most striking and environmentally-friendly retail facilities.
CentreVenture’s suggestion that Mountain Equipment could play a key role in revitalizing Portage Avenue by locating on the main downtown thoroughfare appealed to the company’s social consciousness. Three […]
July 31st, 2001
Located on Main Street in the historic Exchange District, the Crocus Investment Building is testament to the potential that exists within downtown’s century-old building stock.
The building — reclaimed at a cost of $12 million — houses Manitoba Conservatory of Music, Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers and the dance company’s school, Winnipeg Folk Festival […]
February 28th, 2001
Wellington West’s gleaming slate grey and glass edifice is a fitting cornerstone […]