Blog by Greg Hamilton

River Heights condos start construction

February 9th, 2011
The Centennial Park Condos are set to start construction on their first phases next week. This is a 92 unit complex of Bungalow condos squeezed into the strip of land between Centennial and Lockwood Streets, north of Corydon Avenue. It is an old railway line that was de-commissioned years ago. The first two phases sold out extremely fast and were priced in the $260,000 to $320,000 price range ...

Tuxedo, one of the richest neighbourhoods in Canada

December 2nd, 2010

The Canadian Business Magazine has listed Winnipeg's Tuxedo neighbourhood as one of the richest in Canada ... just after the area of West Vancouver in Vancouver.

Check out the following link:

Canada's Richest Neighbourhoods



History of Academy Road

November 30th, 2010

The Academy Road Business Association is looking for historical information on the area. I believe they plan to highlight certain areas of the street with historical plaques and information boards. It would be great to capture the stories and pictures of a previous time on Academy Road! If you have any good stories, get in contact with the Association via email info@academyroadbiz.com. You ca ...

Fort Rouge Yards

November 24th, 2010

Fort Rouge YardsIt is approved! Well, it has the support and go ahead from the City Centre Community Committee. The City gave the Fort Rouge Yards townhouse and condo project the approval to move forward at the Public Hearing on the Subdivision and Rezoning meeting last night. This is the first major transit oriented development in Winnipeg and it will break ground next year - maybe.

Any project like this wi ...

Building Height Changes in City Centre

November 16th, 2010

Building Height2Are you concerned about the heights of some of the new infill homes built in the established communities? Some of these homes are built to the maximum building heights and appear out of touch with the street scape. I love modern design but there is a point that design includes being sensitive to the neighbourhood. Modern design can fit well with established communities but some recent example ...

Speed Limit Change on Academy

November 16th, 2010

There is a City Centre Community Committee meeting tonight at 5:00pm on changing the speed limit on Academy Road from 50km/h to 60 km/h. I think maybe it makes sense on parts of Academy but there are sections that we should be trying to calm traffic rather than encourage traffic to speed up.

Academy Road is a neighbourhood shopping district like Corydon and Osborne. The areas between Oak and ...

River Heights Neighbourhood Issues

February 17th, 2010

There are a lot of new developments going on in River Heights. New shops and restaurants along Academy and Corydon and new housing projects on the old rail lines may make some residents nervous about the changes and others excited about the new amenities and housing choices. John Orlikow, Winnipeg City Councillor, is planning a community meeting to talk about one of the lastest plans for the ...

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