Archive : November 2008

Not recent

Over-building to meet speculative demand during boom years is not a recent phenomenon. In the boom years of 1881-82, the Winnipeg construction industry was on a tear, building hundreds of new homes and commercial establishments. During the ...

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Transit oriented development

by Stefano Grande Recently, Winnipeg real estate, development and planning industry officials heard from one of the most senior pioneers of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in North America, G.B. Arrington, vice-president and princ...

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Misconceptions about Winnipeg

“Too cold, too boring and too far away?” That’s what a recent Globe and Mail  article by Bill Curry reported on the findings of a small focus group discussion on locating the new $265-million Canadian Museum fo...

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Good news for local real estate market

Last week, the Professionally Speaking column looked at what other groups were saying about Manitoba’s economy and real estate market. Here’s more of what is being said by those in the know. Martin Cash and Murray ...

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Point of return

In 1812, Miles Macdonnell settled a site where the Selkirk Settlers would begin a new life in a new land. Thirty-six Scottish and Irish labourers travelled to the site from York Factory to begin preparing the site for the arrival of the set...

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