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This article was published 19/03/2018 (2927 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
True North Square’s 17-storey office/retail tower at 242 Hargrave St. reached structural completion earlier in March and the 25-storey residential-retail building at 225 Carlton St. was topped off last week, establishing a new visual profile for the city’s skyline.
The two-tower construction site remains the workplace for about 320 construction workers and Sean Barnes, vice-president and district manager with PCL Constructors Canada Inc., said the project has already been responsible for about 900,000 person-hours of work and jobs for 1,300 people.
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Occupancy of the office tower is expected to begin this summer, and part of the public square — partially funded through public-sector tax increment financing — will also be open this summer.
The 25-storey residential building will now start being enclosed in its curtain wall, with a completion date slated for the spring of 2019.
The two-tower Sutton Place Hotel and Residences project on the west side of Carlton Street is now all that remains to be constructed in what is to be a $500-million project that will add 1.1 million sq. ft. of space.
The tower is the first new private-sector downtown Winnipeg office development since the 1990s. The last downtown office tower built in the city, the Manitoba Hydro headquarters, was completed in 2009. Prior to that, the last pure private-sector development was 201 Portage Ave. in 1991.
Photojournalist Mike Deal took a tour of the construction zone and checked out the view from the top floor of downtown’s newest tower.
Mike Deal started freelancing for the Winnipeg Free Press in 1997. Three years later, he landed a part-time job as a night photo desk editor.
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Mike Deal started freelancing for the Winnipeg Free Press in 1997. Three years later, he landed a part-time job as a night photo desk editor.
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Updated on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 3:30 PM CDT: Corrects year of Manitoba Hydro building opening.