City to mull proposed zoning changes for old Osborne Village Inn site
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Proposed zoning changes for a plan to redevelop the former site of the derelict Osborne Village Inn will go before the City of Winnipeg standing policy committee on property and development, heritage and downtown development Monday.
The city centre community committee approved rezoning applications for the site at 160 Osborne Ave. and 425 Wardlaw Ave. at its Sept. 17 meeting.
The plan includes a six-storey building, with 89 residential units and commercial units at street level at 160 Osborne St., plus a four-storey building with 59 residential units on an adjacent property to the east at 425 Wardlaw Ave. (a.k.a. the parking lot behind the hotel where the vendor was located), committee documents show.
According to the proposal, the developer would consolidate both properties into one and buy the public lane that currently runs between them. An underground parking garage would run beneath both buildings.
A property to the south, 424 Wardlaw Ave., is part of the same proposed development. That building would also be four-storeys tall and contain 59 residential units.
Private Pension Partners chief executive officer Don White declined to comment on the company’s plans for the site when contacted Wednesday by the Free Press. A Private Pension Partners webpage dated Jan. 30 says it hopes “to begin construction within the next year.”
“We’re very passionate about what this building is going to look like,” Private Pension Partners chief operating officer Karl Loepp told the city centre community committee Sept. 17.
“It’s going to look great architecturally, and it’s going to fit in with that urban fabric that Osborne Village is.”
Justin Paquin, chairman of the Osborne Village Business Improvement Zone, said the shuttered inn is an eyesore.
“In general, we are in favour of that space being developed and in favour of that space being improved, as it’s been vacant for quite a number of years now, and that is not good for business,” he said.
“Evidently, there has been issues with that space becoming developed over the years, as it has passed through the hands of different developers,” Paquin added.
“The Osborne Village BIZ board would encourage all parties to work as quickly as they can, in the proper manner, in order to revitalize that space. And if there’s changes that need to be made, so be it — let’s get it done.”
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