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Pre-Development Team: Brandon University Downtown Development
UWCRC 2.0 Prairie A rchitects ManshieldConstruction
February 6, 2018
SLIDE 2 Understanding the DevelopmentVision
- Community-oriented and engaging
- Residential, Academic and Commercial development
- Intergenerational & mixed-use
- Promoting partnerships and local impact
- Guided by a four-pillared concept of sustainability:
- environmental ● social ● economic ● cultural
University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation 2.0
A catalyst for downtown growth
SLIDE 3 What is Pre-Development?
The phase of a project between the idea that a facility is needed, to the initiation of design. Pre-development includes exploration of:
- Governance structures and ownership
- Capital and operational financial viability
- Functional program needs and design options
- Urban design and site assessment
- Construction methods and costs
University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation 2.0
SLIDE 4 Pre-Development Team: UWCRC 2.0, Prarie Architects, Manshield Construction
- UWCRC 2.0 is an award winning not-for-profit development
corporation with over ten years’ experience in values-driven planning and sustainable development
- Prairie is an award winning architectural company founded
in 1981, with a practice rooted in sustainable excellence, accessibility, adaptive reuse and preservation
- Manshield is a full-service multi-faceted construction
company –from professional cost estimating to delivery - serving Western Canada for over 40 years
University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation 2.0
$250 million in development projects
SLIDE 5 Team Experience
We have a strong track-record of mixed use post-secondary, housing and downtown revitalization projects that create unique, attractive and broadly appealing destinations that blend a diverse range of activities, including:
- education ● housing ● recreation ● retail ● food services ● fine arts
University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation 2.0
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Site and Existing Conditions: Downtown Brandon HUB district
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Site and Existing Conditions
Existing Site
Princess Ave. North
10th Street 9th S t r e e t
1. Manitoba Hydro has overhead power lines and underground gas running down the lane. 2. MTS/Bell has underground communication lines running down the lane.
SLIDE 8 Existing Site Services
Site and Existing Conditions
Princess Ave. North
10th Street 9th Street
- Potential to close off Public Lane on site and create
new Public Lane to 9th St.
- Create easements for re-directed underground gas,
power, and communication cables
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Precedents for Concept Spaces:
residential mixed use academic black box theatre
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Access to residential via communal apartment lobbies Use of of lighting, high- low-ground level, is used to demarcate main entrances and pedestrian paths Laneways crossing the site create safe and amenable pedestrian areas and successfully divide the large block into a series of smaller sites Entrances easy to see from the street via public accessible pedestrian lanes Ground floor accommodates retail/commercial space to ensure a continuity of the active retail frontages while creating new public areas
Mixed Use
Best Practice Examples
SLIDE 11 Entrances easy to see from the street via a public accessible pedestrian lanes. Universally accessible Change street materials to signal to drivers they are leaving the road and entering a pedestrian oriented environment Central road through middle
separations between buildings, green spaces, vehicle/pedestrian circulation. Laneways crossing the site create safe and amenable pedestrian areas and successfully divide the large block into a series of smaller sites Car parking is accessed at a lower level and concealed from view Suites fronting lane provide safety with eyes on the street concept
Residential
Best Practice Examples
SLIDE 12 125 seat live theatre with ancillary spaces (rehearsal hall, dressing rooms, workshop). 19,000-square-foot building. Built in 2010 for $9.7M The performance space is a conventional black box, but
seating, a lighting catwalk, and movable riser 1,700-square-foot lobby adjacent to the sidewalk and visible to street traffic through 10-metre-high windows.
Black Box Theatre -Theatre Cercle Molière
Best Practice Examples
SLIDE 13 Downtown Commons, Winnipeg
Best Practice Examples
Offers affordable suites for U Winnipeg Student couples and families while they are studying Affordable rents and rent subsidies are available for eligible applicants A mix of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments in a variety
- f sizes and different plan types provide a range of
choices and accommodating a variety of lifestyles Non-combustible construction, consisting of 8” hollow core floors and concrete block and/or acoustically treated walls separating individual apartments Second floor has a large multi-purpose room with a kitchen that can host large group events. Large main floor common laundry room 14-storey apartment, completed in 2016, total 112,000 s.f., 102 apartments:
- 46 Affordable
- 32 Rent Geared Income Basis
- 56 Market
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Development Concepts
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Transportation & Parking Approaches
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Functional Space Program
Student, seniors & community Residential Classrooms Assembly Fine Arts & Gallery Building Services Commercial Parking Day Care 47% 7% 8% 15% 6% 11% 4% 2%
Approximately 40% will be affiliated with Brandon University and 60% with community / public
SLIDE 17 Phase 1 Budget: $65.22M Phase 2 Budget: $34.65M
10th Street
Princess Avenue 9th Street
Interim Development before Phase 2 commences: Civic Plaza / Park
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Total Estimated Budget: $99.87M
SLIDE 19 Phase 1 Budget: $68.85M Phase 2 Budget: $28.46M
Princess Avenue 10th Street 9th Street
Interim Development before Phase 2 commences: Parking Lot
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Total Estimated Budget: $97.31M
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Community Input and Feedback - example
Images for inspiration CONCEPT B CONCEPT A Questions Sticky notes for your feedback! Use Category
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UWCRC 2.0 Prairie Architects Manshield Construction
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