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Province, City, CentreVentre Partner to Turn Private Sector Investment Into Streetscape Improvements within Sports, Hospitality and Entertainment District (SHED)
The Province of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg are providing tax increment financing support for CentreVenture’s strategy to stimulate private and public investment downtown with a focus on the blocks surrounding Portage Avenue, Premier Greg Selinger [...]

CentreVenture purchased the Bell Hotel in September of 2007. When it was constructed in 1906, it was considered one of Winnipeg’s finer small hotels. However, it had deteriorated substantially over the years. The building was vacant at the time of the purchase.
Prior to renovation, the Bell Hotel originally provided approximately 75 rooms [...]

Winnipeg, Manitoba. Construction is complete on the newly renovated Bell Hotel.  Prior to renovation, the Bell Hotel originally provided approximately 75 rooms with shared bathrooms, and a beverage room on the main floor.  Today, the Bell has been redeveloped into 42 self-contained units of affordable, permanent housing for individuals who have experienced homelessness.  The redevelopment [...]

Canad Inns Entertainment Centre at the Metropolitan Theatre will offer a unique food and beverage emporium, a flexible, state of the art conference, banquet and meeting facility that can accommodate upward of 1,000 persons while retaining the original look, feel and grandeur of the old-style theatre.
The historic Metropolitan Theatre – “The Met” – will soon re-stake its claim [...]

The Renewal award acknowledges the importance of efforts and initiatives that renew and revitalize the places, spaces and systems within a city.

Longboat Development Corporation and Groupe Germain Hospitality to develop a 200,000 sq. ft., 20-storey mixed-use tower that will be home to ALT Hotel and Winnipeg’s Stantec Office.
Winnipeg, Manitoba – CentreVenture Development Corporation announced the details today of a major real estate development project in the heart of the Sports Hospitality Entertainment District.  Located on Portage [...]

CentreVenture is recognized for its contribution towards Winnipeg’s Downtown
Main Street Revitalization
Winnipeg, Manitoba. CentreVenture Development Corporation today announced that it is the recipient of the Canadian Urban Institute’s (CUI) 2011 Urban Leadership Award (ULA) in the Category of Renewal.  The Renewal award acknowledges the importance of efforts and initiatives that renew and revitalize the [...]

Manitoba News Release
April 15, 2011
ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION TO SUPPORT FULL RANGE OF DOWNTOWN HOUSING
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More Residential Units Would Draw People Downtown, Boost Economy, Improve Safety: Irvin-Ross
Additional funding of up to $20 million to support more downtown residential development and provide the option of an affordable urban lifestyle to more Winnipeggers was announced today by Housing [...]