| Owner | Merchants' Corner Inc. |
|---|---|
| UWCRC Role: | Developer/Project Manager |
| Architect: | Mistecture Architecture |
| Size: | 3 storeys; 49,000 sq. ft. |
| Budget: | $15.7 million |
| Financing | |
| $13.5 million | Provincial Capital Funding |
| $2.2 million | Private Donations |
| $0.2 million | PowerSmart Grant |
Original three-storey Merchants Hotel building, constructed in 1913, is being converted for a mix of residential, commercial and educational uses.
Expected opening: Dec 2017
The new Merchants Corner will include programming for:
- academic classrooms and offices for UWinnipeg’s Department of Urban and Inner-City Studies Offices
- CEDA – Pathways to Education Offices
- 30 affordable housing units
- public café
