Construction is set to begin on a new mixed-use commercial and residential project on the property that once housed Winnipeg’s police headquarters.

Jean Linklater, who lives in the neighbourhood, has walked by an empty parking lot across the street from Winnipeg City Hall every day since the demolition of the old Public Safety Building and Civic Parkade in 2020.

Now, the developer behind the project has submitted building permits to the City of Winnipeg, with groundbreaking set for January 2024.

“It’s about time,” said Linklater, who lives at the nearby McLaren Hotel. “It looks lonely, the ground. I would definitely like to see that being done here.”

Winnipeg’s downtown development agency, CentreVenture, has partnered with the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corp. to build a new eight-storey, 95-unit residential building, along with an open market and 20,000-square-feet of commercial space, on the southern end of the property between King Street and Princess Street.

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