Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 28, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 Fri sit Ambir 2000 digest Index 111 local editorials a16 focus a17 letters to the editor a17 business stocks 89 family notices in a emporiums c12 classified c14 Jumble c15 diversions Ann Landers c11 comics b4 sports record Showtime d1 movies d10 prime time to d12 weather d12 deaths widower of Pearl husband of Maudrene Gordon widow of Jacob Adaleen John Irene Gudlaug widow of Thomas Phyllis widow of Andrej Patricia wife of Jim Freda Hazel Samuel husband of Anne Richard Joseph Stanley Nicholas husband of Maria William widower of Betty Lillian Evelyn Douglas husband of Brenda husband of Virginia i classified death notices c12 i i i lotteries pick 3 winning number yesterday was lotto 649 winning numbers yesterday were 40 Bonus number was the plus winning number yesterday for the main prize of was Western winning numbers drawn yesterday for the Jackpot were 46 and the Bonus number was clarification approximately 420 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finance Dan Koshowski 6977425 director of human resources Don Dufort 6977358 director of operations and technology Glenn Williams 6977045 Canada Post sales agreement 0563595 recycled newsprint is used in the production of this newspaper Exchange continued from a1 empty for the last 10 the Kays building is completely full today with a mix of commercial offices and retail ten Walls said while a residential Compo nent is important for the it was simply easier financially and structurally to Market his building for office and other commercial Brad president of where which has an office on James Street in the East said the areas transformation has been but has had dramatic two years our building was completely empty except for our Hughes said of wheres space at 128 now everything is filled except for the ground Hughes said a walking tour of the area will find other a lot of the buildings still look empty because the ground floor space Hast been but if you youll see that in Many of the buildings everything above the ground floor is now data kept by the Winnipeg real estate Board support the anecdotal Mark chairman of the boards commercial said there Are few vacancies in the East Exchange and the West Exchange has seen a slight increase in property a year ago some building owners put their prices up slightly and there now starting to get attention and people Are going into the said of Hughes said the areas lower combined with its unique architectural character and proximity to Portage and Are a drawing card for Many Busi Ness owners looking for new commercial Developer Hart Mallin said recent development in the area is probably linked to leases coming up for renewal in some of the better properties there is a demand for Low Cost office space in that said who with partners purchased the six Storey Ding Wall building in the at 62 Albert had Only a 20 per cent occupancy at the beginning of but that figure is now up to 50 per not everyone shares the Ami president of shelter Canada is the owner of prob ably the last building to be filled in the East Exchange Market completely gutted and 136 Market after two years is now 43 per cent i say the area is undergoing a but there is Thorsteinson there has been steady one of the biggest projects in the area has been the transformation of the Massey 294 William and Bedford 275 Mcdermot Over the last owner Ken Riess has put in More than million Worth of renovations and in local Telephone service provider metro net spent wiring both buildings for High Speed telecommunications Riess would not divulge the occupancy rates for his two but said the investment has attracted time will but were Riess Karen Botan of smart Winnipeg said there Are about seven buildings in the Exchange that have been wired for High Speed telecommunications Wayne Glowacki Winnipeg free press a software company is moving into the rebuilt criterion which was gutted by fire in Botan said a recent Survey of the area found there Are 93 technology related companies in the with 60 of those located in the East this area is attractive to Young companies even without the buildings being Botan it has an Atmos phere that attractive to Young the rents Are lower and the buildings attract younger entrepreneurs who like the open beam ceilings and the hard Wood people continued from Page a1 International Centre spokesman Marty Dolin said immigration policy tightened up in the Early 90s and Hast relaxed despite an stagnant he Doest think the Federal government has any Choice but to let More people what Are they going to do Dolin ban Cori Doms or birth control pills Federal immigration rules allow peo ple Here to sponsor immediate family members and spouses to come to Cana Dolin said Ottawa should extend sponsorship to cover extended family theres less Chance those peo ple will leave for Toronto or Vancouver because family is the tie that binds Immi Grants to he the Fabro family is Joy Anne and her brother Ernel said their parents came to Canada in 1980 from the they Are hop ing to sponsor More family but Ernel said the process is agonizingly this the City is launching a pro filing project in Manila to show Poten tial newcomers what Winnipeg has to mayor Glen who recently visited the Dis cuss details of the Pilot project but said it will involve sending several City employees to the through the Nomi Nee 450 immigrant families were sponsored this from 200 when the program began two years said the growth of the filipin Canadian Community has been Murray members of the asian communities Here say their numbers should be a lot a group from the Winnipeg filipino Community plans to present a petition to Manitoba Liberal caucus chairman my John Harvard calling for the removal of the Landing fee for family sponsored Fred Devilla said it was imposed in 1995 and is they Are not a Burden to the they will they will there Are close to people in the filipino Community says Philip his eldest son sponsored him to come to Canada from the Philippines with his four younger children and his wife in its its tougher and to Nohar tougher Luu incr Gaid the Volunteer with and the philippine Assoc a Tim her of la Uinci with pro immigrant very provincial and Federal vb3r now is the time to we could a vol uneasily absorb four or tee with the five thousand philippine Murray immigration should be an Issue in the next Federal he it was really wonderful said Winnipeg Centre my Pat Martin you go along and its Shack then you come to a House with a White picket Martin said he knows Hes come to a new immigrants there House proud proud to own their own he we can almost single Anderly thank the ethiopian families for rescuing the he association of Manitoba Capitol continued from Page a1 restoring the historic Donald Street theatre could Cost compared to the million it might Cost to put up a new building on the Capitol Centre venture did not propose the Capitol demolition because no develop ers have come Forward but chief executive officer Annitta Stenning said the development corporation would aggressively Market the site if it was the City also owns three vacant Portage Avenue lots immediately South of the Kitt Corner to the now empty Eaton City staff Are Plant in fall right until freeze up and Alden Centre 2220380 Hazel Ridge Road Jusi East u Birds Hud Salmon steaks 100 Tiger 8 lobster tails fresh Pickerel daily we Pachnar travel 5893474 Tim ber lox Woodland Interior stains for the Beauty o Wood 867 Mcleod 6680079 preparing a report on possible Demoli Tion of those which Are expected to be of less interest to developers than the land underneath Stenning Calls Portage and Donald a key downtown Corner and expects that Niche retailers would be interested in the combined which have potential for office space and apart ments on upper Mountain equipment Coop recently toured the Portage Avenue currently decorated with but showed More interest in opening a store at the Stenning Clark said some of the Capitol land could be used As parking for stores that set up in the Portage Avenue Centre venture is negotiating with the province to establish an Urban property tax credit for downtown projects that do not qualify for the cites heritage tax property committee chairman Peter de Smedt does not expect opposition to removing the Capitol from the cites historic buildings list Clearing the Way for its a piece of he everyone has fond memories of the but it has gone beyond its economic even heritage Winnipeg does not plan to put up a i think its one of those regretful things that has to come said new president David the property committee is expected to ask the cites historical buildings com Mittee for advice before debating heritage relisting at an open meeting in about a the decision must then be considered by the executive policy commit tee before a final vote of the full built in the Capitol theatres exterior is unattractive Brick and but its Interior once inspired famous players closed the theatre in 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