b'Daoust Lestages design for south Market Lands will be finalized withImages provided by Daoust Lestage.CentreVenture and community partners through 2019.FROM BRUTALIST TO BEYOND Daoust Lestages vision for redevelopment of Market Landsfeatures new public market and openness approachBy Warren HeeleyThe international competition for aThe initial focus for CentreVentureKing Street, on the south by William design to redevelop the south Markethas been on the southern parcel ofAvenue and on the west by Princess Lands in downtown Winnipeg hasland on the Market Lands site, saysStreet. The property around the Lands crowned a winner. The New MarketAngela Mathieson, President and CEOcomprises many significant buildings Square design from Daoust Lestage,of CentreVenture. We have completedin downtown Winnipeg, including City an architectural design company fromextensive public consultations on whatHall and Red River College.Montreal, was unanimously selected bythe site should include.the jury in December 2018. Based on the consultations and newThe land that makes up the southern Redevelopment of the Market Landsdesign, the south Market Lands willportion of the Market Lands is not a has been a priority for Winnipeginclude a public market, public squarestraightforward parcel owned by the City Council for a number of years.and a residential/affordable housingCity. It was part of a river lot owned by CentreVenture Developmentbuilding. The parcel of land currentlyAlexander Ross, a Scottish-born fur Corporation, an arms length companyincludes the Public Safety Building andtrader and an early settler of the Red owned by the City of Winnipega portion of the Civic Parkade.River Colony. When Winnipeg was whose mandate is to coordinateincorporated in 1875, the Ross family redevelopment within the downtownTHE LAND deeded the land to the City with the core, is leading the process on behalfThe Market Lands are bounded on theproviso that the land always be used of the City. north by James Avenue, on the east byfor public purposes.42 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'