Grand Chief Jerry Daniels poses in the Hudson's Bay building in downtown Winnipeg.

CTV Winnipeg: Budget balloons to $310 million for revitalization of Hudson’s Bay building in Winnipeg

March 20, 2025 —

The massive project transforming the former downtown Hudson’s Bay building into a new cultural, housing and services hub has hit a construction milestone, amid a retooling of the original plan and a ballooning budget.

A tower crane has been installed at the Portage Avenue site, as construction barrels forward on Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn – the Southern Chiefs’ Organization’s (SCO) multi-million-dollar project.

Supply chain management professor Paul Larson spoke with CTV about the rise in costs for building supplies.

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Seun Bammeke [BComm(Hons)/10] shares that his love of business started at a young age, watching his brother go out to school each day and come back with more than he left with. An Asper BComm alum, Bammeke is a serial entrepreneur today, starting and running multiple businesses since his formal career beginnings in logistics and supply chain.

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