Watt Street Housing

565-569 Watt St. and 545 Watt St. Housing

We are working with developers to build affordable housing on priority City-owned properties.

545 Watt Street and 565-569 Watt Street are priority sites for affordable housing. Developers are building multi-family housing on these sites. At least 30 percent of the units will meet the City’s affordability criteria.

Community outreach and Meet & Greet

Thank you to those who attended the Meet and Greet on November 10, 2025 and those who have been in touch with the team. We appreciate your feedback and questions.

Subdivision and Rezoning

A public hearing was held on November 20, 2025 to decide on subdivision and rezoning the land. The current site is a Public Works yard and we requested to change it to multi-family housing and community support services.

The East Kildonan-Transcona Community Committee concurred in the recommendation of the Public Service to approve the subdivision and rezoning.

On December 18, 2025, Council also concurred with the recommendation to approve the subdivision and rezoning.

Next steps

In 2026, the developers will design the buildings and share plans with the community.

Timeline

Fall 2024 – Council identifies priority sites for affordable housing

January to September 2025 – Pre-development and select developers

November 2025 – Community outreach and meet and greet event

November and December 2025 – Public hearing and Council approval to rezone and subdivide land

2026

  • Developers design buildings
  • Developers share draft plans with community

Spring/Summer 2026 – Hearings for Council approval of development applications as required

2027 – Construction*

*subject to Council approval of development applications as required

Have questions? Please get in touch with us at haf@winnipeg.ca or call 204-986-8631. 

565-569 Watt St. 

  • Developer: Futuremark Development
  • Development: Approximately 247-unit multi-family apartment buildings 
  • Details:
    • Approximately 74 affordable units

545 Watt St.

  • Developer: Elmwood Community Resource Centre (current leaseholder)
  • Development: Multi-family housing and community hub
  • Details:
    • Approximately 100 residential units including approximately 41 affordable units
    • Drop-in space, offices for community support services, and expanded programming for counselling and child-minding
map of development site.
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