Few other infill developments can match Southwood Circle’s location, just a 5-minute walk from the core campus and bus rapid transit. Previously Winnipeg’s oldest golf course, the land has extensive old-growth forest that will be preserved by the community master plan, as well as 1 km of waterfront that will be developed into public parkland. All of these features will be connected by an extensive network of active transportation routes.
The existing on-site population provides substantial energy to support new residential and retail. About 40,000 people come to the university core campus every day. The daytime population of the nearby Smartpark technology transfer community is 1,500, and will double to 3,000 within the next 10 years.