This four-storey hotel at the corner of Balmoral Street and Notre Dame Avenue in Winnipeg was designed by the local architectural firm of Lloyd Finch and Associates and constructed between 1965 and 1966 by the F. W. Sawatzky Construction Company for hotelier Menashe Mandel (1900-1994). Its main floor had a restaurant, dining room, cocktail lounge, beverage room, three banquet halls, and two kitchens. The upper three storeys contained 45 guest rooms equipped with radio, television, and air conditioning. It opened on 15 August 1966.
In November 2023, the building was sold to a business group that included the Pimicikamak Cree Nation. The group plans to renovate it into an Indigenous wellness centre.
Balmoral Hotel (September 2022)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89838, W97.15171
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Lloyd Hugh Finch (1904-1967)
Manitoba Business: F. W. Sawatzky Construction Company / FWS Group
“13 storey block, 2 hotels planned,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 December 1964, page 7.
“$1,200,000 Balmoral Motor Hotel newest addition to city's Central Park skyline,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 October 1966, page 24.
“The Balmoral Motor Hotel,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 1966, page 18.
Menashe Mandel (1900-1994), Geni.
“New owners plan to transform inner-city Winnipeg hotel into Indigenous wellness centre,” CBC News, 7 November 2023.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 February 2025
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