Glasshouse is in a great location! You can walk to everything: The Forks, the Human Rights Museum, St. Boniface/the French Quarter, restaurants of the Exchange District. Devin was a great communicator and answered questions quickly via text; thank you! The complex seems to be a magnet for young professionals in Winnipeg who frequent the gorgeous rooftop terrace every evening for drinks, grilling and hanging out on the sofas around the fireplaces—a bonus if you’re in your 20s-30s and looking to meet people. I also enjoyed the gym on the 2nd floor. I can definitely recommend this place. It is spacious, well located, has a tub, kitchen, laundry and loads of television/movie options.
Having said that, the place is noisy: traffic 24-7, and lots of sirens from both police and ambulance. Nearly every phone call I made, the person on the other end commented on the noise—and the windows were closed! My sense is that this apartment is set up for shorter-term rentals, probably for people who come to the MTS Center for an event. For those who are here longer and need to work, there is no comfortable space to work on a laptop (counter stools are too tall for the bar; couch is slippy-slidy; there is no desk).
An unfortunate reality that the profile of this condo does not mention is the relative lack of safety in the area, particularly for a woman like myself alone at night. Sadly there is a lot of drug addiction and mental illness around central Winnipeg, and I was told the bus stop on the corner at Portage is the most criminalized in the city. This condo is in the middle of town, there is lots of activity all around, but also panhandling and homelessness; be aware of your surroundings and prepared if you arrive at night.
Oh! There is a concierge in the lobby in the evenings. A very nice feature that I did not see mentioned in the description. Devin and his Mom kindly had eggs and coffee in the apartment for that first morning.