Vacate order issued for Manwin Hotel

A vacate order has been issued for Winnipeg's ManWin hotel, pictured on Jan. 22, 2025.

The City of Winnipeg has issued a vacate order for a notorious Main Street hotel.

Following a fire in December, Vivian Santos, Community Services Chair and area councillor, said the city issued the order for the building to be vacated.

“With the recent fire, we heard there are safety concerns; now it’s just not inhabitable,” said Santos.

A city spokesperson says city departments have been in contact with the property owner for several years about multiple compliance orders connected to safety and proper permitting.

“As a necessary step to encourage the property owner to comply with multiple outstanding permit requirements and compliance orders on the building, the city issued the property owner an order to vacate earlier this month,” the spokesperson said.

But it appears no one from the hotel will be displaced at this point, as the city says the owner has appealed the order, which will be heard until February 10th. It says no enforcement will take place pending that hearing. CTV News observed people going in and out of the building on Wednesday.

In October 2023 a group rallied in front of the hotel calling for it to close over concerns it had about the building’s condition. In February 2021, the province temporarily shut it down, citing no heat or water.