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RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - neonjoe - 06-16-2022
Cautiously optimistic that something will actually happen there. The lot is in decent shape and the fencing suggests that its not just a simple repave!
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - Lebronj23 - 06-16-2022
I think their setting up for some concert as there is now a stage there lol. Way to get our hopes up CP42!
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - CP42 - 06-16-2022
(06-16-2022, 09:59 AM)Lebronj23 Wrote: I think their setting up for some concert as there is now a stage there lol. Way to get our hopes up CP42!
Haha that’s too bad…
At least for one day it will be used for something other then being an empty parking lot.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - panamaniac - 06-16-2022
(06-16-2022, 09:59 AM)Lebronj23 Wrote: I think their setting up for some concert as there is now a stage there lol. Way to get our hopes up CP42!
Hey, a concert is good news too!
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - Rainrider22 - 06-16-2022
Maybe for part of the Summer Lights Festival this Saturdday ? Sadly this will be the last one... The city should step up with assisting the funding.
https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/06/16/valiant-last-stand-for-summer-lights-festival-this-saturday-on-king-street.html
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 06-16-2022
Yeah it's not a building project lol. If it was, you'd be able to find that on the City of Kitchener website.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - Chris - 06-16-2022
Now the lot is filled with food trucks, Wellington Brewery tent, porta-potties and the previously mentioned stage.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - taylortbb - 06-16-2022
(06-16-2022, 10:34 AM)Rainrider22 Wrote: Maybe for part of the Summer Lights Festival this Saturdday ?
It's a party for Google employees.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - Chris - 06-17-2022
I thought this build was cool, I've never seen a build like this before. Giant lego-like blocks for walls.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - timc - 06-17-2022
I'm not a construction expert, but I think that is ICF.
https://www.cement.org/cement-concrete/paving/buildings-structures/concrete-homes/building-systems-for-every-need/insulating-concrete-forms-(ICFs)
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 06-17-2022
Yeah that's ICF. Not a common building material here so that's interesting to see.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ZEBuilder - 06-17-2022
The new addition (8 floors) to the retirement home at Blockline and Westmount is being built out of ICF, the only concrete walls in the new addition that aren't ICF are the elevator shaft and some interior walls.
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RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 06-17-2022
Once again, Christian organizations are stepping up to contribute solutions to the housing crisis.
St. Peter's Lutheran Church and Indwell (a charitable Christian organization that builds affordable housing across Ontario, who have been behind the transformation of St. Mark's Place in midtown Kitchener) had proposed an adaptive reuse of part of their property to add 41 affordable housing units with additional building amenities for residents. Earlier this month they formally submitted a building application to the City of Kitchener which is currently under review, so hopefully this goes ahead soon.
They are accepting donations to help fund the project which is estimated to cost 1'750'000 dollars. 1'205'155 dollars have been raised thus far and every dollar donated will be matched by a donor (up to a maximum of $250'000). If you're interested, you can donate to them here: https://indwell.ca/projects/kitchener-st-peters-church/
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - CP42 - 06-18-2022
Are the highrise condo towers out of our control?
https://archive.ph/ijkO8
While I agree with the need to add parkland (potentially to convert city owned parking lots), I don’t see how this has to do with towers. That is on the city to implement. They know the towers are coming, so make a plan.
I also don’t understand why there is so much criticism on condo developers offering affordable units under $368k being an issue that investors can buy and flip them? Please direct me to a non-tower housing development that has units below this price. Why isn’t there scrutiny for single detached developments being unaffordable? Go to a new suburb development in the SW end of Kitchener and I bet you the cheapest home you can purchase is around $1M, yet nobody is complaining there because it matches the status quo of what has been “normal” in Kitchener.
RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 06-19-2022
Tl;dr...Luisa D’Amato wrote it. She's The Record's official NIMBY columinist.