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Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | U/C - rangersfan - 01-24-2015 Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant
Ira Needles Blvd and Erb St, Waterloo
Developer: Sifton Properties
Project: A 12 story seniors apartment building and a restaurant with a drive through
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Site Plan
Site before development
RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - rangersfan - 01-24-2015 City council defers west-side drive-thru request March 12, 2014 | James Jackson | Waterloo Chronicle | LINK Quote:City council has deferred a development request for a restaurant with a drive-thru on the city’s west end, citing concerns for traffic congestion and public safety. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - Spokes - 01-24-2015 Avoid more drive thru's! North West Waterloo is becoming a hot spot for retirement homes. This will be #3 that I can think of. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - curiouschair - 01-24-2015 (01-24-2015, 03:58 PM)Spokes Wrote: North West Waterloo is becoming a hot spot for retirement homes. This will be #3 that I can think of. It's more of an expansion of the existing one next to the site. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - kwliving - 01-25-2015 More business facing parking lots. They'll probably have their garbage bins next to the sidewalk. Yuck. Do no suburban developers want to build something to be proud of? RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - The85 - 04-04-2015 Here's a rendering of the proposed McDonalds and office building (from the Planning Justification Report): RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - clasher - 04-05-2015 That's a really stupid spot for a drive thru, there's already enough traffic problems there. I'm sure Waterloo will acquise to it anyway. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - BuildingScout - 04-05-2015 A well designed drive through causes no traffic problems. For example, the one for the McDonalds in King and Columbia. This is a busy intersection, yet I can't recall a single time that I was inconvenienced by the McDonalds there. p.s. Drive thrus are as popular as ever for ordering a coffee, but my gut feeling (no pun intended) is that their popularity is on the wane when it comes to ordering a burger. I did a quick search online for some stats, but couldn't find anything relevant online, other than they are very popular for coffee, which anyone who goes to a Tim Hortons or Starbucks drive thru already knows. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - JoeKW - 04-05-2015 The McDonalds in Williamsburg has a pretty busy drive through but it doesn't always look that way because they're really good at filling orders. Also, it's properly designed to prevent cars from backing onto the street. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - curiouschair - 04-06-2015 Is there any hints that this would be started any time soon? Also just noticed that this would be 12 floors... that seems surprisingly high given the area... I think the closest buildings that high is around erb & university (2.5-3 kms away). RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - Watdot - 04-07-2015 (04-05-2015, 09:52 AM)BuildingScout Wrote: A well designed drive through causes no traffic problems. For example, the one for the McDonalds in King and Columbia. This is a busy intersection, yet I can't recall a single time that I was inconvenienced by the McDonalds there. During rush hour it actually is bad. There frequently is "grid lock". People trying to leave the McDonald's block traffic when they try to turn left, causing traffic heading eastbound on Columbia to stop and back-up into the intersection of Columbia/King. That stretch of Columbia is brutal in the morning and late afternoons during the week. I avoid it and go down Weber Street now. If you look at the redevelopment plan for Columbia, you will notice they are planning to eliminate left-hand turns onto Regina from Columbia when traveling westbound. How/why McDonald's would be except is beyond me. That McDonald's should really become an urban format soon. That means eliminate the drive-thru, the area won't be able to handle the traffic in the next 5 years. Entry and exits should move to being on King (for northbound only) and Regina Streets for their deliveries and limited parking. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - ookpik - 04-07-2015 (04-07-2015, 09:45 AM)Watdot Wrote: During rush hour it actually is bad. There frequently is "grid lock". People trying to leave the McDonald's block traffic when they try to turn left, causing traffic heading eastbound on Columbia to stop and back-up into the intersection of Columbia/King. That stretch of Columbia is brutal in the morning and late afternoons during the week. I avoid it and go down Weber Street now. If you look at the redevelopment plan for Columbia, you will notice they are planning to eliminate left-hand turns onto Regina from Columbia when traveling westbound. How/why McDonald's would be except is beyond me. That McDonald's should really become an urban format soon. That means eliminate the drive-thru, the area won't be able to handle the traffic in the next 5 years. Entry and exits should move to being on King (for northbound only) and Regina Streets for their deliveries and limited parking.+1 I don't understand why drivers insist on turning left onto 4-lane streets, especially during busy periods, even if it's legally allowed. It's difficult to find an opening without creeping out and blocking traffic coming from the left. That almost always causes grid lock until the bully driver manages to inconvenience a few dozen other drivers in all four lanes of traffic just so they can make their left turn. Instead they should be required to turn right and go around the block. In my experience it's usually faster to make a series of right turns than to wait for an all-clear to make a left. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - kwliving - 04-08-2015 (04-07-2015, 01:10 PM)ookpik Wrote: I don't understand why drivers insist on turning left onto 4-lane streets, especially during busy periods, even if it's legally allowed. People are can be selfish and inconsiderate. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - curiouschair - 04-11-2015 There is some construction fencing around this site now, someone also seems to have drained the pond that was previously there. RE: Sifton Properties seniors and apartment and restaurant | 12 fl | ?m | proposed - rangersfan - 11-25-2015 Drove by this yesterday and a lot of progress has been made. The steel framing method is unlike any I have seen. It is almost like a modern version of balloon framing. |