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RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - timio - 11-30-2016
(10-06-2016, 09:50 PM)timio Wrote: Drove by the other day and saw the sign up for West Acres Villas (http://huroncreek.com/westacres) at Highland / West Acres. Looks like they've started working on the foundation.
First building's framing is complete with a roof on. The second building has a foundation.
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 12-09-2016
(11-27-2016, 07:53 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Office building going up on Kingsbury Dr.
Whatever this is, it's gone up to about 6 floors as of today. Pretty unfortunate motel to be behind, though.
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - mpd618 - 12-13-2016
In Kitchener, there appears to be some residential development that has sprouted pretty quickly on (or behind) Highland, between Westheights and Westheights.
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - timio - 12-13-2016
@mpd618: http://huroncreek.com/westacres
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - MacBerry - 12-15-2016
(12-13-2016, 08:14 AM)timio Wrote: @mpd618: http://huroncreek.com/westacres
Seems like calling this location as part of the "mature Forest Heights neighbourhood" is a stretch ... IMO
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 12-15-2016
The Westheights area (a few blocks from this development) was built in the 1970s and 1980s. Don't know about this particular street, though.
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - timio - 12-16-2016
Late 1980's.
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - panamaniac - 12-16-2016
(12-15-2016, 09:50 PM)MacBerry Wrote:(12-13-2016, 08:14 AM)timio Wrote: @mpd618: http://huroncreek.com/westacres
Seems like calling this location as part of the "mature Forest Heights neighbourhood" is a stretch ... IMO
You mean the "mature" bit? It is in what I would have considered "Forest Heights".
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 12-16-2016
(12-16-2016, 08:47 AM)timio Wrote: Late 1980's.
Through the 70s and 80s. Much of Driftwood was built up in the 70s already, and the Westheights Public School was built in the mid-70s. Other parts in the late 80s, sure. But even then, I think a 30-year-old neighbourhood is already pretty mature.
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - DHLawrence - 12-31-2016
Do we know what's going up near Marten's Furniture on Weber?
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - rangersfan - 01-23-2017
I believe that is the 5 story office building on Kingsbury Dr..
With the pumping station work completed plans for development in South Kitchener can proceed.
http://m.therecord.com/news-story/7079388-new-pumping-station-clears-way-for-south-kitchener-development
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - rangersfan - 02-01-2017
Run, there is an invasion on the horizon!!!
http://m.therecord.com/news-story/7097898-fears-of-student-invasion-in-kitchener-neighbourhood
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - KevinL - 02-02-2017
When you live in walking distance of a postsecondary institution, this pretty much goes without saying. The college has been there for decades, what did they expect to happen?
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - Markster - 02-02-2017
Ughhhhhhhhhhhh
"We don't want to allow new student housing here!"
"Why are the houses converting into student housing?! Stop it!"
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - Section ThirtyOne - 02-03-2017
As someone who used to live in that neighboorhood, the NIMBYism there is off the charts. Never seen anything like it anywhere.