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RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - nms - 02-06-2017 But were the houses there that long? My guess is that part of this push-back comes from people who bought houses in the last 10-20 years in newer development that ignored the presence of Conestoga College. If the the developers and the City had been proactive, they might have come up with a development plan that allowed the greenfield development to skip the initial single-detached housing stock step and move immediately towards something like what is planned for Northdale 3.0 (1.0 Victory Houses; 2.0 stucco towers; 3.0 the current plan). I understand that this is not unique to the area. The greenfield neighbourhoods around the Ontario Institute of Technology ran into the same problems shortly after it opened in 2003. On a related note, a University of Waterloo Yinzhou Xiao student wrote a thesis in 2013 that looked at these kinds of conflicts in 23 muncipalities. From the abstract: Quote:The study results showed that at least 23 Ontario municipalities faced challenges RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - GtwoK - 02-14-2017 Here's a closer look at the proposed site plan for the rebuilding of the Pioneer Park plaza. Don't think we've had a good look at this yet. Overall, it's quite drab. Pretty standard, mostly expected. The plaza definitely needs the redo, but it's too bad that while making it "new" they didn't also want to make it "good". but I feel like pedestrians should've been taken more into account here. On the bright side, I seem some of those parking spaces in the bottom right quadrant are labelled as "click & collect", so at least Zehrs will be staying. RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - Markster - 02-14-2017 I actually really like the reorganization of the plaza. It puts more services right at the streetfront, making them more accessible to pedestrians. Particularly those people who will be crossing from the high density residential across Homer-Watson. I'm not as big a fan of the retaining wall that will replace what is currently a dirt trail used by residents of the building to the south. https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.3930075,-80.4304534,320m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - KevinL - 02-14-2017 So, the Zehrs is moving to the southeast corner where the Home Hardware was? RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - Viewfromthe42 - 02-14-2017 (02-14-2017, 04:40 PM)Markster Wrote: I actually really like the reorganization of the plaza. It puts more services right at the streetfront, making them more accessible to pedestrians. Particularly those people who will be crossing from the high density residential across Homer-Watson. Let's take bets on how many of the stores face the streets/sidewalks vs the parking. RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - Markster - 02-14-2017 (02-14-2017, 06:18 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Let's take bets on how many of the stores face the streets/sidewalks vs the parking. I'll only take that bet if I can have "100% face the parking". But it's a seriously good thing that pedestrians don't need to walk through a parking lot to get to the doors. RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - timio - 02-17-2017 West Acres development Feb 17/17 RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - white_brian - 02-22-2017 New tower crane up behind the Bankside Residence (retirement home) across Highland Rd from the Highland Hills Mall RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - timio - 02-22-2017 That explains the earth moving recently. RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - rangersfan - 02-24-2017 Doon Pioneer Park Community Center to undergo expansion. http://m.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/7147285-doon-community-centre-expansion-gets-go-ahead RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - jgsz - 03-07-2017 (02-22-2017, 04:19 PM)white_brian Wrote: New tower crane up behind the Bankside Residence (retirement home) across Highland Rd from the Highland Hills Mall What is planned for that site? RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - Spokes - 03-08-2017 It's a tiny little plot of land tucked back on what looks like the retirement home's property. Not certain what it would be given the size of the land RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - jgsz - 03-08-2017 (03-08-2017, 11:24 AM)Spokes Wrote: It's a tiny little plot of land tucked back on what looks like the retirement home's property. Not certain what it would be given the size of the land I did some searching and this may be the project: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - nms - 03-10-2017 This is part of the growing trend in senior's care to allow aging in place, especially for couples, where one site has multiple levels of care. For instance, Lutherwood started with townhouses and apartments, and then later built the Sunshine Centre with more levels of care. In this case, it may be the reverse. RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - rangersfan - 03-14-2017 Work has started on a new 34 unit affordable housing complex at 175 Hespler Rd, Cambridge. http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/cambridge-affordable-housing-development-breaks-ground-1.3323232 |