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  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
tomh009 Wrote: (Yesterday, 04:23 PM) -- westwardloo Wrote: (Yesterday, 02:54 PM) -- But a centralized location close to highways and transit does matter when it comes to the hospitals location. Havi...
   panamaniac Urban Issues 231 36,451 Yesterday, 09:01 PM
  Thread: The Maverick (64 Margaret/217-229 Victoria N | 6 fl | completed
Post: RE: The Maverick (64 Margaret/217-229 Victoria N |...
Not liking the grey cladding on the Margaret St building.
   panamaniac Urban Areas 75 50,998 Yesterday, 09:18 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
It's hard to believe that word won't leak out about the two sites, although the Record will play along and keep quiet.  Since the landowners presumably know why their land is of interest, it seems har...
   panamaniac Urban Issues 231 36,451 05-10-2024, 07:16 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
I don't think anyone has mentioned that a restaurant called The French is to open in the Gaslight District. They apparently have a restaurant in Hamilton by the same name. Could fill a bit of a gap ...
   panamaniac Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,310 2,043,864 05-08-2024, 10:12 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
If it's just a conversion with no expansion, they will all have to be one bedroom or studios, I would have thought, unless the existing apartments are exceptionally large.
   panamaniac Suburbs 1,230 954,996 05-08-2024, 10:08 PM
  Thread: The Aud
Post: RE: The Aud
SF22 Wrote: (05-08-2024, 03:57 PM) -- KevinL Wrote: (05-08-2024, 03:39 PM) -- A better parking/transit situation could also be useful for reactivating the old Centennial Stadium space for, say, a pr...
   panamaniac Sports and Recreation 170 112,215 05-08-2024, 05:15 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
plam Wrote: (05-07-2024, 03:13 AM) -- This tracks with my experience in Waterloo somewhat too: Quote: -- as high rents continue to make living alone prohibitively expensive for many, single peo...
   panamaniac Outside Waterloo Region 20 573 05-07-2024, 12:08 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
ijmorlan Wrote: (05-01-2024, 06:00 PM) -- Another question: does the new rate apply to the whole gain (exclusive of the $250,000 exemption), or only on the portion that accrues after the new rules co...
   panamaniac Politics 111 20,627 05-01-2024, 06:15 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
More accurately a reduced tax benefit than a "tax grab".
   panamaniac Politics 111 20,627 05-01-2024, 08:11 AM
  Thread: Louie Condos (Columbia St and Albert St) | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Louie Condos (Columbia St and Albert St) | 8 f...
Penalties of what sort? Imposed by whom?
   panamaniac University Area 17 4,890 04-29-2024, 09:40 PM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Square Wrote: (04-29-2024, 05:05 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (04-29-2024, 02:08 PM) -- Are they actually planning to build anytime soon? It just seems like they're moving dirt...extremely slowly. Which is od...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 609 332,520 04-29-2024, 06:10 PM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
I think any developement is still years away. They aren't even working on renovating the buildings still on site, let alone building any new ones.
   panamaniac Urban Areas 609 332,520 04-29-2024, 03:04 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
bravado Wrote: (04-25-2024, 05:55 PM) -- There's not many other uses for 700 acres of land allocated at the same time other than absurd mega-hospitals and new automotive manufacturing. It's a pretty ...
   panamaniac Politics 196 7,545 04-25-2024, 09:14 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
$5.5 million of public land for a 63-unit building. I hope there's more to it than that. I wonder what the City was holding onto the land for? And why they are donating the land rather than leasi...
   panamaniac Suburbs 1,230 954,996 04-25-2024, 05:46 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
If it's not being acquired for this project, I wonder if the powers that be know that we were passed over for want of industrial land? Kitchener, in particular, has lost many opportunities over the y...
   panamaniac Politics 196 7,545 04-25-2024, 05:34 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Bytor Wrote: (04-22-2024, 07:51 PM) -- westwardloo Wrote: (04-22-2024, 08:11 AM) -- Interesting that a party that was once considered the Labour Party of canada is backing rural farmers (Typically C...
   panamaniac Politics 196 7,545 04-22-2024, 09:37 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
What a tremendous economic boost that would be, although if the announcement is really that close, I have to wonder whether the Region is still in the running.
   panamaniac Politics 196 7,545 04-22-2024, 10:35 AM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Not sure how one gets to "at any cost" from the story so far.
   panamaniac Politics 196 7,545 04-22-2024, 09:16 AM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
ijmorlan Wrote: (04-20-2024, 12:09 PM) -- There is no excuse for contaminating the ground under an industrial plant. If the plant can’t operate without dumping stuff into the ground, then it isn’t re...
   panamaniac Politics 196 7,545 04-20-2024, 05:31 PM
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News
Good news from BWXT (formerly Babcock & Wilcox) - a major plant expansion and 200 new jobs for the Cambridge plant.
   panamaniac Waterloo Region Economy 613 589,726 04-19-2024, 09:49 PM
  Thread: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
Acitta Wrote: (04-18-2024, 08:39 PM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (04-18-2024, 08:36 PM) -- You mean the old Robson Lang Tannery?   I suspect that site is too toxic to be put to any use involving humans. --...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 79 6,674 04-18-2024, 09:34 PM
  Thread: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
Acitta Wrote: (04-18-2024, 08:34 PM) -- Maybe GRR could buy that derelict building on Madison next to the tracks. I am tired of looking at it when I go by on Stirling. It needs to be either demolishe...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 79 6,674 04-18-2024, 08:36 PM
  Thread: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 236 Victoria St N | 40 & 35 fl | Proposed
I find the fuss about GRR to be overdone, but I'm not a rock climber.
   panamaniac Urban Areas 79 6,674 04-18-2024, 03:50 PM
  Thread: 2934 King St E | 11 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 2934 King St E | 11 fl | Proposed
Perhaps up-zoning permits should be nullified if the original proponent doesn't develop the property.
   panamaniac Suburbs 16 2,222 04-18-2024, 03:25 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Anybody familiar with Crowsfoot in Conestogo? Wondering if it's a good place to take guests from out of town? Lunch or dinner?
   panamaniac Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,310 2,043,864 04-12-2024, 10:57 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Bytor Wrote: (04-12-2024, 01:26 PM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (04-11-2024, 08:13 AM) -- I'm surprised that there would be much opposition to potentially thousands of well-paid manufacturing jobs.  Not th...
   panamaniac Politics 196 7,545 04-12-2024, 04:53 PM

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