General Suburban Updates and Rumours

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Looks like a developer is proposing another major mixed-use redevelopment of the plaza near Northfield and Weber in Waterloo

https://www.engagewr.ca/northfield-dr-and-weber-st-n

I guess the towers look nice enough, but the lack of park space is a little disappointing. Feel like they could have removed one of the light industrial buildings and built an functional park between parkside drive and the MUT beside the rail corridor.  The podiums are interesting. They are quite the continuous mass, but all seperate parking structures. Also 1 retail space proposed.  

This whole site seems like a miss opportunity when it was originally redeveloped in 2011. I am not sure this proposal fixes it. Feels like the whole site including the commercial plaza should be considered as a master planned neighbourhood. Even if they only do work on the this side of the site initially.

Guess we can scratch the Northfield/Parkside location off our Potential New Hospital Sites list.

It looks like they fully expect to be able to connect through to Randall Dr at some point, with the way that Parkside Dr ends in a circle with nothing directly past it.