General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[Viewfromthe42]

I've heard that the existing building is collapsing on the inside as a result of basically not having a roof for many years.

I wonder what 'collapsing' on the inside means...  I'm sure anything made of wood is destroyed, but I wonder to what extend stone/concrete/brick has been destroyed by freeze/thaw of water.  I would think that if nothing else the facade could easily be saved and build new on the inside like Bauer.

...and Bauer may well have only been able/willing to preserve the façade due to the density they were allowed to place on that lot, going many, many stories above the preserved façade height.

If we were to have a neighbourhood that could not even see the main street or density node having zero opposition to, or even support of increased height/density for a given site, it could even be a first for the region, let alone anywhere else.