The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C

[taylortbb]

Looking ahead, I wonder if they will consider erecting another building and joining it to the new phase where the surface parking lot is once they require more floor space.  I wonder if that will be considered a win for the resident who went to LPAT...

The press release announcing the final design said they may do a phase 4 on the parking lot, so definitely a possibility.

[westwardloo]

Looking ahead, I wonder if they will consider erecting another building and joining it to the new phase where the surface parking lot is once they require more floor space.  I wonder if that will be considered a win for the resident who went to LPAT...

The press release announcing the final design said they may do a phase 4 on the parking lot, so definitely a possibility.

That would be great to see! Although it will definitely be challenged at LPAT if a future phase 4 was ever proposed.

[panamaniac]

Does it matter if it were challenged at LPAT? Minor inconvenience, istm.

[urbd]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but Perimeter will be building a 5-storey parking garage for google in a small piece of land behind the area where the GO trains park overnight.

[kps]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but Perimeter will be building a 5-storey parking garage for google in a small piece of land behind the area where the GO trains park overnight.

Yes, the most detail so far is in this post.

[cherrypark]

Looks like a new addition of some colour to the columns at the entrance, as I think a couple people correctly predicted. Image from their twitter post about this expansion being one of three new offices in Canada.

[kps]

Looks like a new addition of some colour to the columns at the entrance, as I think a couple people correctly predicted. Image from their twitter post about this expansion being one of three new offices in Canada.

I think this is first official statement that Google will be the tenant.

[KevinL]

I like how the Downtown King bollards and light fixtures are shown here, good to get them further around the city.

[Watdot]

I like how the Downtown King bollards and light fixtures are shown here, good to get them further around the city.

If only they could take over Uptown Waterloo's too!

[taylortbb]

Google has definitely been on a roll in KW. They're also taking over the King Centre building from Manulife downtown. Originally intended to just be temporary until Breithaupt Block phase 3 is built, my understanding is they're now considering keeping both King Centre and the full Breithaupt Block.

[panamaniac]

Google has definitely been on a roll in KW. They're also taking over the King Centre building from Manulife downtown. Originally intended to just be temporary until Breithaupt Block phase 3 is built, my understanding is they're now considering keeping both King Centre and the full Breithaupt Block.

Looking to grow to 3,000 employees in DTK, according to today’s G&M.

[GtwoK]

Google has definitely been on a roll in KW. They're also taking over the King Centre building from Manulife downtown. Originally intended to just be temporary until Breithaupt Block phase 3 is built, my understanding is they're now considering keeping both King Centre and the full Breithaupt Block.

Woah, what, since when? The entire building? Will it become the "Google" building instead of "The Manulife one"?

[taylortbb]

Google has definitely been on a roll in KW. They're also taking over the King Centre building from Manulife downtown. Originally intended to just be temporary until Breithaupt Block phase 3 is built, my understanding is they're now considering keeping both King Centre and the full Breithaupt Block.

Woah, what, since when? The entire building? Will it become the "Google" building instead of "The Manulife one"?

Yes, entire building. It's not officially announced yet, but I've heard it from several different people in the know, so it's not a well kept secret.

 Google has already overflowed their current Breithaupt space, and has a temporary office around Philip and Columbia. I assume they want to get everyone back downtown. If the target is now 3000 jobs then the Manulife building is 1000 of those jobs.

[BruceAshe]

Woah, what, since when? The entire building? Will it become the "Google" building instead of "The Manulife one"?

Yes, entire building. It's not officially announced yet, but I've heard it from several different people in the know, so it's not a well kept secret.

 Google has already overflowed their current Breithaupt space, and has a temporary office around Philip and Columbia. I assume they want to get everyone back downtown. If the target is now 3000 jobs then the Manulife building is 1000 of those jobs.

It has been one of the worst kept secrets. The secrecy surrounding who was leasing the floor was treated like a joke for months. I was actually surprised to see it not mentioned in the articles today because it was supposed to be made official soon.

Renovations on the top floor of Manulife started at the beginning of this year for Google. Manulife is still using the other two floors currently. I've heard rumours that Google will eventually lease the entire building, but I've also heard Manulife may continue to use it.

[hypnagogic_logic]

Perhaps - dare I think it - that with all this news, the original vision of an office tower on top of King Centre might not be such a hare-brained idea anymore?

For all the growth Google has seen, I had no idea they were expanding this ambitiously.