Parking in Waterloo Region

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Kitchener looking at better uses for city-owned parking lots

Kitchener plans to sell at least one downtown parcel within the next year, as part of a bigger plan to use city-owned land for things like economic development of affordable housing.
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Kitchener has 13 city-run surface parking lots with about 1,400 spots in the downtown, as well as five parking garages. The surface lots, though, don't contribute much to the life of a city, Bluhm said. "We know the highest and best use, long-term, is not for them to stay as parking lots."
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One promising spot is near the Innovation District, where the city owns two parking lots once used as the Bramm Street public works yards. Its chief assets are location — close to Communitech and the medical and pharmacy campuses — and its size. The two lots, with parking for about 265 vehicles, could easily accommodate five office towers, Bluhm said.

"It's always been viewed as the best asset we have for downtown," he said. But they aren't readily available: they are leased for three years to provide parking for employees of the Breithaupt Block.

Another area ripe for redevelopment is the area near Centre in the Square, where the city owns four parking lots.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/960...king-lots/