General Suburban Updates and Rumours

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New stacked townhouse development proposed for 135-161 Jackson St, Kitchener. This is just inside the highway ring, but I've added it to Suburban updates just because it's in a very residential area that's not particularly close to any current density.

This is currently one big house that is hidden in the middle of a block, behind all the surrounding houses. The house and its pond will be removed, as well as 5-ish surrounding homes, to make space for 120 units, most of which will be 2 bed+den. They are also including their own little playground for kids, so definitely encouraging families with one or two kids to live here. They will be three storeys tall plus basement units.

Full reports are here: https://app2.kitchener.ca/AppDocs/OpenDa...701880.pdf

I feel like the proposed stacked townhomes actually suit this neighbourhood better than a single gated mansion. It hurts to look at all that parking, but it seems like an easy win otherwise.

Totally agree! Plus they're keeping some amount of the existing established trees, which is always good to see. It sounds like they're also incorporating indoor bike parking somewhere, so hopefully this neighbourhood sees an increase in bike facilities. I don't think there's much beyond the on-street 'separated' lanes on Ottawa and the Delta St MUT, both of which are nearly a kilometre away.