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General Suburban Updates and Rumours
(10-06-2016, 09:50 PM)timio Wrote: Drove by the other day and saw the sign up for West Acres Villas (http://huroncreek.com/westacres) at Highland / West Acres.  Looks like they've started working on the foundation.

First building's framing is complete with a roof on.  The second building has a foundation.
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(11-27-2016, 07:53 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Office building going up on Kingsbury Dr.

Whatever this is, it's gone up to about 6 floors as of today. Pretty unfortunate motel to be behind, though.
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In Kitchener, there appears to be some residential development that has sprouted pretty quickly on (or behind) Highland, between Westheights and Westheights.
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@mpd618: http://huroncreek.com/westacres
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(12-13-2016, 08:14 AM)timio Wrote: @mpd618:  http://huroncreek.com/westacres

Seems like calling this location as part of the "mature Forest Heights neighbourhood" is a stretch ... IMO
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The Westheights area (a few blocks from this development) was built in the 1970s and 1980s. Don't know about this particular street, though.
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Late 1980's.
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(12-15-2016, 09:50 PM)MacBerry Wrote:
(12-13-2016, 08:14 AM)timio Wrote: @mpd618:  http://huroncreek.com/westacres

Seems like calling this location as part of the "mature Forest Heights neighbourhood" is a stretch ... IMO

You mean the "mature" bit?  It is in what I would have considered "Forest Heights".
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(12-16-2016, 08:47 AM)timio Wrote: Late 1980's.

Through the 70s and 80s.  Much of Driftwood was built up in the 70s already, and the Westheights Public School was built in the mid-70s.  Other parts in the late 80s, sure.  But even then, I think a 30-year-old neighbourhood is already pretty mature.
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Do we know what's going up near Marten's Furniture on Weber?
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I believe that is the 5 story office building on Kingsbury Dr..


With the pumping station work completed plans for development in South Kitchener can proceed.


http://m.therecord.com/news-story/707938...evelopment
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Run, there is an invasion on the horizon!!!


http://m.therecord.com/news-story/709789...ghbourhood
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When you live in walking distance of a postsecondary institution, this pretty much goes without saying. The college has been there for decades, what did they expect to happen?
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Ughhhhhhhhhhhh

"We don't want to allow new student housing here!"

"Why are the houses converting into student housing?! Stop it!"
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As someone who used to live in that neighboorhood, the NIMBYism there is off the charts. Never seen anything like it anywhere.
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