44 Gaukel is already occupied by ArtsBuild Ontario and Accelerator Centre, where they rent out studio space to artists/creatives and rent out venue space for creative projects. I couldn't see them shutting that down just so Conestoga can expand when it's one of the few arts spaces in the region. It's a small building as well, so you couldn't host that many students there.
That said, yeah I don't know where they could expand if they were thinking of adding another 3000 students. City of Kitchener doesn't have a whole lot of properties downtown. However that article doesn't actually state any further expansion apart from the former Market Square complex. It's just talking about the 3000 they had always planned on, while mentioning that before they decided upon that, they had plans for expansion. I think all that means was that they were planning on expanding and that property suited their needs. If they did expand, maybe they'd take over some Region of Waterloo space? There's 20 Weber East (the old courthouse) which I don't think is being used for much at the moment. And once WRPS moves up the street to the other old courthouse, their current building will also become free (assuming they plan on moving Division 1 over to 200 Frederick). There's also that office tower at 235 King East which houses RoW Community Services although I'm not sure if the region owns that entire building or just leases some space there.
That said, yeah I don't know where they could expand if they were thinking of adding another 3000 students. City of Kitchener doesn't have a whole lot of properties downtown. However that article doesn't actually state any further expansion apart from the former Market Square complex. It's just talking about the 3000 they had always planned on, while mentioning that before they decided upon that, they had plans for expansion. I think all that means was that they were planning on expanding and that property suited their needs. If they did expand, maybe they'd take over some Region of Waterloo space? There's 20 Weber East (the old courthouse) which I don't think is being used for much at the moment. And once WRPS moves up the street to the other old courthouse, their current building will also become free (assuming they plan on moving Division 1 over to 200 Frederick). There's also that office tower at 235 King East which houses RoW Community Services although I'm not sure if the region owns that entire building or just leases some space there.