General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

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In regards to 650-664 King E., they're going to demo the house in the middle and make it parking. I believe one building will be dental and the other one some other sort of medical.

Here is some info on the proposed development:

http://kitchener.ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=527&meta_id=59738

I can't tell you how excited I am that something might finally be happening here. I've lived around the corner for 5 years now and have seen it go from crack dens+tattoo shop, to squatters and illegal dispensary, to flooded abandoned buildings now. The houses were always a hive of prostitution and drug related activity when they had tenants.

Four new medical offices instead of abandoned buildings/illegal activity dens is certainly good for the community, but adding even more surface parking directly on King is really unfortunate. Plus, the middle house would IMO probably be the best looking of the three structures if it was to be fixed up. An improvement in terms of use, but definitely not in terms of form.