(06-12-2015, 10:17 AM)Owen Wrote:

(06-12-2015, 09:47 AM)BuildingScout Wrote: I'm afraid that even then it won't be enough, judging from other urban examples. We are going from 0 buildings to 1 (Kaufman) to 3 (Kaufman+One Victoria+City Centre) so while the increase sounds like a lot, density is still extremely low in that area as far as downtown urban districts are concerned. We will need the other City Centre tower as well as the two towers in One Hundred Victoria before we start seeing critical mass. The transit hub will help a lot as the fact that a trip to downtown will be a breeze away when the LRT is in place. Then we'll see a clear pickup.

This brings up my biggest issue with the LRT - "a trip downtown is a breeze away when the LRT is in place"  ... for who??  Maybe a few folks who happen to live around the line, but not for most residents of the city (and by most I mean everyone in Wards 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8).  I understand the planning rationale for creating a corridor that induces development (and a long-term shift in population from the suburbs to condos along that corridor), but I really wish the LRT as more useful for more existing residents - meaning it had lines that extended out into the existing suburbs to the east and west and made it easy for people to come downtown as a destination.  I get it - that was way out of the budget - but presently I have a hard time seeing how the LRT would help me get anywhere I want to go (have you ever found yourself on King street saying "gee, I really wish I could hope on a train and get to uptown waterloo?")  ... most of the city's residents (again, everyone in Ward 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8) live outside walking distance from the LRT, which means they will have to keep driving everywhere they want to go.   

Since the province is now providing 100% funding for this sort of thing we should be lobbying for a Phase II LRT that adds loops from the outer areas into the core to augment the main line!

(04-17-2023, 11:30 AM)Chris Wrote: When did King and Wellington get annexed by Waterloo?

(04-16-2023, 09:54 PM)tomh009 Wrote: I Really Do Not Understand Why Realtors Feel That They Will Be More Successful By Capitalizing Every Single Word In Their Property Descriptions. 😡

(04-17-2023, 11:36 AM)neonjoe Wrote:

(04-17-2023, 11:30 AM)Chris Wrote: When did King and Wellington get annexed by Waterloo?

The developer buddy may have got inside information from the Ford Government about upcoming forced amalgamations.

(04-17-2023, 11:30 AM)Chris Wrote: When did King and Wellington get annexed by Waterloo?

(04-17-2023, 12:37 PM)Lebronj23 Wrote: This looks like a great spot for a Flatiron style tower. 

(04-18-2023, 06:08 PM)jeffster Wrote:

(04-17-2023, 12:37 PM)Lebronj23 Wrote: This looks like a great spot for a Flatiron style tower. 

Where is this? Why am I not keeping on top of things?

(04-19-2023, 09:50 AM)Lebronj23 Wrote: The CTV property across from the hospital is up for sale. 864-872 King St W. This is being advertised with a high density transit oriented development opportunity. A conceptual 37 storey tower is included in the advertisement. The owner is taking bids included with a site plan concept in order for the sale. More details in the link below.


https://www.cbre.ca/-/media/cbre/countrycanada/files/pdf/teams/on-to-lsg/residential-land-brochure/864-872-king-st-w.pdf

(04-20-2023, 10:12 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Where is CKCO going?