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  Thread: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Benton/Church project | ? fl | Proposed

This is one of the projects that was buried in the Growing Together documents. The proposal in its current form is 40 floors (125.15m to the roof, 131.15 to the top of the mechanical penthouse). The c...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 22 2,968 Yesterday, 09:32 PM
  Thread: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | proposed
Post: RE: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | propos...

There is no model available in any of the documents, however there is the site plan, which I have attached below, sorry about the quality.
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 3 201 Yesterday, 12:42 PM
  Thread: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | proposed
Post: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | proposed

This is one of the many Vive projects that I dug up after looking through the growing together documents, it is located on the old CTV property and King/Pine. The proposal includes 4 towers ranging...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 3 201 Yesterday, 12:15 PM
  Thread: Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46...

SF22 Wrote: (Yesterday, 11:39 AM) -- Where did you find this one? It's wild how much high-rise development is earmarked for that stretch of King/Weber between Stirling and Montgomery. -- It's anoth...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 12 361 Yesterday, 11:54 AM
  Thread: Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46 fl | Proposed
Post: Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46 fl ...

This development is located in the block bound by Sydney, Charles and the old alignment of Delta St. It is municipally addressed as 669, 683, 687, 693, 697, 701 and 705 Charles St E, 48 Preston St, as...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 12 361 Yesterday, 02:16 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

Lebronj23 Wrote: (03-26-2024, 09:58 PM) -- That’s awesome, thanks for digging through. Hope to see some new threads with some new height! -- I'll definitely be making some new threads or updating e...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 5,566 3,924,303 03-26-2024, 10:16 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

Lebronj23 Wrote: (03-26-2024, 09:34 PM) -- Wowzers! ZE where did you find this? ^ -- I've been digging through all the public comment documents for Growing Together, there's hundreds of pages worth,...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 5,566 3,924,303 03-26-2024, 09:55 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

Square Wrote: (01-20-2024, 08:14 PM) -- The old CTV building has a sold sign on it. -- Vive is the owner of this, they now have a early concept for the site, it will certainly will make midtown tal...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 5,566 3,924,303 03-26-2024, 08:35 PM
  Thread: 459 Mill St | 15, 21, 31, 40 and 44 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 459 Mill St | 15, 21, 31, 40 and 44 fl | Propo...

Through the Growing Together project Polocorp had a meeting with the city which ultimately resulted in the removal of the site specific regulations surrounding parking, based on the passed OPA/ZBA the...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 146 24,764 03-26-2024, 07:53 PM
  Thread: 83-87 Weber St E | 32 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 83-87 Weber St E | 25 fl | Proposed

SF22 Wrote: (03-22-2024, 09:26 AM) -- ZEBuilder Wrote: (03-22-2024, 09:21 AM) -- It is a lot of general up zoning but they also introduced new built form restrictions, so in this case we might start...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 53 6,503 03-22-2024, 02:03 PM
  Thread: 83-87 Weber St E | 32 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 83-87 Weber St E | 25 fl | Proposed

SF22 Wrote: (03-22-2024, 09:07 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (07-28-2023, 06:20 PM) -- Part of the problem is the complexity of dealing with zoning. You end up with organizations who essentially are expert...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 53 6,503 03-22-2024, 09:21 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

Bytor Wrote: (03-19-2024, 04:55 PM) -- ZEBuilder Wrote: (03-18-2024, 04:08 PM) -- At UWs Civil Engineering Capstone symposium today one of the groups had an interesting proposal for the LRT along He...
  ZEBuilder Transportation and Infrastructure 1,133 691,853 03-19-2024, 06:27 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

At UWs Civil Engineering Capstone symposium today one of the groups had an interesting proposal for the LRT along Hespeler. It is certainly more ambitious then anything the Region would ever put out. ...
  ZEBuilder Transportation and Infrastructure 1,133 691,853 03-18-2024, 04:08 PM
  Thread: 109 Bridgeport Rd E & 30 Weber St N | 35, 24, 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 109 Bridgeport Rd E & 30 Weber St N | 35, 24, ...

tomh009 Wrote: (03-18-2024, 10:30 AM) -- I suspect those Kitchener projects (at least 93-99 Benton and 10 Duke W) are not timeline related, either. -- All the OLT cases can be viewed here:https://j...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 13 2,861 03-18-2024, 11:23 AM
  Thread: 109 Bridgeport Rd E & 30 Weber St N | 35, 24, 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 109 Bridgeport Rd E & 30 Weber St N | 35, 24, ...

nms Wrote: (03-17-2024, 09:27 PM) -- Was the City even close to meeting the 120 day deadline? Or does the City give up because they are so overwhelmed? -- The city has just given up on meeting the ...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 13 2,861 03-17-2024, 11:17 PM
  Thread: 20 University Ave E | 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 20 University Ave E | 25 fl | Proposed

City staff haven't come to a conclusion on the ZBA/OPA yet and it's well over the legal time frame in the planning act, so it wouldn't be surprising if this ends up going to the OLT like half of Water...
  ZEBuilder University Area 11 2,268 03-17-2024, 11:08 PM
  Thread: Parkside Urban Towns (née 83 Elmsdale Dr) | U/C
Post: RE: Parkside Urban Towns (née 83 Elmsdale Dr) | U/...

KevinL Wrote: (03-17-2024, 08:16 PM) -- The apartments are called Verde. http://verdekw.ca/ -- Turns out we have a thread for the apartments already: https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthr...
  ZEBuilder Suburbs 93 88,777 03-17-2024, 08:31 PM
  Thread: Parkside Urban Towns (née 83 Elmsdale Dr) | U/C
Post: RE: 83 Elmsdale Dr | U/C

tomh009 Wrote: (03-17-2024, 02:50 PM) -- So, I think what has been built so far is Averton Homes' "Parkside Urban Towns". Does that describe the entire project, though? -- Averton Homes Parkside Ur...
  ZEBuilder Suburbs 93 88,777 03-17-2024, 05:41 PM
  Thread: Parkside Urban Towns (née 83 Elmsdale Dr) | U/C
Post: RE: 83 Elmsdale Dr | U/C

KevinL Wrote: (03-17-2024, 11:16 AM) -- The seven townhouse units right at the Ottawa/Elmsdale corner have been open for a while; their entrance is actually on a new internal road off Elmsdale, so th...
  ZEBuilder Suburbs 93 88,777 03-17-2024, 01:47 PM
  Thread: Parkside Urban Towns (née 83 Elmsdale Dr) | U/C
Post: RE: 83 Elmsdale Dr | U/C

Sometime in the past week they put up a tower crane on the site. I was passing by so I didn't get a good enough look but the jib doesn't look long enough for both apartments to be constructed at once ...
  ZEBuilder Suburbs 93 88,777 03-16-2024, 04:48 PM
  Thread: 81-85 Bridgeport Road East | 16-27 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 81-85 Bridgeport Road East | 16-22 fl | Propos...

nms Wrote: (03-14-2024, 09:43 PM) -- It wasn't clear to me from the article: if the City approved the proposal as requested, on what grounds did the developer go to the OLT? -- The city didn't resp...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 65 12,584 03-14-2024, 10:08 PM
  Thread: 109 Bridgeport Rd E & 30 Weber St N | 35, 24, 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 109 Bridgeport Rd E & 30 Weber St N | 25, 24, ...

nms Wrote: (03-14-2024, 09:43 PM) -- It wasn't clear to me from the article: if the City approved the proposal as requested, on what grounds did the developer go to the OLT? -- It was appealed to t...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 13 2,861 03-14-2024, 09:59 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C

cherrypark Wrote: (03-14-2024, 09:34 AM) -- Lebronj23 Wrote: (02-17-2024, 08:19 PM) -- This is going to be the 3rd tallest tower in Kitchener after TEK tops out, and after DTK. This is 115m tall -- ...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 1,667 971,578 03-14-2024, 11:27 AM
  Thread: 109 Bridgeport Rd E & 30 Weber St N | 35, 24, 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 109 Bridgeport Rd E & 30 Weber St N | 25, 24, ...

This development was scheduled to go to the OLT in February however the developer has recently resubmitted to the city with a tower of 35 floors (up from 25) and another of 19 (down from 22). Any more...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 13 2,861 03-13-2024, 03:50 PM
  Thread: 81-85 Bridgeport Road East | 16-27 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 81-85 Bridgeport Road East | 16-22 fl | Propos...

urbd Wrote: (02-14-2024, 01:47 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (02-12-2024, 03:33 PM) -- The OLT hearing was cancelled in November (and the case closed), so this project appears to be dead. -- Very interest...
  ZEBuilder Urban Areas 65 12,584 03-13-2024, 03:49 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...

Acitta Wrote: (03-08-2024, 07:42 PM) -- I don't know what this structure is for. It doesn't seem to be on the engineering documents. It is separated from the ramp which goes to the east. There are st...
  ZEBuilder Transportation and Infrastructure 78 37,303 03-08-2024, 09:39 PM

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