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  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
danbrotherston Wrote: (Yesterday, 03:12 PM) -- SF22 Wrote: (Yesterday, 02:50 PM) -- This is exactly it. It's actually good planning, looking forward to known projects that are coming down the pipeli...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 3,137 2,247,453 Yesterday, 04:57 PM
  Thread: 247 Lowther Street North | 3fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 247 Lowther Street North | 3fl | Proposed
It's a rather odd-sized lot so would be harder to add more buildings to it and still have non-trivial parking availability.
   tomh009 Urban Areas 2 137 05-13-2024, 03:19 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
westwardloo Wrote: (05-11-2024, 02:54 PM) -- But a centralized location close to highways and transit does matter when it comes to the hospitals location. Having a new hospital built at the edge of t...
   tomh009 Urban Issues 241 36,992 05-11-2024, 04:23 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
panamaniac Wrote: (05-10-2024, 07:16 PM) -- It's hard to believe that word won't leak out about the two sites, although the Record will play along and keep quiet.  Since the landowners presumably kno...
   tomh009 Urban Issues 241 36,992 05-11-2024, 01:42 PM
  Thread: Spur Line Commons (103 Roger St) | 6 fl | completed
Post: RE: Spur Line Common | 6 fl | Proposed
ac3r Wrote: (07-08-2021, 07:59 PM) -- A playground? Think about the grass! Kids might make ley lines on it or lose their basketballs on the property and trespass, leading to vagrancy. I think it's be...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 20 3,310 05-10-2024, 09:41 PM
  Thread: The Maverick (64 Margaret/217-229 Victoria N | 6 fl | completed
Post: RE: The Maverick (64 Margaret/217-229 Victoria N |...
This looks complete now. Pretty close to the renders. A good density addition for Victoria N.
  tomh009 Urban Areas 75 51,208 05-10-2024, 09:37 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
ijmorlan Wrote: (05-09-2024, 05:43 PM) -- I don’t see how they can enforce “no students”, regardless of whether there is a human rights violation problem. What if I rent to somebody and then they sta...
   tomh009 Outside Waterloo Region 20 669 05-09-2024, 08:12 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
plam Wrote: (05-07-2024, 07:48 PM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (05-07-2024, 12:08 PM) -- I didn't realize that condos could enforce such a rule. -- Renting until I get back from sabbatical. The previous ...
   tomh009 Outside Waterloo Region 20 669 05-09-2024, 08:08 PM
  Thread: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/...
There is some red at the top but nothing like the colour standards in Northdale.
  tomh009 Urban Areas 781 435,844 05-09-2024, 05:30 PM
  Thread: 15 Cedar Street North | 3 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
The sign is up for the stacked towns at 15 Cedar, across from the market, advertising availability for next year. (Stacked towns with wood construction should be pretty quick to build.) Three-bedroom ...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 11 1,634 05-09-2024, 05:27 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
danbrotherston Wrote: (05-08-2024, 12:35 AM) -- Acitta Wrote: (05-07-2024, 08:52 PM) -- Getting off the #6 bus tonight, I was dismayed to see that the Nougat Bakery at Stirling and Courtland had clo...
   tomh009 Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,310 2,046,554 05-08-2024, 02:42 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
ac3r Wrote: (05-04-2024, 07:24 PM) -- We should pay fair taxes as a population, but nobody should be forced to pay more because they have more. The wealthy and the less wealthy all use said public se...
   tomh009 Politics 111 20,925 05-07-2024, 03:31 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
ijmorlan Wrote: (05-03-2024, 09:27 PM) -- Also at the planning level there should be no difference between the options you mention, so the answer can be left up to individual property owners — zoning...
   tomh009 Outside Waterloo Region 20 669 05-04-2024, 09:24 AM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
dtkmelissa Wrote: (05-02-2024, 06:37 PM) -- However, the Region's most recent official plan review makes no mention of this area, nor the need for additional employment lands outside what was already...
   tomh009 Politics 196 7,609 05-03-2024, 10:09 AM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
ijmorlan Wrote: (05-02-2024, 10:13 PM) -- Another thing to remember: the values of a property used for capital gains calculation is based on the nominal prices, not the real prices adjusted for infla...
   tomh009 Politics 111 20,925 05-03-2024, 08:58 AM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: RE: Three-bedroom madness
What kind of old-school? Old-school SFH or old-school walk-ups or old-school rowhouses?
   tomh009 Outside Waterloo Region 20 669 05-02-2024, 10:06 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Moving the taxation discussion now to the taxation thread: https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1453
   tomh009 Urban Areas 5,589 3,997,226 05-02-2024, 09:56 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
ijmorlan Wrote: (05-02-2024, 06:12 PM) -- Well, the point is that an existing owner of an asset accrued capital gains, and therefore tax, based on the existing rules. We are now changing the rules, a...
   tomh009 Politics 111 20,925 05-02-2024, 09:54 PM
  Thread: Three-bedroom madness
Post: Three-bedroom madness
I thought things were bad here but ... NYC is far crazier yet. Even if you consider their higher salaries, this is completely insane. The division into the "haves" (rent-controlled apartments) and "ha...
   tomh009 Outside Waterloo Region 20 669 05-02-2024, 09:45 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
ijmorlan Wrote: (05-01-2024, 06:00 PM) -- This relates to a valid concern about changes of this nature: if someone has planned based on the rules that have been in effect, new rules may have a signif...
   tomh009 Politics 111 20,925 05-02-2024, 10:55 AM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
panamaniac Wrote: (05-01-2024, 06:15 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (05-01-2024, 06:00 PM) -- Another question: does the new rate apply to the whole gain (exclusive of the $250,000 exemption), or only on th...
   tomh009 Politics 111 20,925 05-02-2024, 10:48 AM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
SF22 Wrote: (04-30-2024, 10:01 AM) -- I didn't realize that they were intending for the entire development to be rentals! From the neighbourhood meeting notes: PURPOSE-BUILT RENTAL HOUSING – all un...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 609 333,032 05-01-2024, 11:24 AM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Rainrider22 Wrote: (05-01-2024, 07:01 AM) -- Um,  you are off base.  My wife and I purchased a couple of condo units that we rent out.  This was done as retirement investment for her as she does not ...
   tomh009 Politics 111 20,925 05-01-2024, 11:21 AM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Thanks! They were cheaper than I remembered! :)
   tomh009 Politics 111 20,925 04-28-2024, 05:06 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
taylortbb Wrote: (04-27-2024, 04:01 PM) -- Also, $370k in appreciation since 2018 doesn't seem that unlikely. Maybe not on a studio, but the small 2bd layout was very popular with investors at Charli...
   tomh009 Politics 111 20,925 04-27-2024, 11:15 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
danbrotherston Wrote: (04-27-2024, 03:09 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (04-27-2024, 02:59 PM) -- The new higher capital gains rate only kicks in after $250K in gains (and appreciation of primary residences ...
   tomh009 Politics 111 20,925 04-27-2024, 10:59 PM

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