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(07-09-2018, 11:59 AM)KevinL Wrote: (07-09-2018, 11:39 AM)clasher Wrote: LOL, what the heck? City hall is a big tower... Charlie West is right there too, what is with this region and fetishizing 3 storey downtowns?
None of those are AT King, they are all set back by some distance. They want a max-3-storey streetwall facing King.
55 King St W is a good example. A mid-rise streetwall, then two or three steps back to get to the full height.
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(07-09-2018, 11:36 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: My recollection had been that there was supposedly a small time developer looking to put a 10-storey low-parking residential condo there. Kitchener, however, is pushing very hard for no more than 6 floors on King if you max out their bonusing, and preferring just 3 floors. This site isn't really deep enough to make much good use of with those restrictions.
Yes, the larger lot was sold to OHM in the fall of 2016:
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/690...r-decades/
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Since it came up the other day, I took a couple of quick pictures of the current state of the building formerly known as Budds while I was out around lunchtime.
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The building on Ontario Street across from the terminal, with Jameson's and Hasty Market and Mi Tienda Latina, got a bit of a face-lift recently.
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They've renovated the Queen Street side so this goes hand in hand, I guess.
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New life for Sacred Heart school and convent
Diocese, city plan brainstorming session this fall
https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/...d-convent/
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(07-30-2018, 12:43 PM)LesPio Wrote: New life for Sacred Heart school and convent
Diocese, city plan brainstorming session this fall
https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/...d-convent/
Any ideas?
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(07-30-2018, 12:53 PM)Brenden Wrote: (07-30-2018, 12:43 PM)LesPio Wrote: New life for Sacred Heart school and convent
Diocese, city plan brainstorming session this fall
https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/...d-convent/
Any ideas?
An affordable housing component seems a no-brainer. Wasn't there also a call recently for some form of community hub/centre in the neighbourhood?
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This is 2 years old, but I don't rememebr seeing it discussed before (though I could be wrong). Was just doing a google search for "midrise kitchener" because I needed a picture of generic-looking midrise building and thought I'd keep it local. Happened upon this. Weber & Scott.
http://www.sbmltd.ca/recent-projects/-6-...er-ontario
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(07-31-2018, 03:16 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Nasty.
Good point. It sure won't win any award for being pretty.
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Still better than a surface parking lot, though, methinks.
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Oof, takes some unfortunate design clues from this gem, but frankly I prefer it over literally nothing.
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