387-397 King St E and 6 Madison Ave | 2 & 8 fl | U/C

[panamaniac]

I wonder if they are planning to start construction in advance of sales?

[rangersfan]

Not sure if this has been posted before but here is the city staff report on the project, unfortunately no project renders:

http://kitchener.ca.granicus.com/MetaVie...a_id=55700

[PassTheBruce]

I wish there was a way to get high resolution PDFs of the site plans...

[Spokes]

Im curious of a couple things:

1) Why separate it into two buildings?
2) Why cap the second building at 2 floors?

[tomh009]

A lower second building will likely keep them below the permissible FAR.

[Spokes]

Ahh true. I always forget about FAR.

I'm not complaining. The variety in height is never a bad thing.

[tomh009]

Ahh true.  I always forget about FAR.  

I'm not complaining.  The variety in height is never a bad thing.

I think it'll look fine here, especially as the recently-renovated (small) building at the corner of King/Cedar is also two storeys.

[Spokes]

My thoughts exactly

[tomh009]

There are also demolition permits issued for 13 and 17 Cedar St S, and 6 Madison Ave S. Based on the descriptions, these will be part of the same project. I expect to see a (secondary?) entrance off Cedar St, with the demolition of those two houses.

[tomh009]

No visible activity yet, bar the first construction sign:

   

[Spokes]

I was hoping this and the drewlo project would happen at the same time.  Would have been nice to watch them go up side by side.

[KevinL]

I wouldn't consider surveying to be proper construction, but it's something, at least.

[REnerd]

That surveyor sign has been there for years.

[Lens]

Rumour is the Architect for this one is the same one that did this original render for the site a few years ago and the new render doesn't look much better. I think it has been mentioned but the grocery store would simply be the owner of the site (Ben Thanh) moving into the new 2 storey office/grocery space from across King
My fingers crossed this site just gets sold to someone else.

[panamaniac]

Rumour is the Architect for this one is the same one that did this original render for the site a few years ago and the new render doesn't look much better. I think it has been mentioned but the grocery store would simply be the owner of the site (Ben Thanh) moving into the new 2 storey office/grocery space from across King
My fingers crossed this site just gets sold to someone else.

Which is great, if it opens the original location to redevelopment.