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108-110 Madison S now demolished and graded. No building permit yet, just a demolition one, and one for a retaining wall. Looks to be a row-house development based on the retaining wall permit comments (zoning is R-6 so it allows multi-unit residential).
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Kieswetter as far as I know has their main yard out in St.Jacobs. They had been using the old Stedlebauers shop and yards on Ottawa but will have to vacate shortly. They have been doing a lot of work to the Madison site and from what I understand this will be there intown home. This is to help cut down on transport cost and service times to various sites.
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06-24-2015, 12:31 AM
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The former used-car dealership at King and Wellington is set to soon reopen as a Hasty Market and shawarma joint. Here's how it looked on Tuesday:
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That's pretty cool. I hope they've got a plan to weather the construction for the next 2 years.
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06-24-2015, 08:04 AM
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This is a positive development given 7/11's departure just one block up. I wonder what this means for the planned redevelopment at this corner (nothing good, I suppose).
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(06-24-2015, 12:37 AM)Markster Wrote: That's pretty cool. I hope they've got a plan to weather the construction for the next 2 years.
Ya definitely not a great time to be starting a business there, but a good re-purposing of the site none the less. I would imagine it won't be there longer than 5 years though as once the LRT is up and running, the development value will be too high
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(06-24-2015, 10:59 AM)Spokes Wrote: Ya definitely not a great time to be starting a business there, but a good re-purposing of the site none the less. I would imagine it won't be there longer than 5 years though as once the LRT is up and running, the development value will be too high
I like your positivity!
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A quick photo update of 113 Breithaupt St.
June 24, 2015
http://i.imgur.com/lg940zX.png
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(06-24-2015, 10:01 PM)rangersfan Wrote: A quick photo update of 113 Breithaupt St.
June 24, 2015
http://i.imgur.com/lg940zX.png
It looks like it is being clad entirely in corrugated black steel. Lots of new windows, however, so it may look sharp. Certainly better than the previous iteration.
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Some Downtown randoms:
Landscaping is done and the construction fencing is down at the former Waterloo County Courthouse/new Regional Archives. It is looking very good, although I don't know if the archives have started to move in yet. No sign yet of the artwork that's to be installed on the Queen St side.
There is a big Denzil Properties sign on the Weber Chambers building on King W advertising "Executive one-bedroom apartments". Mystery of the upstairs renovations solved.
There are four small renovation projects underway on King St E in the block between Scott and Eby Sts. A building permit in the window of 256-260 King E indicates that the former Morning Glory Café is being renovated for commercial space (the Working Centre is putting in affordable apartments upstairs).
A wee bit of brick has been laid at one corner of the new Google building - it's very dark grey (almost black) and monochrome. I hope it will be striking, but I keep getting this image in my mind:
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The Darth Vader tower is on King N. It is just south of the Tetris tower built by Schembri.
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(06-28-2015, 05:20 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Landscaping is done and the construction fencing is down at the former Waterloo County Courthouse/new Regional Archives. It is looking very good, although I don't know if the archives have started to move in yet. No sign yet of the artwork that's to be installed on the Queen St side.
Not quite yet, it appears; this is the lobby as of a couple of hours ago:
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(06-29-2015, 09:00 AM)Drake Wrote: The Darth Vader tower is on King N. It is just south of the Tetris tower built by Schembri.
In London England all buildings seem to inherit a 'nickname' and rarely go by their true name. You get things like:
The cheesegrader
The gerkin
The walkie talkie
etc.
Maybe we just need to start doing the same
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(06-29-2015, 02:41 PM)REnerd Wrote: (06-29-2015, 09:00 AM)Drake Wrote: The Darth Vader tower is on King N. It is just south of the Tetris tower built by Schembri.
In London England all buildings seem to inherit a 'nickname' and rarely go by their true name. You get things like:
The cheesegrader
The gerkin
The walkie talkie
etc.
Maybe we just need to start doing the same ![Smile Smile](https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Well, we already have the Dolly Parton Building. Maybe if the Google building turns out to be ominous rather than striking it could become known as the Luke Skywalker Building.....
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(06-29-2015, 02:52 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Well, we already have the Dolly Parton Building.
Are you referring to the Barbarella Towers?
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