08-14-2025, 08:29 AM
(08-14-2025, 07:56 AM)MidTowner Wrote: Micro-unit building proposed for Kitchener neighbourhood
132 Fairway Rd N, 26-unit affordable apartment building. 1 bedroom units range in size from 350 to 375 square feet; bachelor apartments range in size from 240 to 260 square feet.
Supposedly rents will range from $860 to $1,100.
It's a quarter acre lot on a main road, but it does require rezoning.
Some of the comments from the developer are kind of rich concerning the size of the units. Some people really do not want room mates, which is fair enough, but paying $1,100 (plus all utilities I imagine) for 375 square feet doesn't sound so affordable to me.
Yeah, the size of the units is fine to me, there are lots of homes here a similar size and with the right type of furnishings it's quite cozy (gezellig the Dutch might say). The cost is a little high, but I also have lost my context for local rental rates. To me this should run around 50-75% of what a 1 bedroom would be (and this will also be new units, so a new 1 bedroom).
The funniest thing is the complaints from the neighbours...funny in a sardonic way. Like, honestly..."the height is the problem" it's a 3 storey building. It doesn't get much shorter.