There's a partial discussion over in the suburban general thread. Probably worth moving this over there since I think it deserves its own thread at this point and this is a suburban development.
In total, 15 condo towers - 35, 24, 22, 22, 20, 19, 19, 15, 15, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7, 7 floors in height. In addition, there are 3 office towers - all 3 floors in height. As discussed in the general thread, they also have a plan for a pedestrian bridge over the expressway to connect directly to Northfield Station which ought to help with traffic. Planning is being done by GSP Group who are behind a lot of work in the region. ABA Architects are behind the design.
I wonder if this will be approved? I believe so...though I'm sure NIMBYs will still come out in force regardless. I'm sure things like traffic concerns will get brought up by them and indeed this might create more traffic, but having a direct connection to the LRT station should mitigate that a little bit. Since this is Waterloo, it could end up suffering the same fate as the Westmount Place where there are enough complaints that the developer scales things back a bit. But overall, it's hard to raise any serious objections to redeveloping an old industrial site. It's definitely suburban but it's not unusual to densify near rapid transit stations by using a transit oriented development strategy. It's a good place to build a project IMO.
In total, 15 condo towers - 35, 24, 22, 22, 20, 19, 19, 15, 15, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7, 7 floors in height. In addition, there are 3 office towers - all 3 floors in height. As discussed in the general thread, they also have a plan for a pedestrian bridge over the expressway to connect directly to Northfield Station which ought to help with traffic. Planning is being done by GSP Group who are behind a lot of work in the region. ABA Architects are behind the design.
I wonder if this will be approved? I believe so...though I'm sure NIMBYs will still come out in force regardless. I'm sure things like traffic concerns will get brought up by them and indeed this might create more traffic, but having a direct connection to the LRT station should mitigate that a little bit. Since this is Waterloo, it could end up suffering the same fate as the Westmount Place where there are enough complaints that the developer scales things back a bit. But overall, it's hard to raise any serious objections to redeveloping an old industrial site. It's definitely suburban but it's not unusual to densify near rapid transit stations by using a transit oriented development strategy. It's a good place to build a project IMO.