07-22-2021, 09:48 AM
(07-22-2021, 08:45 AM)tomh009 Wrote: Significant new density in the hospital/KCI/Central area, and that's really great.
I think this is a great location to start densifying. There is already Midtown Lofts, Cortés and Kings Tower along this stretch of road. The Bright Building is currently under construction. There is this proposal (which I suspect will go ahead, as they now have fencing around the current building so they'll probably be demolishing it soon) and 21 and 22 floor condos proposed for King and John - though I think the latter is stuck in limbo...it's still listed on the City of Waterloo website but there has been no progress since 2017.
Overall, there is a lot of opportunity along here. The YMCA offices beside Central Market have a giant parking lot behind it that never gets used and could be a good place for a new project. Across from the hospital and the Sun Life parking lot, there are a lot of really old, low rise doctor/dentist offices that could get redeveloped at some point. And who knows, maybe the Sun Life parking lot will get sold off as well...they recently announced that they will be allowing all their employees who wish to work from home to do so. That thing takes up an entire city block.