Strata | 16 & 22 fl | Proposed

[Spokes]

I've never been able to decide whether I like this or whether it's a hot mess.  Today, I'm leaning toward the latter.  I find the contrast between the podium canopy and the towers to be jarring and I don't care for the skybridge at all.

Imo it's a beautiful building that looks out of place in that location. It does look like a bit of a mess given how its just plopped in uptown with nothing else around it even remotely similar in building style. 

The other thing is this building has a massive base. Obviously I understand the concern with building large developments in KW still, but if this was 30 and 40 stories with a bridge on the 25th floor or something like that it would look way better and feel more balanced with the size of the podium

This is where I'm at. But I still support the project because the momentum has to start somewhere. Hopefully this project makes future projects easier to approve

[ac3r]

It looks a bit out of place, but modernization needs to start somewhere. With time you'll see more developments with high architectural standards like this that pop up around the core.

[ac3r]

There's more coming to that immediate (400m) area.  An approved project is "26, 28 Dorset & 7 Princess".  It will be 11 storeys.  There's no doubt in my mind that we will see further developments around King North & Young and Regina & Young in the future too.  Need to start somewhere with this sort of density for that immediate area.

NOTE: I was wrong, Marsland Centre isn't quite the only taller building. The Princess Apartments building is also seven storeys, if I recall correctly.

Correct. 14 Princess West. It's a rather nice building. They're the only two real tall buildings uptown, unless the 5 floor office beside the city hall counts.

Up until Waterloo Public Square turned into a square, the old mall used to have this old 6 floor office.

[jwilliamson]

NOTE: I was wrong, Marsland Centre isn't quite the only taller building. The Princess Apartments building is also seven storeys, if I recall correctly.

Correct. 14 Princess West. It's a rather nice building. They're the only two real tall buildings uptown, unless the 5 floor office beside the city hall counts.

Up until Waterloo Public Square turned into a square, the old mall used to have this old 6 floor office.

The 8 floor apartment building on William at Herbert is about the same distance from King/Erb as 14 Princess.

[Momo26]

Bumping this. Was in area yesterday and observed the post office. Any updates?

[jwilliamson]

There's construction fencing around this whole lot, including the patio for Night School.

[Lebronj23]

Here is the last submission from 2018. I wonder if the plan will be revised, this is so bulky due to the above ground parking. 87.5m total in height

https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/re...cation.pdf

https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/re...-plans.pdf

[Lebronj23]

Demo permit issued

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[Anthomas]

Looks like HIP has submitted a new proposal for 70 King St N and I can't say I'm very fond of the change... 
The tower design looks odd, to say the least.

https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/zo...-St-N-2022

[Anthomas]

Some more details:

• Proposing 120 one-bedroom and 123 two-bedroom units
  
• 168 parking spaces (0.6 spaces per unit for residents vs required 1.5)
  
• Still planned to contain Launch, the STEAM-based learning centre
  
• a private and public rooftop amenity area
  

[ac3r]

That design is million times better than what they originally had. If this is what they're going to build, I'm in favour. It's a very unique look. The podium doesn't look that interesting unfortunately, but the tower itself looks great.

[Lens]

Classic Hip slab footprint. The tower looks better and I can appreciate the simplicity of the podium facing Regina but there's now a massive blank wall and honestly, the bridge amenity space was really cool and helped this stand out. I know the original glassy podium would have never looked that good, it was probably used to sell the STEAM component to the city.

[tomh009]

Looks like HIP has submitted a new proposal for 70 King St N and I can't say I'm very fond of the change... 
The tower design looks odd, to say the least.

https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/zo...-St-N-2022

Not specifically about this building -- but it looks like Waterloo never removes buildings from this list. The Princess/Dorset project is still there, four years later ...

[tomh009]

That design is million times better than what they originally had. If this is what they're going to build, I'm in favour. It's a very unique look. The podium doesn't look that interesting unfortunately, but the tower itself looks great.

If that's what they build. HIP has made some big changes before, too.

[CP42]

I like it