The Gaslight District | completed

[creative]

Have you actually been to this site, walked through the buildings and around the property? These buildings are amazing and would be a great contrast and compliment new buildings. Take a visit to the distillery district in Toronto to see what is possible.

[darts]

Have you actually been to this site, walked through the buildings and around the property? These buildings are amazing and would be a great contrast and compliment new buildings. Take a visit to the distillery district in Toronto to see what is possible.

I go every once in a while to the antique/consignment shop. It's old, cold, drafty, nothing special.

[rangersfan]

I am a big fan of the buildings in their current form but also believe that they could contribute to creating a unique mixed use development.

[GtwoK]

Was just at The Patch on the next block over from these, and they're shutting down / moving over to Main St. Asked one of the employees about it, apparently the entire building / block that The Patch is on was bought in addition to the Southworks buildings! But I don't remember seeing anything about the inclusion of those properties in the Gaslight development? Future development? Wonder if there's still talk of a branch of Google moving in there...

[Markster]

Electrical utility will call Gaslight District home

The head office of Energy+, the hydro utility serving customers in Cambridge, North Dumfries and Brant County, will move into the mixed-use development that's planned for the historic Southworks and Tiger Brand properties in Galt in early 2020.

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More than 70 Energy+ employees — office and administration staff consolidated from Bishop Street and Thompson Drive — are expected to move there in early 2020. The Bishop Street property will be retained for operations and engineering staff; that site also houses a garage and inventory storage. There's also a second operations centre in Paris. Energy+ employs 140 people in total.

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With more than $100 million in investment expected to bring it to life, the Gaslight District will blend old and new, with plans calling for two residential towers rising above a public square lined with restaurants, shops and cultural amenities.

The former Tiger Brand property will house Grand Innovations, a tech hub that will partner with Conestoga College on applied research in such areas as e-waste recycling and cybersecurity. The Grand Innovations space is expected to be ready early next year.

Elsewhere, site work is expected to begin later this year with full-scale construction anticipated to begin next spring, Doherty said.

[Viewfromthe42]

Wait, did we jump from "this development will destroy Galt" to it happening?

[DHLawrence]

It sounds like the antique market has a backup plan; they had signs posted last time I was there to that effect. Either they aren't moving like the rest of the outlets or they have a new location planned already.

[darts]

Is the treed area next to their current location undevelopable?

[creative]

I was at Southworks this weekend. They are moving across the river to Water Street in June. Not sure of the exact address. I also did not ask about the fate of their existing building.

[DHLawrence]

Not too many options. Maybe the Carnegie Library or Ray Electric, unless Food Basics is moving.

[rangersfan]

A heritage impact assessment says the project's towers will not negatively impact the site's heritage value.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/731...port-says/

[Elmira Guy]

Cambridge councillors approve Gaslight District proposal

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/kitch...-1.4151452

[rangersfan]

Great to see this approved.

Adding the render here.

[DHLawrence]

Not entirely thrilled about taking out so much of the front building. Is there a structural issue, or are they doing it just because they can?

I can't tell from the proposal; is the partly demolished building in the middle being repurposed or are they clearing it out?

[kitborn]

The Record's information page about this development. 

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/737...e-council/