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10-25-2021, 09:28 AM
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Rumours of this site from the general thread located at 92-110 Park st and 146 - Victoria st S.
I will let you read the details below but I like the looks of these renders
Site plan report : https://app2.kitchener.ca/AppDocs/OpenDa...Report.pdf
Tallest Tower C = 38 storeys plus 3 mech. 121.75 + 7.5 = 129.25 m
Tower B = 122.75m
Tower A = 90.3 m
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10-25-2021, 09:35 AM
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YES PLEASE!!!! Finally a well thought out podium in the region (local architects should take note of this). I fully expect this to be toned down slightly, but easily the best proposed buildings in the region. (Other then the Cambridge mill project).
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A few more from the docs
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(10-25-2021, 09:35 AM)westwardloo Wrote: YES PLEASE!!!! Finally a well thought out podium in the region (local architects should take note of this). I fully expect this to be toned down slightly, but easily the best proposed buildings in the region. (Other then the Cambridge mill project).
It looks like a residential podium, so conceptually fairly similar to the King St-facing podium of Young Condos?
This is at Victoria St and Park St, right?
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I noticed that the print shop on that corner was moving and figured something of a much larger scale would be coming.
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This looks great! Do we know who the developer is? The Report says all of the holding companies are owned by one beneficial owner, but doesn't say who that is.
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10-25-2021, 10:17 AM
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(10-25-2021, 10:11 AM)KingandWeber Wrote: This looks great! Do we know who the developer is? The Report says all of the holding companies are owned by one beneficial owner, but doesn't say who that is.
Developer is Dov Capital ( https://www.dovcapital.com/ ), they're based in Toronto and this is their first project in the region. Not one of the usual suspects.
Edit: Remembered the developer's name.
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I mean, this is great, but I'll harp again...this continues to mean putting high density along a traffic sewer.
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This is awesome! I hope NIMBYS don't get in the way though. I know there was quite a few complaints for Garment Street
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(10-25-2021, 10:53 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: I mean, this is great, but I'll harp again...this continues to mean putting high density along a traffic sewer.
I'm surprised that nobody is doing anything like this north of Central Station, in the Wellington / Breithaupt / Waterloo / Duke block. Also, I like it!
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(10-25-2021, 09:57 AM)tomh009 Wrote: (10-25-2021, 09:35 AM)westwardloo Wrote: YES PLEASE!!!! Finally a well thought out podium in the region (local architects should take note of this). I fully expect this to be toned down slightly, but easily the best proposed buildings in the region. (Other then the Cambridge mill project).
It looks like a residential podium, so conceptually fairly similar to the King St-facing podium of Young Condos?
This is at Victoria St and Park St, right? If this is built as is. It will be a lot better then the young condo's podium. The proposed podium for young condos looked good, but they value engineered the crap out of it. Which is sad since it is on the main drag of Kitchener. The benefit of these proposed towers/ podiums is that they didn't put the above grade parking along the Victoria street elevation (it appears to be tucked into the back corner of the property), where as the Young Condos squeezed one floor of parking above the commercial units. Which makes the podium whole thing seem bulking.
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(10-25-2021, 10:17 AM)taylortbb Wrote: (10-25-2021, 10:11 AM)KingandWeber Wrote: This looks great! Do we know who the developer is? The Report says all of the holding companies are owned by one beneficial owner, but doesn't say who that is.
I don't know the specific developer, but they're based in Toronto and this is their first project in the region. So it's not one of the usual suspects. This is the best news I have heard all day! Finally Toronto players are recognizing the potential of the region. This should bode well for the quality of proposals across the region.
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(10-25-2021, 10:53 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: I mean, this is great, but I'll harp again...this continues to mean putting high density along a traffic sewer. This will only help the region make a case for the potential "phase 3" of the LRT. Which I could see going from Ottawa and Lackner to the Boardwalk. Following Ottawa, then River, then Victoria, then somehow to Highland, then Ira needles.
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Is that brick cladding or more bloody painted concrete?
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