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I do like the modern wood timber buildings. That's great...or at least, has great potential.
It's actually got good bicycle access to the south, you can take the MUT along King St. to the trail behind the Manulife Building, and get to much of Waterloo and Kitchener. It's even winter maintained. There's only a small chance of you being run over at the highway interchange. To the north, it's much worse...you can ride through the mall, which is probably the best option. You can get to Northfield, which we all know is world famous for being bad.
Which really does bring me to the main point. This is 500 meters from an LRT station, but unless you want to run across 8 lanes of high speed (like 80+ km/h) traffic, it's going to take you a kilometer walk to get to the LRT station. As is a pattern with the LRT somehow, pedestrian access was not a priority.
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It should look good. Edge uses a lot of wood in their work (I don't mean as a construction material, but for the architectural design materials) so they seem to have a good eye for it.
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I’ve seen a couple articles recently about how tenants of The Atrium in Uptown Waterloo are moving out already. I know this site was purchased back in the spring (by Momentum I believe?). Have any plans been made public?
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I drove by and saw the NE corner of King st N and Hickory being dug up, it looks like a pretty big site too. Anyone know what’s going on there?
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The "revolutionize condominium living" bit made me throw up in my mouth, a little. On the other hand "just a stone's throw from the bustling urban centre of Kitchener" is not something I would expect to see in anything pertaining to Waterloo. Is the pendulum beginning to swing back after forty years? Stay tuned.
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TIL we're surrounded by ski resorts in Waterloo Region.
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Also, where is that ornate fountain in Waterloo? I must know!
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Seems like this is intended to dupe investors who don't live in the area.