St Mark's Place (825 King St W) | 4 fl | completed

[jshamont]

St Mark's Place

St Mark's Lutheran Church redevelopment
825 King Street West, Kitchener

https://indwell.ca/projects/st-marks-lutheran-church/

Developer: Indwell / Architect: Invizij

4 fl, 40 units supportive affordable housing residence

More details here: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...place.html

[panamaniac]

Fairly gentle conversion.

[ac3r]

I have to say, living in a converted church would be really cool.

[jgsz]

I have to say, living in a converted church would be really cool.

This church on Blvd. St. Laurent in Montreal's Little Italy has been converted to housing.  It looks pretty good to me.


https://goo.gl/maps/yAkdPyvnP6VWeSKe8

[GtwoK]

Seems like this is well underway now, noticed construction fencing up around the property and lots of workers onsite while driving past today

[tomh009]

Current progress:
   

And the latest render:
   

[ac3r]

I was sneaking around this site earlier today when I was bored and waiting for a train. I had no idea they removed a good portion of the church itself and only kept the walls. Should be interesting to see when it's done and I hope it is successful at offering affordable supportive housing.

[jshamont]

I was sneaking around this site earlier today when I was bored and waiting for a train. I had no idea they removed a good portion of the church itself and only kept the walls. Should be interesting to see when it's done and I hope it is successful at offering affordable supportive housing.

True.  This is from yesterday:

[jshamont]

Photo update from the weekend:

[SF22]

This kind of reminds of the old Alexandra St elementary school that got converted into condos. I wonder if something similar could be done with the church at 32 Weber St West; I believe they were trying to sell that building a few years ago, and the only real bite they had was someone who wanted to turn it into a nightclub, but the church didn't like that and chose not to sell to them.

[jshamont]

Nice photo and article about this project in the Waterloo Region Record








Starting this fall, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Kitchener will be transformed into housing that offers 43 tenants a chance to leave homelessness behind, Luisa D’Amato writes
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...58528.html

[ac3r]

Not sure if anyone has moved into this project yet (the last post mentions "starting this fall) but it appears to be more or less complete.

[jshamont]

Yes, this is complete and people have started moving in. The architect shared this video a short while ago.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1758398647994419

[Rainrider22]

looks great

[ac3r]

Looks great indeed. Probably wont after a year or two, sadly...