410 Queen Street West - Cambridge

[rachael.marshall33]

Hello,

I just wanted to share some news on a recent development proposed for Hespeler. Blacks Point Development is proposing to redevelop a vacant brownfield into a sustainable, mixed-use community. Article here: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...peler.html

If you want to receive project updates, please sign up online - http://blackspoint.ca/410-Queen/

[jshamont]

Hello,

I just wanted to share some news on a recent development proposed for Hespeler. Blacks Point Development is proposing to redevelop a vacant brownfield into a sustainable, mixed-use community. Article here: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...peler.html

If you want to receive project updates, please sign up online - http://blackspoint.ca/410-Queen/

Posting photos in the thread here.  The project web page indicates that planning documents should be uploaded there in the coming weeks.

[bravado]

https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news...er-5110852

Public meetings at 10am on a Friday seem like a great way to keep the "wrong" people out.

[CP42]

https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news...er-5110852

Public meetings at 10am on a Friday seem like a great way to keep the "wrong" people out.

Looks like it will be broadcasted on the City’s YouTube page? I’d assume it wouldn’t be interactive at all if that’s the case?

[rachael.marshall33]

We understand the timing of the city's public meetings are not ideal and are exploring dates, times and venues to host our own community consultations. We are extremely excited about this project and the benefits it could bring to Hespeler Village and we would love to hear your thoughts as the process unfolds. If you would like to provide comments on this project in writing, we encourage you to do so. You can submit comments to the city clerk's office at clerks@cambridge.ca. 

If you have any questions or want to subscribe to project updates, please visit our website at http://blackspoint.ca/410-Queen/ or send us an email at 410queen@blackspoint.ca. 

Stay tuned for more!

Blacks Point Team

[Joedelay Highhoe]

I wonder how this project will be affected by the multiple manufacturing facilities bordering the property. Do you expect this to be a concern for future residents? Do you think the factories will shut down, or is this a symbiotic relationship?

[Acitta]

Massive highrise project in Hespeler goes to Cambridge council next week

The developer wants to transform a vacant brownfield site into a complex with 10 mixed-use towers.

[bravado]

Massive highrise project in Hespeler goes to Cambridge council next week

The developer wants to transform a vacant brownfield site into a complex with 10 mixed-use towers.

Notice how they never use scare words like "massive" when they write headlines for house price increases or city debt levels.

Compared to the existing useless empty lot, anything is massive.

[rachael.marshall33]

Hello! 

Just wanted to share that the public meeting for the redevelopment of 410 Queen in Cambridge is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10 am. It is first on the docket tomorrow. If you want to delegate, we'd love to hear from you! You don't need to formally register. 

Background on the project: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...peler.html

Some info on the public meeting: https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news...er-5110852

If you have any questions about the project or want to reach out, please send us an email at 410queen@blackspoint.ca.

Cheers!
The Blacks Point team

[Joedelay Highhoe]

I was able to listen to some of the meeting this morning.

The main concern for some is that Hespeler is going to turn into Dubai or downtown Vancouver (because of the tall buildings). Interesting to note that more than 30 acres of land within a 5 minute walk of this site is up for development.

Personally, I wonder who these dwellings will house. Could a person working at a nearby factory earning $40-50k per year afford a unit in one of these developments? Or is this entire project designed to benefit people from out of town?

[panamaniac]

The project will likely house many commuters to the GTA.

[bravado]

I was able to listen to some of the meeting this morning.

The main concern for some is that Hespeler is going to turn into Dubai or downtown Vancouver (because of the tall buildings). Interesting to note that more than 30 acres of land within a 5 minute walk of this site is up for development.

Personally, I wonder who these dwellings will house. Could a person working at a nearby factory earning $40-50k per year afford a unit in one of these developments? Or is this entire project designed to benefit people from out of town?

I'm pretty confident that keeping the lot as an empty patch of dirt is more profitable than building units that are affordable for the numbers you mentioned. That's not something that developers or even city councillors can solve. I'd rather house Toronto commuters for the tax revenue and future growth than leave this place empty, even though it still sucks to choose.

Councillor Devine could NOT be further off the mark with his comments today, it is shocking.

“30 storeys is a stretch. Do we want the village of Hespeler to look like Dubai? I think not,” he said

What city councillor discourages growth and new taxpayers to their city? It's literally an empty field surrounded by under-utilized parking lots.

“We need to have a good long look at a traffic study since these are lands that will be part of future proposals,” he said. “If we get snarled traffic, there will be no business.”

Once again, business only comes from car drivers? How small minded can you be?

And he agrees with Picard that an influx of young families would leave local schools “busting at the seams.”

Let's build new schools then! Why is growth terrifying for our leaders? What kind of miserable mind sees children and new generations as a burden?

[nms]

I know that most new suburban developments are required to provide (or at least sell) lots to the local school boards. I know that there is at least one new Toronto school that was included in the condo towers near the SkyDome/Rogers Centre in Toronto. Would Waterloo Region every have a development that was large enough to either justify providing school space in a tower, or that would be dense enough that it would be required in order to avoid overwhelming the nearby schools? If residential housing is going up, then presumably municipally-funded community services will need to be accommodated in the same space?

Now, whether this development or any other tower going up in the Region actually has enough units to accommodate a family is another question altogether.

[ac3r]

Would Waterloo Region every have a development that was large enough to either justify providing school space in a tower, or that would be dense enough that it would be required in order to avoid overwhelming the nearby schools?

In time, yes, that'll likely happen. But at the moment, there just aren't enough families living in apartments or condos in the urban cores for any demand for a school included in a tower project. I doubt we'd see anything like that open up here for at least another...20-30+ years.

[ac3r]

Well, Cambridge city council is already speaking out against this...because...get this...Cambridge is at risk of turning into Manhattan. Yes, Manhattan: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...s-say.html

I guess this makes Kitchener Tokyo, given the three or four dozen tall buildings downtown?