180 King Street South | 10 fl | Proposed

[ac3r]

As brought up in the general update thread, a developer (1000237993 Ontario Inc; no name available in the Ontario business registry), John MacDonald Architect and MHBC are working to redevelop the existing office building at 180 King Street South in Waterloo.

They propose to redevelop the office into a mixed use building with residential and commercial uses on the ground floor. They propose to add an additional 3 floors to the building which would turn it into a 10 floor structure. 129 units (a total of 166 bedrooms) would be added as well as 1'580 square meters of commercial space. The first floor would also be extended outward, resulting in extruding elements wider than the original footprint of the building. 152 parking spaces are proposed (118 for residents, 13 for visitors, 16 for commercial units and 5 of them will be full accessible). The parking will be both underground in the existing underground structure and above grade. 112 bike parking spaces are also proposed.

No final architectural design/plan has been formally proposed to the public, but as of June 8th they have a concept completed as well as some renderings.

[KevinL]

add an additional 3 floors to the building

I thought the render on the city's page looked bigger than the baseline! Should be an interesting build.

[neonjoe]

First render that I’ve seen with accurate looking LRVs

[cherrypark]

Hope that the street front design and adding some activation there with patios comes to fruition! Would be great if more of the Bauer Lofts ped mall spread to other developments here around the station to make it more of a destination.

[westwardloo]

Glad to see another mid-rise along King. With retail space as well, which will be a nice addition to the area.  The street front render makes it look a little nicer than the aerial shot. The more I look at it the more I think with a few tweeks it could be a nice looking building. Firstly, I would get rid of the curves, it make the building look like a suburban rental apartment done by Drewlo. Then I would get rid of the glazing on the balcony rails and replace it with black balusters similar to image ac3r share in the general discussion.

[ac3r]

Hope that the street front design and adding some activation there with patios comes to fruition! Would be great if more of the Bauer Lofts ped mall spread to other developments here around the station to make it more of a destination.

They go into some detail about their wish for street activation, so check it out if you want to read it!

[KevinL]

First render that I’ve seen with accurate looking LRVs

Well, they used photos of actual in-service vehicles, so that was easy.