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RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - KevinL - 01-28-2017

70 King St. E. is the Crabby Joe's. If they buy up the adjacent parking lot, that's a good sized parcel to rework as well.


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - timc - 01-28-2017

What do you mean "rework" for the Crabby Joe's? That is a designated heritage building.


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - notmyfriends - 01-28-2017

I assumed he was just referring to the adjacent parking.


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - DHLawrence - 01-29-2017

Do we know anything about EuroPro? Holdings elsewhere, developments they've worked on?


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - KevinL - 01-29-2017

(01-28-2017, 11:07 PM)timc Wrote: What do you mean "rework" for the Crabby Joe's? That is a designated heritage building.

Redevelop with reuse is what I meant. The building can be integrated into something better, I'm sure.


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 01-29-2017

(01-29-2017, 01:16 AM)DHLawrence Wrote: Do we know anything about EuroPro? Holdings elsewhere, developments they've worked on?

They are new.  A number of ex-DREAM people on staff.  So far all the holdings I have seen have been DREAM divestments (in, for example, Kitchener, Windsor and Barrie).  So it seems a lot like a partial management buy-out/hive-off from DREAM.


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - taylortbb - 01-29-2017

(01-28-2017, 03:05 PM)KevinL Wrote: 70 King St. E. is the Crabby Joe's. If they buy up the adjacent parking lot, that's a good sized parcel to rework as well.

Given that Dream already put together a proposal for the parking lot I suspect it's a part of the deal. See http://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=356


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - rangersfan - 01-30-2017

Kitchener City Council has voted to list the former legion hall on Ontario St for sale.

https://cdn.ampproject.org/c/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3957974


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - Spokes - 01-30-2017

I can't help but wonder if we'll soon see a number of City of Kitchener properties come up for sale. They've got a number of parking lots in particular that they've planned to sell to developers


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 01-30-2017

I think it'll depend on demand ... if the Legion and the parking lot between King/Water/Charles/Francis go quickly, there might be more.


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - DHLawrence - 01-30-2017

(01-29-2017, 11:43 AM)tomh009 Wrote:
(01-29-2017, 01:16 AM)DHLawrence Wrote: Do we know anything about EuroPro? Holdings elsewhere, developments they've worked on?

They are new.  A number of ex-DREAM people on staff.  So far all the holdings I have seen have been DREAM divestments (in, for example, Kitchener, Windsor and Barrie).  So it seems a lot like a partial management buy-out/hive-off from DREAM.

Hope they do more with their Windsor holdings than Dream did.


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 02-01-2017

(08-08-2016, 11:48 AM)tomh009 Wrote: After a year (?) or so, 37-39 King W is now leased.  They were cleaning it up today (on the weekend!) but I didn't have a chance to ask who the new tenant is, sorry.

Much later ... the property has no signage and blinds on the windows.  But it appears that at least the ground floor is being used as office space.  Tenant unknown.


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - taylortbb - 02-01-2017

(02-01-2017, 08:52 PM)tomh009 Wrote:
(08-08-2016, 11:48 AM)tomh009 Wrote: After a year (?) or so, 37-39 King W is now leased.  They were cleaning it up today (on the weekend!) but I didn't have a chance to ask who the new tenant is, sorry.

Much later ... the property has no signage and blinds on the windows.  But it appears that at least the ground floor is being used as office space.  Tenant unknown.
 
It's PiinPoint, http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6952186-piinpoint-finds-ideal-spot-in-downtown-kitchener/ .


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - MidTowner - 02-08-2017

318 Duke Street West (old Fire Station #2, between Duke and Breithaupt) seems to be undergoing some work inside.

There was a dance studio here until recently, when it relocated to a larger space near Belmont. There doesn't seem to be a permit for whatever work is happening- something tells me that, like some of the spaces just around the corner on Breithaupt, it is being set up as office space. But it could be anything.


RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 02-09-2017

(02-08-2017, 09:11 PM)MidTowner Wrote: 318 Duke Street West (old Fire Station #2, between Duke and Breithaupt) seems to be undergoing some work inside.

There was a dance studio here until recently, when it relocated to a larger space near Belmont. There doesn't seem to be a permit for whatever work is happening- something tells me that, like some of the spaces just around the corner on Breithaupt, it is being set up as office space. But it could be anything.

That's indeed how they advertised it.
Quote:BUILDING FEATURES:
28 parking spots on site
2 blocks from future LRT Hub
Sought after Brick & Beam; over 100 years old
Abundant character with high ceilings, brick accents & 2 patios
One-of-a-kind iconic Berlin Fire Hall office space in the Mt. Hope Breithaupt Park Neighbourhood