11-17-2017, 09:08 AM
(11-17-2017, 12:05 AM)taylortbb Wrote: I'm sure Perimeter is working on it, and based on their previous work (Google KW, 305 King, 345 King, Simpson building, etc) I trust that it will be good. I think the contract specifies timelines for transit components that include completion around 2021, so they'll probably have to break ground in 2018 (maybe early 2019) to hit that. So that's a year, but not years.
The big question is how much office or residential they think the market can take, and they'll have to answer that for themselves before we see any renders. Perimeter seems to be the most successful company at downtown office leasing right now, so that's a good start. The market seems to be better for residential right now though (look how fast Momentum can sell), but it's not clear how much of the site could be residential given requirements for minimum separation from rail corridors. Perimeter also doesn't have any residential experience AFAIK.
This doesn't seem like the correct assumption. The region, in their consultations, will decide how much Floor Spare Ratio they have to work with (some very low proposals were on the table, and lower ones brought up by residents). You only need look across the street at SIXO's proposal to know that they can pretty much do however much density they like and still move it. It's instead a question of how many jobs and people the region and Kitchener thinks are fitting for the most connected and central plot of land in our region (hint: it should be at least as much as any other site in the region, be it student complexes in Northdale, or SIXO, or Charlie West's height)