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345 King St W Redevelopment
#1
I guess this is confirmation from the General Kitchener thread about the selling of the parking lot at 345 King St W in Kitchener:
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6979...tech-area/
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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#2
The most interesting proposal, not the highest bid, will win. Good on the Kitchener council!
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#3
That is exciting looking forward to hearing more information when it becomes available. Also having a condition that construction must begin in one year is nice but I hope it doesn’t limit the proposals.
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#4
I'm always worried about "fit with the surrroundings" being a qualifier for a downtown. If you can't grow, change, develop, accommodate others different than you in a downtown, where in the city can you possibly do it? The most interesting proposal and the best fit with what's already there are typically at odds with each other.
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#5
Splitting out a new thread. This isn't just about parking anymore!
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#6
Especially with the requirement for parking, I think chances are good that a developer would try to consolidate with the single-storey commercial property next to it. (Which would be a shame as it has four great businesses, but it's also still inevitable that it would get redeveloped one way or another.)
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#7
The single storey building next to it is already owned by Perimeter, so I think it's very likely they will try hard to acquire 345. I think they're angling for a large project or two that takes most of that block, given they currently own every building on that block (both sides of Hall's lane) except for the TD building.
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#8
Given that they own those two other properties should give Perimeter some additional capability to make a more "interesting" proposal and secure 345 King W.
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#9
Wow, very interesting. I was always under the impression from the KW book store comments that this had already been sold. Interesting to see it isn't. Hope for some cool proposals
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