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RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - jeffster - 02-16-2022
(02-16-2022, 10:49 AM)Chris Wrote:(02-15-2022, 09:19 PM)Acitta Wrote: Large Waterloo housing development approved but residents raise affordability concerns
Over 400 rental units will be added on Quiet Place in Waterloo, but affordable units won't be included
The current NIMBY playbook. Shadows, traffic, affordable, attainable. And the one guy that likes a tiny, run down Tim Horton's.
Is the consultant for the developer setting them up for high rents or when the rents are less (closer to current market) tenants will feel like they got a deal? As Tom pointed out, her figures seem off?
Her figures seem far, far off. But who knows who they're expecting to rent to. Likely a lot of persnickety this build is geared towards, and DINKS. In that regard, perhaps this is best for Waterloo.
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - nms - 02-18-2026
Cranes are up, but the links higher up in this thread are broken. Does anyone have a copy of the proposed rendering?
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - ZEBuilder - 02-18-2026
(02-18-2026, 11:52 AM)nms Wrote: Cranes are up, but the links higher up in this thread are broken. Does anyone have a copy of the proposed rendering?
Here is one of the renders.
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - westwardloo - 02-18-2026
hahaha Why can't we have nice things?
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - bravado - 02-18-2026
(02-18-2026, 04:24 PM)westwardloo Wrote: hahaha Why can't we have nice things?
Because they are specifically outlawed in the planning and zoning codes…
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - creative - 02-18-2026
If our current population growth is at zero, who is going to live in all of these apartments that are currently under construction or recently completed? Definitely not the homeless. None of the apartments completed in the past 5 years are lowering rents. They are offering move in incentives but not lower monthly rents.
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - panamaniac - 02-18-2026
(02-18-2026, 02:39 PM)ZEBuilder Wrote:(02-18-2026, 11:52 AM)nms Wrote: Cranes are up, but the links higher up in this thread are broken. Does anyone have a copy of the proposed rendering?
Here is one of the renders.
That is one ugly blob of a building.
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - tomh009 - 02-20-2026
(02-18-2026, 04:48 PM)creative Wrote: If our current population growth is at zero, who is going to live in all of these apartments that are currently under construction or recently completed? Definitely not the homeless. None of the apartments completed in the past 5 years are lowering rents. They are offering move in incentives but not lower monthly rents.
I don't think it will stay at zero.
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - bravado - 02-20-2026
People want to live in cities where all the opportunities are - it won’t be zero, unless we stop building housing…
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - tomh009 - 02-21-2026
(02-20-2026, 07:03 PM)bravado Wrote: People want to live in cities where all the opportunities are - it won’t be zero, unless we stop building housing…
That's really it. At the national level, we don't have a huge housing shortage. However, the available housing is not where people want to live ...
RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed - plam - 02-25-2026
(02-18-2026, 04:48 PM)creative Wrote: If our current population growth is at zero, who is going to live in all of these apartments that are currently under construction or recently completed? Definitely not the homeless. None of the apartments completed in the past 5 years are lowering rents. They are offering move in incentives but not lower monthly rents.
I have seen students posting cheaper rents than I've seen in a while.