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RE: General Business Updates and News - Spokes - 03-05-2019
It's true. Like it or not, new workforces are drawn to LRT
RE: General Business Updates and News - rangersfan - 03-06-2019
That is a big score for Waterloo.
RE: General Business Updates and News - Spokes - 03-06-2019
And a huge blow for Cambridge
RE: General Business Updates and News - panamaniac - 03-07-2019
I thought the official line, for some years now, has been that it doesn’t matter where in the Region companies locate as long as the stay in the Region. Or is that just the Kitchener view of things.
RE: General Business Updates and News - tomh009 - 03-07-2019
(03-07-2019, 09:05 AM)panamaniac Wrote: I thought the official line, for some years now, has been that it doesn’t matter where in the Region companies locate as long as the stay in the Region. Or is that just the Kitchener view of things.
I'm quite sure that wouldn't be Cambridge's view.
RE: General Business Updates and News - nms - 03-11-2019
I guess another question to ask would be: If this company had found an equivalent space in Cambridge (ie repurposed industrial space with all the fixings for the right price), would they have simply located there?
RE: General Business Updates and News - Spokes - 03-11-2019
Definitely then becomes a question of geographic location compared to office space.
RE: General Business Updates and News - Spokes - 03-11-2019
I'd be curious, although you'd likely never get that answer
RE: General Business Updates and News - rangersfan - 06-16-2019
SAP is expanding in Waterloo.
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9434056-sap-labs-expanding-its-presence-in-waterloo/
RE: General Business Updates and News - ijmorlan - 06-16-2019
(06-16-2019, 11:39 AM)rangersfan Wrote: SAP is expanding in Waterloo.
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9434056-sap-labs-expanding-its-presence-in-waterloo/
Bad news for their customers …
RE: General Business Updates and News - rangersfan - 06-18-2019
Intellijoint Surgical has launched a med tech startup in part of the Christie Digital building. I think this is incredibly positive news for the region/industry.
https://betakit.com/intellijoint-surgical-to-lead-new-medtech-innovation-hub-in-waterloo/
RE: General Business Updates and News - Rainrider22 - 06-19-2019
(06-18-2019, 09:16 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Intellijoint Surgical has launched a med tech startup in part of the Christie Digital building. I think this is incredibly positive news for the region/industry.WOW, great news for sure. Thank you for sharing this.
https://betakit.com/intellijoint-surgical-to-lead-new-medtech-innovation-hub-in-waterloo/
RE: General Business Updates and News - rangersfan - 10-06-2019
Found out that unfortunately Canadian Tire's Digital Garage (Innovation lab) in Downtown Kitchener is shutting down on October 10.
RE: General Business Updates and News - tomh009 - 10-06-2019
(10-06-2019, 02:27 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Found out that unfortunately Canadian Tire's Digital Garage (Innovation lab) in Downtown Kitchener is shutting down on October 10.
This has been located in the Ziggy's building, right? How many people are there? (I suspect those people will have no trouble at all finding new jobs.)
RE: General Business Updates and News - taylortbb - 10-07-2019
(10-06-2019, 09:50 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(10-06-2019, 02:27 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Found out that unfortunately Canadian Tire's Digital Garage (Innovation lab) in Downtown Kitchener is shutting down on October 10.
This has been located in the Ziggy's building, right? How many people are there? (I suspect those people will have no trouble at all finding new jobs.)
The software engineers will certainly find new jobs quickly, demand continues to be high in KW. But I'm very curious why it's shutting down. They've historically been the poster child of success for Communitech's innovation lab model, having even outgrown their space in the hub and moved out on their own. I wonder if that model might not be the success it used to be.