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  Thread: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/...
ac3r Wrote: (04-15-2025, 08:59 AM) -- This will look "better" but still horrible. -- That is an unfortunate reality of development in this Region.
   westwardloo Urban Areas 188 50,907 04-15-2025, 10:22 AM
  Thread: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/...
This thing is going to be done before Vertikal haha. We'll see if it looks better though....
   westwardloo Urban Areas 188 50,907 04-15-2025, 07:49 AM
  Thread: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | Complete
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | Compl...
plam Wrote: (04-10-2025, 11:29 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (04-10-2025, 08:36 AM) -- Even within my own job, there are some aspects of it that work fine from home and others that don’t. If I’m just putti...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 659 346,170 04-10-2025, 01:03 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Square Wrote: (03-29-2025, 01:14 AM) -- Probably the last* IN8 Development for awhile. (*Downtown Kitchener Condos) -- What makes you say that? Because sales have been so slow for condos lately? I ...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 761 211,243 03-29-2025, 02:27 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
ac3r Wrote: (03-27-2025, 02:36 PM) -- Also...does anyone know why Cambridge Memorial Hospital still chooses to remain independent? -- Same reason Cambridge hydro (energy +) merged with Brantford in...
   westwardloo Urban Issues 326 76,778 03-28-2025, 09:25 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
mastermind Wrote: (03-28-2025, 09:09 AM) -- Haha westwardloo and panamaniac you two saying "One can dream" and "One wonders..." and "One hopes..."  I'm picturing you like friends on a back porch at s...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 5,798 4,426,083 03-28-2025, 09:19 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
panamaniac Wrote: (03-28-2025, 08:30 AM) -- One wonders what is happening with AirBoss? -- One hopes they can use the sale of this property to secure financing to build a more modern facility in on...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 5,798 4,426,083 03-28-2025, 08:48 AM
  Thread: 1388 New Dundee Rd | 22 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 1388 New Dundee Rd | 22fl | Proposed
God, another poorly planned out subdivision in south Kitchener. What a mess.  I hate suburban sprawl in general, but if we have to do it, could we at least do it like the new subdivisions in Markham w...
   westwardloo Suburbs 2 395 03-28-2025, 08:45 AM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 43, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 43, 50 fl | U/C
MidTowner Wrote: (03-28-2025, 08:12 AM) -- Square Wrote: (03-22-2025, 08:52 PM) -- And the Platform was going to start in the Fall and now it shows 2025.  Sales for condos must be very slow. -- Do...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 1,831 1,148,333 03-28-2025, 08:32 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
nms Wrote: (03-28-2025, 12:46 AM) -- It's going to take some creative urban planning to make this work as anything as dense as is being proposed. The confluence of Glasgow, Park and Strange Street do...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 5,798 4,426,083 03-28-2025, 08:11 AM
  Thread: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Eureka (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | U/...
ZEBuilder Wrote: (03-25-2025, 07:45 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (03-25-2025, 04:36 AM) -- It's also possible to do precast only on the floors above the podium. The podium layout is usually more variable a...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 188 50,907 03-25-2025, 08:20 AM
  Thread: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/...
Rainrider22 Wrote: (03-17-2025, 10:40 PM) -- Wlak buy it at street level, totally different perspective.  Like I said, I am waiting 3 years for.it to be done -- Believe me, I have, I can't walk fas...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 853 510,069 03-18-2025, 08:06 AM
  Thread: 1157, 1175 Weber Street East | 17 + 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 1157, 1175 Weber Street East | 17 + 19 fl | Pr...
panamaniac Wrote: (03-14-2025, 05:58 PM) -- Boring. -- I mean it is better than a old car dealership, but I agree it is a bit boring. Reminds me of the building on benton near the Aud. Which turned...
   westwardloo Suburbs 33 9,254 03-17-2025, 08:35 AM
  Thread: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/...
hahaha certainly an interesting take on one of the ugliest things I have seen constructed, but everything is subjective. I have coworker that likes the look of DTK.
   westwardloo Urban Areas 853 510,069 03-17-2025, 08:26 AM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 43, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 43, 50 fl | U/C
I like this tower and it will look great with a twin, but for some reason it pisses me off what they did with the white spandrel paneling about halfway up the tower. Why they didn't just continue the ...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 1,831 1,148,333 03-14-2025, 08:14 AM
  Thread: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Thanks for sharing all those renders. What a well thought out proposal, this is something we are not used to in our Region so it is nice to see. Hopefully this can proceed in the current economic clim...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 45 6,302 03-12-2025, 08:31 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
panamaniac Wrote: (03-11-2025, 12:30 PM) -- westwardloo Wrote: (03-11-2025, 08:25 AM) -- Beautiful render though. Obviously this will never be built in our region. Developers in Vaughan, Markham or ...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 5,798 4,426,083 03-11-2025, 01:06 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Beautiful render though. Obviously this will never be built in our region. Developers in Vaughan, Markham or Mississauga would build something of this quality, but never KWC.  I could see this area ge...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 5,798 4,426,083 03-11-2025, 08:25 AM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
It is already a much nicer looking building than DTK too. Although the podium is nothing to write home about.
   westwardloo Urban Areas 761 211,243 03-10-2025, 08:11 AM
  Thread: The Inclusive on Courtland | 38, 34, 30 & 29 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Inclusive on Courtland | 38, 34, 30 & 29 f...
ac3r Wrote: (02-25-2025, 09:19 PM) -- Hahah. No complaints here, I'd hate to see any iteration of the various eyesores proposed - affordable housing be dammed. -- Really? I actually liked the most ...
   westwardloo Suburbs 325 264,946 03-04-2025, 11:24 AM
  Thread: Victoria Commons
Post: RE: Victoria Commons
Looks like the developer of victoria commons is proposing three high-rise towers (36, 33 & 21 floors) as the final phases of Victoria Commons. If they turnout anything like the mid-rises they should l...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 102 133,367 02-28-2025, 11:24 AM
  Thread: 130 Guelph Ave (Hespeler) | 6 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 130 Guelph Ave (Hespeler) | 6 fl | Proposed
ouch that is comically bad. Its like there is a contest amongst developers in the region to see who can build the ugliest building. What a Joke.
   westwardloo Urban Areas 6 643 02-24-2025, 09:28 AM
  Thread: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
Post: RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitche...
danbrotherston Wrote: (02-20-2025, 02:05 AM) -- Anyone want to take a bet on this one? -- I don't like the odds, but I am hopeful that cooler head prevail and we see this moved forward through desi...
   westwardloo Transportation and Infrastructure 476 429,263 02-20-2025, 09:21 AM
  Thread: 924-944 King St W | 28 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 924-944 King St W | 28 fl | Proposed
That is a good point ABA has produced some decent buildings for our Region. I tend to like most of their designs. They will still use precast if the developer wants, but they have been better at imple...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 11 1,495 02-18-2025, 12:37 PM
  Thread: 924-944 King St W | 28 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 924-944 King St W | 28 fl | Proposed
Besides the zoning mess that has been brought up.  I actually like the proposed building, other then how bulky it looks, but I think I have to give up hope on the region getting slender towers.  The m...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 11 1,495 02-18-2025, 09:16 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
I tend to agree, I think Hamilton has the leg up and will eventually be the winner as the go to alternative to Pearson. Building out HWY 6 is a huge win for Hamilton, they are positioning themselves t...
   westwardloo Transportation and Infrastructure 1,416 1,225,092 02-12-2025, 09:27 AM

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