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Thread: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed

Bjays93 Wrote: (03-08-2026, 12:56 PM) -- I ultimately think it's a good thing that this proposal didn't go forward. This site is ripe for redevelopment, but what was submitted wasn't suitable for the...

16,655

03-08-2026, 05:24 PM

Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion

Don't really know where to share this news, but it looks like the Region has a new CAO (shared by the reliable experts at TriTAG) (https://bsky.app/profile/tritag.ca/post/3mg6hgrpjys2x) who seems to h...

286,050

03-03-2026, 07:41 PM

Thread: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed

People want to live in cities where all the opportunities are - it won’t be zero, unless we stop building housing…

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02-20-2026, 07:03 PM

Thread: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed

westwardloo Wrote: (02-18-2026, 04:24 PM) -- hahaha Why can't we have nice things? -- Because they are specifically outlawed in the planning and zoning codes… :(

6,518

02-18-2026, 04:35 PM

Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed

Kodra24 Wrote: (01-22-2026, 12:59 AM) -- bravado Wrote: (01-21-2026, 11:55 PM) -- It’s wild to me that people walk among us who think that homelessness and drugs are only widespread because they jus...

4,850,281

01-22-2026, 05:27 PM

Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed

prisecaru0 Wrote: (01-21-2026, 11:16 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (01-19-2026, 09:54 AM) -- (Moving this conversation to a more appropriate thread.) Do you have a realistic solution for either homelessn...

4,850,281

01-21-2026, 11:55 PM

Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

KingandWeber Wrote: (01-20-2026, 12:25 AM) -- nms Wrote: (01-19-2026, 06:08 PM) -- This project now has a name: Amber & Oak (https://www.amberandoak.ca/). 45 Rental suites at 70 Short St, Waterloo. ...

1,248,260

01-20-2026, 12:35 AM

Thread: Water capacity
Post: RE: Water capacity

I have to assume that the legal framework doesn’t exist (and won’t, due to Ford being in charge) to give incentives to water-saving infill and “punish” water-wasting sprawl? It doesn’t sound like anyo...

Transportation and Infrastructure

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01-09-2026, 03:34 PM

Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

I'm looking forward to the next winter holiday sidewalk plowing service brought to you by Domino's or something

Transportation and Infrastructure

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01-04-2026, 03:29 PM

Thread: World politics
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

1. Of all the major pillars of growing corruption in the world, the fact that you chose to mention Zelensky is revealing to your own personality. It's shameful to inject it into an unrelated discussio...

1,638

12-29-2025, 11:46 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/...

ac3r Wrote: (12-25-2025, 12:33 PM) -- This will be finished in 3759. -- Can we give pre-heritage designations?

580,987

12-25-2025, 12:44 PM

Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

I think that if we want nice, reliable public services, they have to be financially sustainable. You should have to pay ~something~ to use a nice and reliable service, or else it won't be that way for...

Transportation and Infrastructure

3,931,300

12-22-2025, 10:45 AM

Thread: General Waterloo Region Heritage
Post: RE: General Waterloo Region Heritage

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/heritage-vote-long-term-care-beds-cambridge/article_0c93e151-9351-5422-982b-ef87bac3c0d4.html https://archive.ph/00bvS I have a major beef with heritag...

Waterloo Region Heritage

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12-21-2025, 12:11 PM

Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

I wouldn’t waste too many brain cells thinking about it - we are at the point where Ford has taken so much responsibility from cities that councillors are basically angry Uncles on Facebook and that’s...

Transportation and Infrastructure

12,842,716

12-16-2025, 02:07 PM

Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Momo26 Wrote: (12-16-2025, 08:38 AM) -- Lol beat me to it. I guess there is some argument ro be made on both sides ;/ Cambridge ciunsel should tread lightly. They may end up with a motion to parti...

Transportation and Infrastructure

12,842,716

12-16-2025, 08:49 AM

Thread: Water capacity
Post: RE: Water capacity

This is also pretty deep in the weeds, but is there any jurisdiction that uses water efficiency as a metric for ranking projects? I'd love a future where the zoning system and building codes actual...

Transportation and Infrastructure

1,813

12-10-2025, 10:32 PM

Thread: Water capacity
Post: RE: Water capacity

When will we see water recovery be built into our codes in this province? In Cambridge, the local news headlines are all about commercial property owners with gigantic amounts of paved area complainin...

Transportation and Infrastructure

1,813

12-10-2025, 05:18 PM

Thread: Mall Retail (Cambridge Centre, Conestoga, Fairview)
Post: RE: Mall Retail (Cambridge Centre, Conestoga, Fair...

Momo26 Wrote: (12-09-2025, 12:12 AM) -- Cannot read. I think i know but want to confirm what are we getting? https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/husdsons-bay-sign-fairview-mall/ar...

272,381

12-09-2025, 12:22 AM

Thread: 102 Fountain Street South (former Preston Springs Hotel) | 26, 24 & 22 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 102 Fountain Street South (former Preston Spri...

https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/tribunal-overturns-city-council-greenlights-preston-springs-high-rises-11577444 Overturned by the OLT just in time for the condo market to implode! Quot...

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12-04-2025, 04:33 PM

Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub

neonjoe Wrote: (11-30-2025, 09:35 AM) -- ^ Society fails when we lose empathy… -- Didn't you hear? Empathy is weakness now! Other generations had empathy for us - we seem to not want to keep paying...

Transportation and Infrastructure

1,276,428

11-30-2025, 03:22 PM

Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

This is all quite a big distraction. It’s not an unreasonable request that our levels of government talk to each other and plan together. Especially when projects like this don’t exactly happen qui...

Transportation and Infrastructure

1,483,461

11-28-2025, 02:00 PM

Thread: High-speed rail coming to Canada!..in 4 years...maybe
Post: RE: High-speed rail coming to Canada!..in 4 years....

Rainrider22 Wrote: (11-24-2025, 11:40 PM) -- You can't be serious about giving up fossil fuels... do you actually.understand how much stuff other than ice engines rely on oil ? -- Why does this cog...

General and Off-Topic Discussion

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11-25-2025, 09:00 PM

Thread: Kitchener Toys R Us - Up for sale
Post: RE: Kitchener Toys R Us - Up for sale

We should start the timers now for how long this property next to gigantic public transit infrastructure stays empty before someone thinks about changing the zoning for better uses... Sad to see a ...

1,209

11-25-2025, 08:59 PM

Thread: 255 King St W, Cambridge | 18 + 17 + 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 255 King St W, Cambridge | 18 + 17 + 15 fl | P...

Construction continues in the cold: https://i.imgur.com/ADcP7Ja.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/AJ2mUug.jpeg

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11-24-2025, 09:27 PM

Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

I just hope that GO Transit has the internal feedback loop of (busy route -> add more capacity). Some days it doesn't seem like they do. Here's hoping.

Transportation and Infrastructure

1,483,461

11-24-2025, 09:23 AM

Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

ac3r Wrote: (11-21-2025, 10:19 PM) -- It still sucks, tho. -- https://i.imgur.com/7RntoaQ.png

Transportation and Infrastructure

925,713

11-22-2025, 10:15 AM

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