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  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
tomh009 Wrote: (Yesterday, 03:35 PM) -- I would not expect the developer to allow buyers to walk away from their deposits. Maybe one could negotiate a settlement but the contract doesn't just allow o...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 859 313,604 Yesterday, 05:39 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
What's with the unfinished bit of the podium at ground level on the "west" side?
   panamaniac Urban Areas 859 313,604 05-12-2026, 05:54 PM
  Thread: 45 Courtland Ave E | 8 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 45 Courtland Ave E | 8 fl | U/C
No award winner, but not totallly gross. Brick cladding would have suited the neighbourhood better.
   panamaniac Urban Areas 41 15,857 05-08-2026, 11:27 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
nms Wrote: (05-06-2026, 07:15 AM) -- Should Waterloo region start saving money now to build and upgrade hospitals? Wilmot's mayor thinks so (CBC) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/re...
   panamaniac Urban Issues 383 115,859 05-06-2026, 11:30 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
neonjoe Wrote: (04-24-2026, 08:39 PM) -- With the location we can only hope that it becomes a teaching hospital or research hospital which would allow UW to start offering programs for physicians. --...
   panamaniac Urban Issues 383 115,859 04-25-2026, 08:17 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
Is funding in place yet for the new hospital?
   panamaniac Urban Issues 383 115,859 04-24-2026, 08:00 AM
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News
I doubt that such a tax would pass court scrutiny, given the mobility rightrs enshrined in the Charter.
   panamaniac Waterloo Region Economy 639 741,051 04-18-2026, 10:36 AM
  Thread: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | 19 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Downtown Kitchener Fire Station | ?fl | Propos...
Too bad the whole site wasn't reserved for an urban park. Missed opportunity, istm. That said, it's not a bad looking project.
   panamaniac Urban Areas 21 3,743 04-16-2026, 07:54 AM
  Thread: Viva Towns (19-41 Mill St) | 4 + 3fl | U/C
Post: RE: Viva Towns (19-41 Mill St) | 4 + 3fl | U/C
Acitta Wrote: (04-11-2026, 09:36 PM) -- 14 units at this development just had their prices reduced according to HouseSigma. -- After failing to pre-sell?
   panamaniac Urban Areas 133 63,441 04-12-2026, 06:12 PM
  Thread: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 535 Quiet Pl | 8 fl | Proposed
ZEBuilder Wrote: (02-18-2026, 02:39 PM) -- nms Wrote: (02-18-2026, 11:52 AM) -- Cranes are up, but the links higher up in this thread are broken.  Does anyone have a copy of the proposed rendering? ...
   panamaniac Suburbs 25 7,168 02-18-2026, 06:26 PM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Slow ...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 760 468,794 02-01-2026, 09:53 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
ac3r Wrote: (01-22-2026, 05:58 PM) -- Momo26 Wrote: (01-14-2026, 11:00 PM) -- Wonder what tenants those retail spaces will house -- I'm gonna guess another Indian restaurant, a pharmacy and a revo...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 859 313,604 01-23-2026, 10:08 PM
  Thread: High-speed rail coming to Canada!..in 4 years...maybe
Post: RE: High-speed rail coming to Canada!..in 4 years....
danbrotherston Wrote: (01-23-2026, 06:26 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (01-23-2026, 06:16 PM) -- The indisputable need for infrastructure investment aside, few people outside Canada view our country as a jo...
   panamaniac General and Off-Topic Discussion 24 5,047 01-23-2026, 10:05 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
MidTowner Wrote: (01-06-2026, 09:25 AM) -- If it goes west of Hagey instead of adjacent to Wes Graham Way, there will be no rerouting of the LRT and no spur or anything like it. Route 9 is the closes...
   panamaniac Urban Issues 383 115,859 01-06-2026, 09:40 AM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
westwardloo Wrote: (01-05-2026, 09:34 AM) -- https://nextmetro.substack.com/p/an-urgent-and-avoidable-transit-mistake Nice little article about how big of a mistake this hospitals location is. We ...
   panamaniac Urban Issues 383 115,859 01-05-2026, 01:07 PM
  Thread: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
Post: RE: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
tomh009 Wrote: (12-30-2025, 11:13 AM) -- Momo26 Wrote: (12-30-2025, 01:32 AM) -- I  could not find the right thread for above link -- They have renamed the project to "Weber Yards": https://www.w...
   panamaniac Urban Issues 243 70,905 12-30-2025, 06:18 PM
  Thread: Water capacity
Post: RE: Water capacity
KevinL Wrote: (12-10-2025, 01:25 PM) -- I recall it from the late 80s, when they went with water from the Grand. -- I remember how good Kitchener water was before they started drawing from the Gran...
   panamaniac Transportation and Infrastructure 16 2,335 12-10-2025, 06:03 PM
  Thread: Water capacity
Post: RE: Water capacity
Another round of Lake Erie vs Lake Huron in the offing? When was that the hot issue - back in the 1970s?
   panamaniac Transportation and Infrastructure 16 2,335 12-10-2025, 09:43 AM
  Thread: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region
Acitta Wrote: (12-05-2025, 03:18 PM) -- dtkvictim Wrote: (12-04-2025, 02:38 AM) -- When this whole ordeal started I recall there was a process included to get the province's approval to remove lanes...
   panamaniac Transportation and Infrastructure 4,854 3,785,616 12-05-2025, 05:59 PM
  Thread: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
ac3r Wrote: (11-29-2025, 06:03 PM) -- So...whatever happened to this project? NIMBYs tried to stop it and it ended up going to the OLT who went ahead and approved it back in 2023, then we never heard...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 310 91,650 11-29-2025, 06:27 PM
  Thread: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
Post: RE: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
Beavers in Schneiders Creek seems like a positive development to me - I'm old enough to remember when it wasn't much more than a glorified storm sewer. I can see why the dam would be an issue however...
   panamaniac Transportation and Infrastructure 57 24,362 11-28-2025, 09:56 AM
  Thread: High-speed rail coming to Canada!..in 4 years...maybe
Post: RE: High-speed rail coming to Canada!..in 4 years....
ijmorlan Wrote: (11-22-2025, 10:58 PM) -- Don’t worry, there will be another study but still no actual high speed rail construction, so it doesn’t really matter how far line is proposed to go. -- I...
   panamaniac General and Off-Topic Discussion 24 5,047 11-23-2025, 10:56 AM
  Thread: Bramm Yards Master Plan
Post: RE: Bramm Yards Master Plan
It's funny, I've always thought that Kitchener should emphasize the German heritage aspect even more than it does, for example with place/street names. Oktoberfest itself is kitsch, but with some wo...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 54 14,362 11-17-2025, 01:38 PM
  Thread: 30-40 Margaret Ave | 6 fl | Planned
Post: RE: 30-40 Margaret Ave | 3 fl townhouses | Planned
ZEBuilder Wrote: (11-14-2025, 10:37 PM) -- Well this project is back from the dead as a Site Plan Application (SPA) was submitted to the city on November 3rd. I don't know if the ownership is still A...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 271 136,290 11-15-2025, 06:55 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
KevinL Wrote: (09-19-2025, 05:56 PM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (09-19-2025, 12:18 PM) -- I never understood that, in terms of high-end streets or neighbourhoods Kitchener blows Waterloo out of the water - H...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 1,356 1,286,735 09-19-2025, 07:07 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Kodra24 Wrote: (09-19-2025, 12:18 PM) -- MidTowner Wrote: (09-18-2025, 07:13 PM) -- Might as well be the Rio Grande according to many Waterloo residents. Incomparable standards, entirely different w...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 1,356 1,286,735 09-19-2025, 07:05 PM

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