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  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
westwardloo Wrote: (04-25-2025, 08:29 AM) -- ZEBuilder Wrote: (04-24-2025, 07:11 PM) -- Here's the site with the crane, the crane that is up is way taller than required for an 8 floor building, gene...
   jeffster Urban Areas 676 390,511 04-28-2025, 10:33 AM
  Thread: 1388 New Dundee Rd | 22 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 1388 New Dundee Rd | 22 fl | Proposed
Acitta Wrote: (04-21-2025, 10:36 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (04-21-2025, 02:58 PM) -- Wreak. 😊 Another fine Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) word that contributes to the wild and crazy world of English spelling an...
   jeffster Suburbs 8 1,016 04-25-2025, 12:30 AM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
I thought I had posted an update, but looks like I didn't click "Post Reply". Anyway, large crane assembled and is now completed. Just drove by it a couple hours ago. So looks like a few years of c...
   jeffster Urban Areas 676 390,511 04-24-2025, 04:07 PM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Momo26 Wrote: (01-27-2025, 07:33 PM) -- So I just got back from Miami. I was taking in a lot of inspiration, seeing what could-be for KW on a smaller scale. Specifically with this space, the Frost...
   jeffster Urban Areas 547 129,462 01-28-2025, 09:55 PM
  Thread: ROW Weather
Post: RE: ROW Weather
We will be getting some bone chilling cold starting Sunday. Natural gas bill is going to be a lot higher this year.
   jeffster Urban Issues 7 2,135 01-17-2025, 11:55 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
creative Wrote: (01-14-2025, 05:10 PM) -- Did any of those letters state why construction was delayed? -- I can't recall the 2nd later what exactly it said. First letter was stating late 2022 openi...
   jeffster Transportation and Infrastructure 147 66,099 01-17-2025, 11:32 PM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
bravado Wrote: (01-14-2025, 06:49 PM) -- https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/economic-growth-along-ion-route-touted-as-a-positive-sign-for-cambridge-10074603 Quote: -- Spooner reminded cou...
   jeffster Transportation and Infrastructure 1,174 819,978 01-17-2025, 11:27 PM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
tomh009 Wrote: (01-14-2025, 12:46 PM) -- westwardloo Wrote: (01-14-2025, 12:43 PM) -- I hate that we allow 1 developer to buy up a piece of land this big -- A private property owner selling land t...
   jeffster Urban Areas 676 390,511 01-17-2025, 11:23 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
ac3r Wrote: (01-11-2025, 05:34 PM) -- Soooooo funny this broke ground a year ago (and was being planned way before that) and it's still not done. -- Way more than a year. I think this started in 20...
   jeffster Transportation and Infrastructure 147 66,099 01-14-2025, 03:14 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
bravado Wrote: (01-12-2025, 05:14 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (01-12-2025, 03:59 PM) -- Likely, but it's sad a wealthy industrial nation struggles to build things quickly. This could have been done in 5 mont...
   jeffster Transportation and Infrastructure 147 66,099 01-14-2025, 03:11 PM
  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: (01-06-2025, 05:20 PM) -- This one wins the award for the ugliest building in the City of Kitchener...probably all of Ontario, if not Canada. Duke Tower used to get most of the hate but c...
   jeffster Urban Areas 855 513,114 01-07-2025, 03:13 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/...
tomh009 Wrote: (12-30-2024, 04:21 PM) -- westwardloo Wrote: (12-30-2024, 02:36 PM) -- This project couldn't get uglier if they tried. -- You have never noticed the buildings on King St N, between ...
   jeffster Urban Areas 855 513,114 01-06-2025, 04:14 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 43, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 43, 50 fl | U/C
ijmorlan Wrote: (12-12-2024, 11:47 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (12-12-2024, 07:05 PM) -- He has entertaining videos but he's just a YouTuber at the end of the day. It would be pretty hard to sell taxpayers o...
   jeffster Urban Areas 1,838 1,153,890 12-15-2024, 07:30 PM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
tomh009 Wrote: (12-04-2024, 01:16 PM) -- Momo26 Wrote: (12-03-2024, 05:45 PM) -- Let's be honest. To outsiders (and literally to Kitchener folk in the 'burbs), DTK is not considered a first-class Ca...
   jeffster Urban Areas 547 129,462 12-05-2024, 12:39 AM
  Thread: NUVO at Avalon (1442 Highland Rd W) | 16 fl | U/C
Post: RE: NUVO at Avalon (1442 Highland Rd W) | 16 fl | ...
WaterlooNerd Wrote: (10-29-2024, 08:04 PM) -- NUVO at Avalon 1442 Highland Road West, Kitchener Developer: Savic Homes There is a new development near the Boardwalk that is close to completion...
   jeffster Suburbs 4 2,922 11-20-2024, 02:55 PM
  Thread: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/...
Gubs Wrote: (10-07-2024, 02:18 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (07-26-2024, 09:22 AM) -- Drewlo purchased the land in 2016. Demolition in 2017. Construction started in 2018, six years ago. -- Construction b...
   jeffster Urban Areas 855 513,114 11-12-2024, 02:17 AM
  Thread: 3241-3247 King St E and 108 Cameo Dr | 24, 23, & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 3241-3247 King St E and 108 Cameo Dr | 24, 23,...
cherrypark Wrote: (10-09-2024, 03:30 PM) -- That big white wall on the back side facing south is quite the shining beacon coming in Highway 7/8 over the river now that its nearing full height. -- I...
   jeffster Suburbs 32 15,283 10-09-2024, 03:49 PM
  Thread: 808 Courtland Ave E | 30, 27 and 22 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 808 Courtland Ave E | 30, 27 and 22 fl | Propo...
ZEBuilder Wrote: (09-26-2024, 11:43 PM) -- This a project being proposed by 808 Courtland GP Inc, Zehr Group is involved in the project but from the wording of some of the documents it appears that t...
   jeffster Urban Areas 8 1,441 09-27-2024, 03:30 PM
  Thread: House of Friendship housing project (Charles St E/Eby St) | 10 + 7 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: House of Friendship housing project (Charles S...
ac3r Wrote: (09-26-2024, 10:49 AM) -- Haha...looks like a budget hotel or something. -- Obviously money is limited. Everything is significantly more expensive, especially because these types of bui...
   jeffster Urban Areas 23 4,136 09-26-2024, 02:07 PM
  Thread: Filming in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Filming in Waterloo Region
Under Armour, recently, did a film shot at The Aud.
   jeffster Arts and Culture 34 17,904 09-08-2024, 02:38 PM
  Thread: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | proposed
Post: RE: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | propos...
Bjays93 Wrote: (08-25-2024, 08:09 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (08-25-2024, 04:06 PM) -- Stopped ... how, and then what? We have absolutely zero rules for architecture outside the heritage districts. How a...
   jeffster Urban Areas 79 11,418 08-26-2024, 04:28 PM
  Thread: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
tomh009 Wrote: (08-04-2024, 08:36 AM) -- Momo26 Wrote: (08-04-2024, 01:17 AM) --  Went from about 0.51 to 0.87/sqft. Fired the concierge and it still went up that much. Management changed and did no...
   jeffster Urban Areas 523 255,072 08-13-2024, 09:39 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
Acitta Wrote: (07-09-2024, 07:15 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (07-09-2024, 07:08 PM) -- You can't really blame the entirety of wasteful spending on whatever political party is in office. It's more of an econo...
   jeffster Politics 156 45,614 07-31-2024, 11:32 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Very concerning that Redman and the Region went ahead and destroyed the fields for their project. While I do understand the why - it made no sense to destroy all that corn. Harvested before the destru...
   jeffster Politics 239 30,366 07-31-2024, 11:19 PM
  Thread: Elevate Condos (1333 Weber St E) | 15, 15, 12 & 12 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Elevate Condos (1333 Weber St E) | 15, 15, 12 ...
ac3r Wrote: (07-23-2024, 03:57 PM) -- WANTED https://i.imgur.com/YvE46WN.jpeg FOR SCAMMING INVESTORS KNOWN TO HANG OUT IN PARKS DOING KUNGFU Jokes aside...has anything been happening with t...
   jeffster Urban Areas 243 111,003 07-27-2024, 05:49 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
CuilTard Wrote: (06-14-2024, 01:13 PM) -- My regular update wasn't until next week, but in case U-Haul moves back in the way, here's one from today. Crane got taller, right? https://i.imgur.com/VL...
   jeffster Urban Areas 767 217,557 07-05-2024, 02:23 AM

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