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  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
ZEBuilder Wrote: (Yesterday, 07:25 PM) -- This now has a bit more public information available, as expected it was bought up by a developer, this was bought by Cantiro. They are the same developer be...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 5,764 4,393,560 Today, 06:45 AM
  Thread: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
LCBO stores often have security on site. Haven't seen that at the beer store.
   tomh009 Urban Areas 42 4,673 03-19-2025, 04:57 AM
  Thread: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 300 King St W | 50, 55 fl | Proposed
Acitta Wrote: (03-15-2025, 05:48 PM) -- Rainrider22 Wrote: (03-15-2025, 10:53 AM) -- They are being crushed by theft!!! -- They are closing stores because people can now buy beer at convenience stor...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 42 4,673 03-15-2025, 05:59 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...
Vive so it'll be rental, not $900K condos. I actually think the cemetery will be a nice view, lots of green and tree cover.
   tomh009 Urban Areas 79 10,384 03-15-2025, 04:14 AM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
Trudeau has made plenty of mistakes as a PM over the years, but I'm quite pleased with how he, Joly, Leblanc, Ford and (most of) the other premiers are handling the situation (not negotiations, really...
   tomh009 Politics 80 7,127 03-06-2025, 08:34 PM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
nms Wrote: (03-04-2025, 09:44 PM) -- I'm not sure how our friends to the south would react today to those rules, but we can look no further than the current government legislation to protect the digi...
   tomh009 Politics 80 7,127 03-04-2025, 10:51 PM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
Momo26 Wrote: (03-04-2025, 10:43 AM) -- ...as a by product, we should not be paying upwards of 50%+ income tax and taxed to absolute death in every other way. -- Practically no one pays over 50% in...
   tomh009 Politics 80 7,127 03-04-2025, 05:00 PM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
Kodra24 Wrote: (03-02-2025, 01:47 PM) -- Yes, too bad the Liberal government shot down all the pipeline development with major cancellations and policy change in the mid to late 2010's that could hav...
   tomh009 Politics 80 7,127 03-02-2025, 01:57 PM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
ac3r Wrote: (03-01-2025, 06:06 PM) -- The US is a good trading partner but we have ports and stuff...let's start using them more again. -- The US has been a good trading partner, but they now have ...
   tomh009 Politics 80 7,127 03-02-2025, 09:07 AM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
ac3r Wrote: (03-01-2025, 04:19 PM) -- I did my part and voted PC to keep the red guys out. Unsurprisingly, he won in a landslide. -- Landslide? It's pretty much the same as before, the PCs ended up...
   tomh009 Politics 546 216,363 03-02-2025, 09:03 AM
  Thread: Victoria Commons
Post: RE: Victoria Commons
A good mix of unit sizes (though don't know how small the bedrooms are). The overall FSR is still low, so I should hope that this is approved.
   tomh009 Urban Areas 93 131,279 03-01-2025, 04:06 PM
  Thread: Buying Canadian (and not American)
Post: RE: Buying Canadian (and not American)
Rainrider22 Wrote: (02-27-2025, 07:52 AM) -- people avoiding the US isn't going to amount to any difference other than make you feel better about yourself -- "Whether I avoid US products will not m...
   tomh009 Politics 35 2,148 02-27-2025, 05:28 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
KevinL Wrote: (02-26-2025, 06:53 PM) -- There's an MUT up Hayward and along Courtland (https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4264698,-80.4661345,3a,52.7y,301.46h,84.89t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPQZPwrr11x198c2_X...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 2,738 1,761,114 02-26-2025, 10:46 PM
  Thread: Trails
Post: RE: Trails
How does the NE end of the proposed trail connect to the existing Iron Horse Trail? I see a trail connecting it to Lennox Lewis Way, near Activa Sportplex, but then what? It's not obvious to me. ht...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 2,738 1,761,114 02-26-2025, 06:06 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
SammyOES Wrote: (02-23-2025, 11:56 PM) -- Waterloo is an incredibly busy general aviation airport and has a large flight school and GA presence.  It has only 1 runway that can service the passenger j...
   tomh009 Transportation and Infrastructure 1,416 1,217,260 02-24-2025, 03:16 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
CP42 Wrote: (02-24-2025, 02:53 PM) -- I’m also curious to see how those gaps in the podium that they’re currently filling in will turn out. Wouldn’t be surprised if they put some sort of lighting in ...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 738 204,658 02-24-2025, 03:12 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/...
tomh009 Wrote: (12-27-2024, 05:10 PM) -- The second tower now working on floor 19, if I have my count correct. That should see it top out in April/May next year. I would expect to see occupancy in th...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 853 506,628 02-21-2025, 05:07 PM
  Thread: 924-944 King St W | 28 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 924-944 King St W | 28 fl | Proposed
ZEBuilder Wrote: (02-18-2025, 09:38 AM) -- Vive's go to architect is Reindeer and Associates -- I thought most (many?) of Vive's buildings were designed by NEO.
   tomh009 Urban Areas 11 1,325 02-18-2025, 12:44 PM
  Thread: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
KevinL Wrote: (02-15-2025, 08:28 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (02-14-2025, 07:52 PM) -- "They also want assurances access to developments along this stretch of King Street won’t be allowed from Limerick, a...
   tomh009 Suburbs 35 11,130 02-16-2025, 01:40 PM
  Thread: 924-944 King St W | 28 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 924-944 King St W | 28 fl | Proposed
Story in The Record yesterday: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/third-highrise-development-proposed-for-stretch-of-king-street-near-grand-river-hospital-in-kitchener/article_984c5dc2-a8...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 11 1,325 02-15-2025, 03:52 PM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
Momo26 Wrote: (02-15-2025, 10:02 AM) -- This is from an accredited source, not some fly-by-night armchair scientist blog: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1112950/ -- BMJ is indeed a res...
   tomh009 Politics 80 7,127 02-15-2025, 01:01 PM
  Thread: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford most vulnerable to tariffs
Post: RE: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford m...
ijmorlan Wrote: (02-14-2025, 09:38 PM) -- Acitta Wrote: (02-14-2025, 01:41 PM) -- Scientists are saying that global warming will collapse of the AMOC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridion...
   tomh009 Politics 80 7,127 02-14-2025, 10:38 PM
  Thread: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 4611 King St E | 30 & 25 fl | Proposed
wiseguy Wrote: (02-14-2025, 01:58 PM) -- Still going around in circles here: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/city-developer-to-continue-working-on-contentious-2-tower-plan-in-kitche...
   tomh009 Suburbs 35 11,130 02-14-2025, 07:52 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Here is a ranking of reasons for having (or not having) children from a study in Australia. Food for thought.
  tomh009 Urban Areas 5,764 4,393,560 02-14-2025, 12:29 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
MidTowner Wrote: (02-14-2025, 09:59 AM) -- If you have seen some evidence that subsidized day care works to increase fertility rates, I'd love to see it. I personally doubt it- but it's still probabl...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 5,764 4,393,560 02-14-2025, 12:25 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Countless governments (including ours) have tried to bribe families with various types of child tax credits (or maybe this is demonizing, too?) to have larger families, and it really does not signific...
   tomh009 Urban Areas 5,764 4,393,560 02-13-2025, 08:35 PM

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