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  Thread: The Inclusive on Courtland | 38, 34, 30 & 29 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Inclusive on Courtland | 38, 34, 30 & 29 f...
Looks like Vive has bought this property and is planning to build 5 towers up to 35 floors. Expect this to look a lot more like the original proposal then the one proposed by Spotlight. Seems like lan...
   westwardloo Suburbs 330 270,803 06-12-2025, 08:12 AM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
The government and private rental companies can only absorb so much work. Almost all of ontario's GDP growth the last decade has been on the back of the construction industry.  Removing the condo mark...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 118 29,675 06-11-2025, 11:13 AM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
I feel like the only thing that will be built in our region over the next 5+ years will be market rental buildings. There is no market for individual investors in pre-construction right now. I could m...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 118 29,675 06-10-2025, 01:29 PM
  Thread: 169 Borden Ave N | 6 fl | Completed
Post: RE: 169 Borden Ave N | 6 fl | Completed
Momo26 Wrote: (06-10-2025, 12:32 PM) -- This looks like something that may have been built 25 years ago in this region and painted. A bit blah -- I actually don't mind it. It's not the best mid-ris...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 33 8,874 06-10-2025, 01:14 PM
  Thread: 15 Cedar Street N | 3 fl | Completed
Post: RE: 15 Cedar Street N | 3 fl | Completed
Nice little infill, but definitely a couple features that I think the cheaped out on that make this building look just OK. First why the white doors? makes the building look cheap. Second it would hav...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 23 4,300 06-08-2025, 04:07 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
urbd Wrote: (06-03-2025, 11:22 AM) -- timc Wrote: (02-05-2025, 12:12 PM) -- Changes to proposed development at Albert and Seagram. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/bigger-apartments...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 1,278 1,143,358 06-03-2025, 01:09 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
greybird Wrote: (05-30-2025, 09:51 AM) -- Flair Airlines planning to close Waterloo crew base, end international routes out of YKF (CTV News) (https://www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/article/flair-airlines-...
   westwardloo Transportation and Infrastructure 1,431 1,239,945 05-30-2025, 10:58 AM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
panamaniac Wrote: (05-28-2025, 10:26 PM) -- Flair shutting down at YKF? -- Source or word of mouth? That would be a huge blow to YKF and a huge loss to the Region if that is true.
   westwardloo Transportation and Infrastructure 1,431 1,239,945 05-29-2025, 11:46 AM
  Thread: 171 King St S Waterloo | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 171 King St S Waterloo
Great location, but feel like they could have incorporated the old funeral home better into the design. The render also makes those towers look too bulky for the size of the site. I hate that develope...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 14 1,114 05-29-2025, 11:42 AM
  Thread: 900 King St W | 25 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 900 King St W | 25 fl | U/C
Vojnik_Vahaj Wrote: (05-12-2025, 11:48 AM) -- ac3r Wrote: (05-11-2025, 07:19 PM) -- It's almost so bad it's good. Unironically, if they actually took a little time on it they could have made the ...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 196 59,964 05-13-2025, 11:15 AM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
I like the fact that is it copy past for 40+ stories. It look clean and crisp. I think the main issue with a lot of the KW buildings going up is Architects overthinking the materials/ massing and chan...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 780 222,959 05-12-2025, 07:57 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (05-05-2025, 11:29 AM) -- Since this desiccated mummified horse corpse continues to get beaten here. Jason Slaughter made a video about how Trams (LRT) is the best urban transit...
   westwardloo Transportation and Infrastructure 17,559 11,797,627 05-05-2025, 02:07 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
tomh009 Wrote: (04-30-2025, 04:18 PM) -- westwardloo Wrote: (04-30-2025, 10:42 AM) -- I understand that factory facades have been incorporated into designs of buildings, but right now there is littl...
   westwardloo Transportation and Infrastructure 1,233 1,180,934 05-01-2025, 09:47 AM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
ZEBuilder Wrote: (04-30-2025, 08:43 AM) -- This whole building should have been demolished in 2015 when the original Transit Hub was proposed. It is not a special factory building and its built way t...
   westwardloo Transportation and Infrastructure 1,233 1,180,934 04-30-2025, 10:42 AM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
This whole building should have been demolished in 2015 when the original Transit Hub was proposed. It is not a special factory building and its built way too close to Victoria.  The building is also ...
   westwardloo Transportation and Infrastructure 1,233 1,180,934 04-30-2025, 08:15 AM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
I just can't wrap my head around people voting for candidates that don't show up for local debates. Let alone candidates that don't even live in the riding (KC). But I do acknowledge that people have ...
   westwardloo Politics 597 229,616 04-29-2025, 02:23 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
bravado Wrote: (04-29-2025, 08:17 AM) -- It was surprisingly close in Cambridge, and Kitchener South Hespeler is just a disaster, but I'm genuinely surprised by Kitchener Centre. The vote splitting i...
   westwardloo Politics 597 229,616 04-29-2025, 08:45 AM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
Well...... Not sure if I can say I am surprised in how Cambridge/ Kitchener South Hespeler voted, but I am really surprised that Kitchener didn't vote Mike in.
   westwardloo Politics 597 229,616 04-29-2025, 08:04 AM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
tomh009 Wrote: (04-26-2025, 10:25 PM) -- westwardloo Wrote: (04-25-2025, 08:19 AM) -- This might have happened if Blackberry didn't fumble the smartphone so spectacularly, unfortunately there just i...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 1,425 697,717 04-28-2025, 08:09 AM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
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, generally when this happens its to allow a future ...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 680 393,742 04-25-2025, 08:29 AM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Square Wrote: (04-25-2025, 12:48 AM) -- I would leave the Aud where it is.  Build a new one beside it, and then demolish the old building and put a park and a new baseball/soccer field.  Also the new...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 1,425 697,717 04-25-2025, 08:19 AM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
cherrypark Wrote: (04-24-2025, 03:37 PM) -- Current Aud, just the main building, is the size of Market Square minus the parking garage. Its not a ton of area if parking were to be on that site. -- ...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 1,425 697,717 04-24-2025, 03:42 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Momo26 Wrote: (04-23-2025, 09:22 PM) -- I said it several times before, and I'll say it again- hopefully before the forum czars come in saying "off topic!", Kitchener DTK needs major major work. The ...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 1,425 697,717 04-24-2025, 10:24 AM
  Thread: Market Square
Post: RE: Market Square
nms Wrote: (04-17-2025, 09:39 PM) -- The CBC article on the topic (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/conestoga-college-kitchener-brantford-buildings-leases-expire-1.7512986) suggests ...
   westwardloo Urban Areas 222 112,770 04-18-2025, 11:37 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/...
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 195 59,835 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 195 59,835 04-15-2025, 07:49 AM

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