200 Victoria St S | 50 fl | Proposed

[tomh009]

I suspect that the depth of underground parking garages in much of Kitchener is only an issue because the City has no problem approving podium parking.

FSR calculations encourage underground parking. I'm sure multiple levels will continue to happen, but you'll see the majority of experienced developers doing whatever they can to avoid it. I also know of two projects in DTK held up over podium parking, so I wouldn't say the city has "no problem approving" it.

Sure, it's less expensive to build podium parking anyway. But the point I (and others) made is that multiple levels of underground parking are far from impossible.