06-27-2025, 08:57 PM
Auburn has submitted a ZBA/OPA for the last 3 buildings on the site (the one between the Delta Hotel and the existing towers (K), and the two fronting Father David Bauer(F/G)).
Parking is no longer legally required anywhere in Ontario as per Bill 185 within MTSAs, Kitchener got ahead of that with Growing Together but the province has forced it on all other municipalities with MTSAs. Auburn is still providing 293 spaces for building K (1.07 per unit) and 690 spaces for building F/G (1.13 per unit) in a 6 floor podium. Auburn is providing 167 bicycle spaces for building K and 370 spaces for F and G.
Building K will be 18 floors, with the F and G being 31 floors a piece.
The 18 floor tower is pretty standard, it looks identical to the last two that Auburn has built on the site, it will include 206 1bdrm or 1bdrm+den units as well as 69 2bdrm or 2bdrm+den units. With the average unit sizes being 573, 703, 923, 1062 sqft respectively.
The 31 floor towers will include 415 1bdrm or 1bdrm+den units as well as 199 2bdrm or 2bdrm+den units. The sizes are all similar to those in Building K.
The entire podium of the 31 floor towers is allotted to parking, the renderings show masking of the parking podium with a screening material that has barrels and wheat printed on it. Given Auburn will retain ownership of this (they also have their name on the podium facing Erb/Father David Bauer) it wouldn't surprise me if they followed through, or we could get a bait and switch like Duke Tower, either way the parking podium on this is significant.
The documents can all be found on Waterloo's Engage page here: Father David Bauer Dr and Merchant Dr planning application | EngageWR
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Parking is no longer legally required anywhere in Ontario as per Bill 185 within MTSAs, Kitchener got ahead of that with Growing Together but the province has forced it on all other municipalities with MTSAs. Auburn is still providing 293 spaces for building K (1.07 per unit) and 690 spaces for building F/G (1.13 per unit) in a 6 floor podium. Auburn is providing 167 bicycle spaces for building K and 370 spaces for F and G.
Building K will be 18 floors, with the F and G being 31 floors a piece.
The 18 floor tower is pretty standard, it looks identical to the last two that Auburn has built on the site, it will include 206 1bdrm or 1bdrm+den units as well as 69 2bdrm or 2bdrm+den units. With the average unit sizes being 573, 703, 923, 1062 sqft respectively.
The 31 floor towers will include 415 1bdrm or 1bdrm+den units as well as 199 2bdrm or 2bdrm+den units. The sizes are all similar to those in Building K.
The entire podium of the 31 floor towers is allotted to parking, the renderings show masking of the parking podium with a screening material that has barrels and wheat printed on it. Given Auburn will retain ownership of this (they also have their name on the podium facing Erb/Father David Bauer) it wouldn't surprise me if they followed through, or we could get a bait and switch like Duke Tower, either way the parking podium on this is significant.
The documents can all be found on Waterloo's Engage page here: Father David Bauer Dr and Merchant Dr planning application | EngageWR
Site Plan:
Renders: