https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news...d-10896553
To me, when local councillors say "we approved all these projects but the shovels aren't in the ground!!!", they are being deceptive on purpose. Approval is just one step of an arcane system - and this project was "approved" in 2021. Either way, happy to see more progress on this amazing project.
Quote:The company behind the Cambridge Mill condo and hotel towers has completed two studies required by the city and region to get a holding provision removed before construction can begin.
Once constructed, the Pearle Hospitality development of 130 Water St. N. will feature a 28-storey, 146-suite hotel and a 37-storey, 250-unit condo tower with more than 20,000 square feet of retail space, restaurant, and spa.
The city is expected to remove a holding provision for the site as soon as staff can assess the company's application for removal later this month.
Before work can begin beside the restaurant, the former brownfield required a record of site condition from the Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks.
That requirement was recently satisfied with a letter from MECP confirming the record of site condition meets residential standards.
The property was once the home of Galt Gas Works, a company that operated there from 1887 to 1911 and extracted coal oil from coal.
To me, when local councillors say "we approved all these projects but the shovels aren't in the ground!!!", they are being deceptive on purpose. Approval is just one step of an arcane system - and this project was "approved" in 2021. Either way, happy to see more progress on this amazing project.
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