09-25-2025, 08:41 AM
(09-25-2025, 07:11 AM)nms Wrote: Is there somewhere on this forum that summarizes all of the buildings that are approved and/or under construction and the total number of units approved? I have lost track with the federal (and provincial?) housing incentives. Do municipalities get credit for buildings that have been approved but not yet built? If everything approved on under construction were magically built in 2025, how many more housing units would be available?
With the province adjusting the development fee schedule, I'm not sure if there is much else that municipalities can do to speed up development. With the increased prevalence of "For Rent" signs in apartment buildings big and small this late into September (not to mention the condo developments that still have units for sale even after construction is complete), the Region must be due for a rent correction to fill the buildings.
Years ago there was the downtown project directory but that hasn't been updated in years. I've been slowly updating the Wikipedia page for the Region but beyond that nothing really public.
If you look at everything approved (ZBA/OPA and SPA) Kitchener has about 30k housing units to build, Waterloo is at about 30k as well I believe, but my spreadsheet is a bit out of date so those numbers are definitely wrong now.
The cities only get credit once building permits are issued. If it just sits in SPA they get nothing so developers need to build for the cities to get any money.
Off the top of my head Vive has SYLK T2, 1001 King, CTV T1. Tricar has Sportsworld Crossing T2, T1 is leasing. Auburn has Metz T1-3. Drewlo has Vertikal T1 and T2, Fallowfield T5 and T6. Savic has the Dellroy project. 1295 Bleams is under construction, you have 4 buildings at Fairway and the Grand River. You have Cantiro building 45 Courtland. Duke and Madison project by Knossos. 63 Charles. All of those are rentals, then you have TEK and Station Park T3 as condos. I
Waterloo the project at Albert and Hickory is going up, University and Regina, Northfield and Wissler, Hazel and Tamarack (may be condos).
Cambridge has Auburns site are King and Fountain under construction.