ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C

[danezei]

I'm just hoping glass will play a nice role to make the condo look nice at least. Once you throw in some retail there, and make it all glass, there's hope the street will look nice. These guys are new developers, I'm assuming they would want to build up their reputation somehow

I don't know anything about this developer, but I would say with this building they have built up their reputation to build generic waterloo garbage architecture. Sorry to put it so blunt. But this is not a nice addition to the city. Density i love, but thats about all this one will be good for. It is a step up from one Columbia. You would think after a couple decades of building up in the city (waterloo) we would see a slight increase in quality, but it seems we are stuck with local developers that are determined to build the cheapest building possible from design to materials.

Apparently there is a pre-construction happening on Bridgeport and King, with massive retail section at the bottom, like two floors. The design looks nice, but who knows at this point. Across from One28 looks like they're going to tare down some houses as well. At this point I think it's all about the new retail spots that will keep the value up in Waterloo.