09-21-2022, 08:46 AM
25 is an arbitrary number some councillor or staff member came up with thinking it would make developers would mostly build 8-10 storey buildings and couple of 25 storey buildings would be built. Instead since developers have to install similar amenities to a building that is 8 storeys to one that is 25 storeys, they all propose a 25 storey building with a rectangular footprint to maximize units. This is going to make Waterloo look like even more of a commie block city in the future. If they really want to impose a max height it should be something like 50 storeys. unless things have changed I am pretty anything past 40 storeys the engineering aspect of the project starts to get expensive, so you would have a couple developers striving for that 50, but most would be in the 25-40 range.