The Market Flats | 7 fl | Completed

[BruceAshe]

I couldn't get a good picture, but there are windows and balcony doors(?) being installed on the Cedar St side of the building.

[Rainrider22]

I was by this building yesterday, it is really coming along nice. I think it is going to turn out great and hopefully inspire others to do the same...

[catarctica]

Really hope there will be a lot of developments there so the market can finally open more than 2 days a week.

[ac3r]

I've always found it odd that we complain about a lack of grocery store downtown, yet there is a market with fresh produce, meat, vendors upstairs and a few businesses that could have been filling that niche for a long time.

[danbrotherston]

I've always found it odd that we complain about a lack of grocery store downtown, yet there is a market with fresh produce, meat, vendors upstairs and a few businesses that could have been filling that niche for a long time.

1 day a week, that's a real problem.

[Rainrider22]

I personally love the Kitchener Market...My family utilizes it often... I have my go to vendors, and my wife has her Polish vendors that she likes...

[plam]

I've always found it odd that we complain about a lack of grocery store downtown, yet there is a market with fresh produce, meat, vendors upstairs and a few businesses that could have been filling that niche for a long time.

1 day a week, that's a real problem.

Yeah. I plan my schedule around it but 0.5 days/week is generally difficult for our North American lifestyles. (There are a couple of things that are difficult to get at the market, say Asian goods, but that's fine.)

Totally off topic: retail in NZ really doesn't stay open in evenings and often not on Sundays. Want to shop past 6? Out of luck. Groceries are open though.

[ac3r]

I remember we tried a mid-week market a couple years ago and it was a complete bust. I recall going down one day and it was just a few vendors set up along Eby Street and they all pulled out pretty fast. I wonder if it would be different indoors, where there is more suitable storage and refrigeration. But I suppose an issue with that, then, is that each vendor rents their stall space so you'd need to find some willing to be there more than 1 day a week.

Maybe in the future things will improve there because I love going to the market for things. As more residential projects go up on this side of downtown, it might help, especially since there is still a lack of a real grocery store (I can't count the new one going in the old Eatons Lofts, as it's a niche, high end grocer that really limits it to clientele with thicker wallets).

[tomh009]

Yeah. I plan my schedule around it but 0.5 days/week is generally difficult for our North American lifestyles. (There are a couple of things that are difficult to get at the market, say Asian goods, but that's fine.)

New City and BT are within a few blocks of the market, though, so you can hit them on the same trip.

[tomh009]

I couldn't get a good picture, but there are windows and balcony doors(?) being installed on the Cedar St side of the building.

Here you go ...

   

   

[plam]

Yeah. I plan my schedule around it but 0.5 days/week is generally difficult for our North American lifestyles. (There are a couple of things that are difficult to get at the market, say Asian goods, but that's fine.)

New City and BT are within a few blocks of the market, though, so you can hit them on the same trip.

I picked a random example off the top of my head, which is indeed a bad example. Let's say pasta instead? I can't remember being able to buy pasta at the market.

[catarctica]

That’s why I’m pretty excited for the new buildings around the market. This one is 7 floor so I don’t think it will make a big dent. But there are taller ones on the way.

[tomh009]

New City and BT are within a few blocks of the market, though, so you can hit them on the same trip.

I picked a random example off the top of my head, which is indeed a bad example. Let's say pasta instead? I can't remember being able to buy pasta at the market.

Fair enough! I don't think there is any source for fresh pasta in DTK at the moment at all. Marche Leo's, I would expect, but then it's a 10-15 minute walk from the market.

[Spokes]

I'm excited for this project. I just hope it doesn't feel cheap. Hard to tell from the renders

[ac3r]

I've seen first hand some of the material samples they've chosen. They seem like they'd come together to make the building look pretty good. Of course, I was just holding a small piece out of a material library, but it didn't feel cheap or anything. We'll have to see once things are all done. Either way, this is an improvement over the empty lot. Within 5 years this area is going to have such a different feel.