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Drewlo Waterloo
1, 2, 2x6, 3x16, 21, 22, 24, 25 and 28 storeys
Developer: Drewlo Holdings
Drewlo is proposing a large development at 475 King Street North (formerly the site of Waterloo Motor Inn, The Waterloo Inn and then The Inn at Waterloo).
Comprised of 11 buildings, it is proposed to be a mixed use development. Phase 1 contains 2 office buildings, both 6 floors with underground parking. Phase 2 is two 16 floor residential building (with underground parking; all buildings except those in Phase 6 will contain underground and podium parking). Phase 3 is a single 22 floor residential building. Phase 4 contains both a 28 and 24 floor residential building. Phase 5 contains both a 25 and 21 floor residential building. Phase 6 contains a 16 floor residential building along with a 4 floor commercial/office building, a 2 floor commercial building and a 1 floor commercial building. Some of the residential units will be townhouses, specifically those located in/along the podiums with the exception of 11 units which stand alone around the 22 floor building. An assortment of amenity space is included, from rooftop pools, gardens, parkettes, walking paths and a community room.
In total, the project contains 3556 residential units (a mixture of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units) that are a mixture of both condos and rental units - 1778 apartment rentals and 1682 condo units respectively. There are 12'000 square meters of office space and 4000 square meters of retail space. There will be a total of 2500 parking spaces (the majority underground or in the podiums, with some surface spots for retail, townhouse and business use) and 1100 bicycle parking spaces.
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No indication yet on the identity of the new owner, or what the plans are for the property.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/on-last-day-...-1.2700081
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Word on the street is Drewlo bought it.
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A Fallowfield Dr clone would look great here lol.
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(12-21-2015, 12:06 AM)ibuildstuff Wrote: Word on the street is Drewlo bought it.
Yet more rental units in Waterloo? Or would Drewlo go out of form and build something different?
P.S. Welcome to WRC, ibuildstuff!
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(12-21-2015, 09:35 AM)tomh009 Wrote: (12-21-2015, 12:06 AM)ibuildstuff Wrote: Word on the street is Drewlo bought it.
Yet more rental units in Waterloo? Or would Drewlo go out of form and build something different?
P.S. Welcome to WRC, ibuildstuff!
One hopes and prays.
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12-21-2015, 04:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-21-2015, 04:07 PM by MidTowner.)
Yuck. Drewlo's pretty bad. That phrase "while maintaining some of the land for commercial uses," is slightly encouraging. But I wouldn't hold out much hope for anything forward-thinking from them. I can already envision a group of identical high-rise single-use apartment buildings.
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This might be the best we can hope for. London's Cityplace
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I think that's too much to hope for. That site on Dundas is not comparable to the Waterloo Inn site. It's big enough for surface parking, and unlike the development on Dundas (which has one of London's best streetwalls), there's no existing commercial street to preserve.
My money would be on something closer to the garbage at Capulet Lane in London. But hopefully not.
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(12-21-2015, 03:55 PM)Lens Wrote: It's Drewlo: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/new-owner-of...-1.2709120
Oh no..... the last thing we need on this site is Fallowfield tower-in-the-park 2.0...
Hopefully the City of Waterloo makes good urban design a high priority for a redevelopment here.
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(12-21-2015, 04:33 PM)The85 Wrote: City of Waterloo
good urban design
Uh-huh. :/
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12-21-2015, 08:27 PM
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(12-21-2015, 09:35 AM)tomh009 Wrote: (12-21-2015, 12:06 AM)ibuildstuff Wrote: Word on the street is Drewlo bought it.
Yet more rental units in Waterloo? Or would Drewlo go out of form and build something different?
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Rentals forsure, they have their buildings down to a formula. I'm guessing 6 towers, 12fl each, 864 units. No commercial or very minimal. Fallowfield 2.0
Thanks tomh009!
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(12-21-2015, 08:27 PM)ibuildstuff Wrote: Rentals for sure, they have their buildings down to a formula. I'm guessing 6 towers, 12fl each, 864 units. No commercial or very minimal. Fallowfield 2.0
Sadly, I think you are right about this. They are going to build a commuters ghetto, and city council won't raise an eyebrow.
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