<![CDATA[Waterloo Region Connected - Urban Areas]]> https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:09:17 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[210-226 King St E (Cambridge) | 40 fl | Proposed]]> https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=2089 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:17:05 +0000 ZEBuilder]]> https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=2089
The proposed development has 475 units, of which 129 are 2bdrm and the remaining 346 are 1bdrm units. There are two ground floor commercial units proposed for a total of 151 sqm (1626sqft) of commercial space. Overall there is 166 sqm (1790sqft) of indoor amenity space proposed, it is split between the first and 7th floors of the building. Outdoor amenity is provided through a POPS on Queenston Rd as well as the 7th floor roof where 85 sqm is provided. Parking is provided entirely within the 6 floor podium, for a total of 182 spots. Bicycle parking is also provided in a tiny bike room on each floor of the podium. The building is also being proposed with only 2 elevators (1 elevator per 237.5 units) which is going to be disastrous.

Now onto the weird portions of this proposal that make it seem more and more like an up zone type of situation. The developer is proposing a pedestrian bridge across the future LRT tracks to connect the Queenston POPS to the rest of the project, this bridge connects into the third floor parking area. I understand the intent behind wanting the bridge but with some simple coordination with the Region it isn't out of the question to have this occur through the ground floor and interconnect directly with the LRT platform which frankly seems like the logical thing to do. Also keep in mind that the LRT has yet to undergo detailed design so there is no way to know the exact elevation and really location of any of its infrastructure yet (catenary/platform canopy) so good luck getting those proposed bridge piers in place. The next weird portion of the proposal is how close it gets to the proposed LRT tracks, obviously this is the Region and not a Metrolinx/CN/CP owned track so they may be okay with the proximity. However I'd still expect the Region to want some kind of buffer between the tracks and the building but in this case there is barely any.

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The proposed development has 475 units, of which 129 are 2bdrm and the remaining 346 are 1bdrm units. There are two ground floor commercial units proposed for a total of 151 sqm (1626sqft) of commercial space. Overall there is 166 sqm (1790sqft) of indoor amenity space proposed, it is split between the first and 7th floors of the building. Outdoor amenity is provided through a POPS on Queenston Rd as well as the 7th floor roof where 85 sqm is provided. Parking is provided entirely within the 6 floor podium, for a total of 182 spots. Bicycle parking is also provided in a tiny bike room on each floor of the podium. The building is also being proposed with only 2 elevators (1 elevator per 237.5 units) which is going to be disastrous.

Now onto the weird portions of this proposal that make it seem more and more like an up zone type of situation. The developer is proposing a pedestrian bridge across the future LRT tracks to connect the Queenston POPS to the rest of the project, this bridge connects into the third floor parking area. I understand the intent behind wanting the bridge but with some simple coordination with the Region it isn't out of the question to have this occur through the ground floor and interconnect directly with the LRT platform which frankly seems like the logical thing to do. Also keep in mind that the LRT has yet to undergo detailed design so there is no way to know the exact elevation and really location of any of its infrastructure yet (catenary/platform canopy) so good luck getting those proposed bridge piers in place. The next weird portion of the proposal is how close it gets to the proposed LRT tracks, obviously this is the Region and not a Metrolinx/CN/CP owned track so they may be okay with the proximity. However I'd still expect the Region to want some kind of buffer between the tracks and the building but in this case there is barely any.

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Quote:Developer Cantiro wants to redevelop the property at 63 Courtland Ave. E. with 67 townhouses in six new buildings.

An additional 14 apartments would be located within the retained portion of the two-storey red brick building that was used as a factory by Schneider from about 1909 to 1925, until the company moved to a larger nearby plant on Courtland Avenue

There are some basic renderings and a site plan on the City of Kitchener website. All in all, this development looks fine, and will add a good amount of new housing to a very under-utilized property. That said, I would have preferred a development with a bit more density like they are doing at 45 Courtland a couple doors down.]]> article:

Quote:Developer Cantiro wants to redevelop the property at 63 Courtland Ave. E. with 67 townhouses in six new buildings.

An additional 14 apartments would be located within the retained portion of the two-storey red brick building that was used as a factory by Schneider from about 1909 to 1925, until the company moved to a larger nearby plant on Courtland Avenue

There are some basic renderings and a site plan on the City of Kitchener website. All in all, this development looks fine, and will add a good amount of new housing to a very under-utilized property. That said, I would have preferred a development with a bit more density like they are doing at 45 Courtland a couple doors down.]]> <![CDATA[670 King St W | 8fl | Proposed]]> https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1968 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:22:49 +0000 ZEBuilder]]> https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1968
670 King is located at the intersection of King St W and Louisa St opposite from The Midtown Lofts. In it's present form it contains a 1 floor commercial building and adjacent parking area.

The development is already site plan approved (conditional).

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670 King is located at the intersection of King St W and Louisa St opposite from The Midtown Lofts. In it's present form it contains a 1 floor commercial building and adjacent parking area.

The development is already site plan approved (conditional).

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The project itself is located at 9, 33, and 47 Erb St W. The development will include commercial space fronting Erb St. The arch set doesn't state actual sizes anywhere, however it appears to be around 1500-2000sqft in total.

The existing parking lot will be redesigned in such a manner that there will be an additional 9 spaces even with the tower taking up a significant footprint. Within the tower itself there will be 8 floors of parking, due to the hill there is only 1 floor entirely below grade, with another floor partially below grade with the Erb St side below grade with the back side above. The remaining 6 floors will all be within the podium. In total there will be 216 spaces as well as 248 Type A bicycle spaces.

As for units there will be 28 studios, 83 1 bedroom, 165 1 bedroom+den, 93 2bedroom, 35 3bedroom, and 8 3bedroom+den. In total 33% of the building will be 2 Bedroom units or larger. There will be 4 elevators to serve the development which allows for one elevator per 103 units, generally speaking a ratio of 1:100 or less is good, anything more is worse and generally not recommended (however it happens regularly).

There will be 320 sqm of indoor amenity and 594 sqm of outdoor amenity space on top of the podium.

Engage Waterloo Page:9 Erb St Documents
Arch Set:9 Erb St Arch Set
Urban Design Brief:9 Erb St Urban Design Brief

Site Plan:

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The project itself is located at 9, 33, and 47 Erb St W. The development will include commercial space fronting Erb St. The arch set doesn't state actual sizes anywhere, however it appears to be around 1500-2000sqft in total.

The existing parking lot will be redesigned in such a manner that there will be an additional 9 spaces even with the tower taking up a significant footprint. Within the tower itself there will be 8 floors of parking, due to the hill there is only 1 floor entirely below grade, with another floor partially below grade with the Erb St side below grade with the back side above. The remaining 6 floors will all be within the podium. In total there will be 216 spaces as well as 248 Type A bicycle spaces.

As for units there will be 28 studios, 83 1 bedroom, 165 1 bedroom+den, 93 2bedroom, 35 3bedroom, and 8 3bedroom+den. In total 33% of the building will be 2 Bedroom units or larger. There will be 4 elevators to serve the development which allows for one elevator per 103 units, generally speaking a ratio of 1:100 or less is good, anything more is worse and generally not recommended (however it happens regularly).

There will be 320 sqm of indoor amenity and 594 sqm of outdoor amenity space on top of the podium.

Engage Waterloo Page:9 Erb St Documents
Arch Set:9 Erb St Arch Set
Urban Design Brief:9 Erb St Urban Design Brief

Site Plan:

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The site spans 146 and 152 Lancaster St N, as well as 5 Hill St, it is the existing site of the Hogg Concrete plant and Transit Petroleum depot on Lancaster between Guelph and Wellington St.

The developer is Hogg themselves, with GSP Group doing the planning, they likely have a partner on this if it is anything more then a zone and flip. They also own the property at Charles and Sydney which has this development concept (nothing formally submitted yet): Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46 fl | Proposed.

They're intending for the site to have 9 buildings for a total of 2612 residential units, until the plans are posted there is no breakdown. The development is proposing a total of 264 sqm of commercial space. Between this site and the Vic Common site it is a significant amount of potential units with next to no commercial. The site is proposing 2403 parking spaces.

They are requesting to change the site from industrial to Res 7 in 2019-051 with the following site specific provisions: FSR of 6.1 (slightly lower than Vive and Corley development at 550 Lancaster site), maximum building height of 120.4 metres (35 floors roughly), and to reduce the outdoor amenity requirement to 8650 sqm.

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The site isn't particularly well connected with transit, you have the 6 running along Lancaster and then the 34 along Wellington so it isn't the most connected but with the 550 Lancaster site eventually getting developed it isn't the most absurd thing to think there will be some better transit eventually. 

In terms of OP the current OP has it as industrial, there will be members of council who will dislike this change significantly. The neighbourhood came out swinging against the Vic Common site so I'd expect a similar situation here, however with the surrounding lands half being parkland and industrial it may have a different outcome. The only thing potentially working in the sites favor is that Kitchener 2051 has this outside of an employment area, so the city wouldn't be going against their future policy on not removing employment areas. However with 2051 not even draft approved those boundaries could change and hence the city can't use that justification, so it will be interesting to see how GSP frames this. Regardless the Lancaster corridor is expected to have some densification based on all 3 of the draft concepts the city has made public so far. The final 2051 draft will likely be a combination of all of them (especially with the incorporation of ROPA 6).

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The site spans 146 and 152 Lancaster St N, as well as 5 Hill St, it is the existing site of the Hogg Concrete plant and Transit Petroleum depot on Lancaster between Guelph and Wellington St.

The developer is Hogg themselves, with GSP Group doing the planning, they likely have a partner on this if it is anything more then a zone and flip. They also own the property at Charles and Sydney which has this development concept (nothing formally submitted yet): Charles Place | 25, 32, 34, 36, 40, 46, and 46 fl | Proposed.

They're intending for the site to have 9 buildings for a total of 2612 residential units, until the plans are posted there is no breakdown. The development is proposing a total of 264 sqm of commercial space. Between this site and the Vic Common site it is a significant amount of potential units with next to no commercial. The site is proposing 2403 parking spaces.

They are requesting to change the site from industrial to Res 7 in 2019-051 with the following site specific provisions: FSR of 6.1 (slightly lower than Vive and Corley development at 550 Lancaster site), maximum building height of 120.4 metres (35 floors roughly), and to reduce the outdoor amenity requirement to 8650 sqm.

Here's the site:

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The site isn't particularly well connected with transit, you have the 6 running along Lancaster and then the 34 along Wellington so it isn't the most connected but with the 550 Lancaster site eventually getting developed it isn't the most absurd thing to think there will be some better transit eventually. 

In terms of OP the current OP has it as industrial, there will be members of council who will dislike this change significantly. The neighbourhood came out swinging against the Vic Common site so I'd expect a similar situation here, however with the surrounding lands half being parkland and industrial it may have a different outcome. The only thing potentially working in the sites favor is that Kitchener 2051 has this outside of an employment area, so the city wouldn't be going against their future policy on not removing employment areas. However with 2051 not even draft approved those boundaries could change and hence the city can't use that justification, so it will be interesting to see how GSP frames this. Regardless the Lancaster corridor is expected to have some densification based on all 3 of the draft concepts the city has made public so far. The final 2051 draft will likely be a combination of all of them (especially with the incorporation of ROPA 6).

Document Link:sUPPORTING dOCUMENTS]]> <![CDATA[32, 36, 38 Grand Ave S | 28 fl | Proposed]]> https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1952 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 03:37:09 +0000 bravado]]> https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1952

Quote:A 28 storey mixed-use project is proposed in the form of a 6 storey podium and 22 storey residential tower with associated parking, amenity and landscaped areas. 454m² of commercial space is proposed as well as 328 residential dwelling units. 150 parking spaces are proposed in the podium.

In total 328 units are proposed in the form of 274 bachelor / one bedroom units and 54 two bedroom units. As noted, amenity space is provided in various forms (indoor and outdoor) throughout the building. 83 indoor bicycle storage spaces and 6 exterior spaces are to be provided. The residential access and vehicular access is proposed from Hood Street. At the 7th floor the tower portion of the building is stepped back on three sides to provide a defined base for the building and a distinctive tower component. The overall structure has a total height of 88m. The top of the building also steps back to provide a defined roof top area.

A six storey podium is proposed which will contain vehicular (150 spaces) and bicycle parking spaces.
 

Urban Design Report

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Site Plan and Floor Plans

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Quote:A 28 storey mixed-use project is proposed in the form of a 6 storey podium and 22 storey residential tower with associated parking, amenity and landscaped areas. 454m² of commercial space is proposed as well as 328 residential dwelling units. 150 parking spaces are proposed in the podium.

In total 328 units are proposed in the form of 274 bachelor / one bedroom units and 54 two bedroom units. As noted, amenity space is provided in various forms (indoor and outdoor) throughout the building. 83 indoor bicycle storage spaces and 6 exterior spaces are to be provided. The residential access and vehicular access is proposed from Hood Street. At the 7th floor the tower portion of the building is stepped back on three sides to provide a defined base for the building and a distinctive tower component. The overall structure has a total height of 88m. The top of the building also steps back to provide a defined roof top area.

A six storey podium is proposed which will contain vehicular (150 spaces) and bicycle parking spaces.
 

Urban Design Report

Conceptual Renderings

Site Plan and Floor Plans

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The project is being led by Urban Legend Developments, they have a tendency to partner with other developers particularly VanMar on projects, for example Urban Legend has been involved with the following VanMar projects: Station Park, 417 King, 10 Duke and 6 Regina. Urban Legend also partners with Kirkor for their designs, the rendering definitely appears to be Kirkor, it looks similar to some of the aforementioned projects.

The project itself in the current form is a 33 and 37 floor tower with a 5 floor podium, with a tower fronting King and Caroline respectively. This will inevitably need a OPA/ZBA to get approvals as the current bylaw only allows for buildings up to 81m, this is likely to be around 110-120m given a typical 3m floor to floor height with some higher podium floors which is pretty standard. That process will shed more light on the exact set up for commercial space, amenity space, parking and unit breakdown. Right now they are targeting 800 units in total. The way the podium looks in the renders makes it appear to be primarily parking, in this particular case it is out of the floodplain so it isn't floodplain related.

As I alluded to in the general thread there has already been geotech work completed on the site. Hence there is progress but given the tendency of projects in Uptown who knows how this one ultimately goes. In the current form it will be the tallest in Uptown until some other projects become public facing, if they ever do.

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The project is being led by Urban Legend Developments, they have a tendency to partner with other developers particularly VanMar on projects, for example Urban Legend has been involved with the following VanMar projects: Station Park, 417 King, 10 Duke and 6 Regina. Urban Legend also partners with Kirkor for their designs, the rendering definitely appears to be Kirkor, it looks similar to some of the aforementioned projects.

The project itself in the current form is a 33 and 37 floor tower with a 5 floor podium, with a tower fronting King and Caroline respectively. This will inevitably need a OPA/ZBA to get approvals as the current bylaw only allows for buildings up to 81m, this is likely to be around 110-120m given a typical 3m floor to floor height with some higher podium floors which is pretty standard. That process will shed more light on the exact set up for commercial space, amenity space, parking and unit breakdown. Right now they are targeting 800 units in total. The way the podium looks in the renders makes it appear to be primarily parking, in this particular case it is out of the floodplain so it isn't floodplain related.

As I alluded to in the general thread there has already been geotech work completed on the site. Hence there is progress but given the tendency of projects in Uptown who knows how this one ultimately goes. In the current form it will be the tallest in Uptown until some other projects become public facing, if they ever do.

Rendering:

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Hespeler is uniquely resistant to new housing and I hope this project goes forward. Normal purpose-built rental apartments are so essential right now. The Guelph-Cambridge GO expansion mentioned a possible 2nd stop nearby in Hespeler, which would be a great bit of density to add near transit investments.

Also: Big fan of hiding all the ugly parking behind the building, which can be closer to the street now.

Double also: Architects and clients are truly anti-beauty at this point...

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Hespeler is uniquely resistant to new housing and I hope this project goes forward. Normal purpose-built rental apartments are so essential right now. The Guelph-Cambridge GO expansion mentioned a possible 2nd stop nearby in Hespeler, which would be a great bit of density to add near transit investments.

Also: Big fan of hiding all the ugly parking behind the building, which can be closer to the street now.

Double also: Architects and clients are truly anti-beauty at this point...

Urban Design Brief
Site Plan
Planning Justification Report

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It's located at 450/470 King St E, which is the King and Madison corner. 470 is the old B & T before it moved across the street and then 450 is the building containing the Sushi Stars restaurant and an auto shop.

It's planned on including the fire station as well as at least 150 affordable housing units. These units will be a mix of 1-3 bdrm units.

They haven't started any design work yet so there's very little information beyond this. The property is zoned SGA 2 in Growing Together which would allow for a midrise development up to 8 floors however with Growing Together not approved yet it's still on 85-1 which would allow for a building with a max FSR of 4.0 and a height of 24m (roughly 8 floors with 3m floor heights).

Here's the Record article: New Downtown Fire Station]]>
It's located at 450/470 King St E, which is the King and Madison corner. 470 is the old B & T before it moved across the street and then 450 is the building containing the Sushi Stars restaurant and an auto shop.

It's planned on including the fire station as well as at least 150 affordable housing units. These units will be a mix of 1-3 bdrm units.

They haven't started any design work yet so there's very little information beyond this. The property is zoned SGA 2 in Growing Together which would allow for a midrise development up to 8 floors however with Growing Together not approved yet it's still on 85-1 which would allow for a building with a max FSR of 4.0 and a height of 24m (roughly 8 floors with 3m floor heights).

Here's the Record article: New Downtown Fire Station]]> <![CDATA[924-944 King St W | 28 fl | Proposed]]> https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1922 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:10:09 +0000 ZEBuilder]]> https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=1922
The building itself is 28 floors containing 341 residential units, comprising of 224 1 bdrm, 97 2 bdrm, and 30 3 bdrm units. It will have a 5 floor podium as well as 1 floor of underground parking, in total there will be 182 parking spaces split between the underground level and the podium. The site will also contain 350 bicycle spaces with 290 spaces on the ground floor of the building in a secured room.

For amenity space there is 2500 sqft of interior space provided on the 6th floor as well as 4671 sqft of outdoor amenity space on the 6th floor. Each unit will also have a balcony or terrace which is included in the 8sqm of amenity space per unit.

In terms of commercial space there is 7093 sqft provided on the ground floor in two separate units. One is 4352 sqft and the other is 2741 sqft.

The building itself is not award winning but there is some colour albeit its only in the podium. The rest is the typical grey and black.

Arch set: 924 King Arch Set
Planning Docs: 924 King Planning Docs

The architect for the project is ABA. Geotechnical is provided by Englobe. Functional servicing (Storm/Sanitary/Water requirements) is provided by WalterFedy. The TIS was completed by Paradigm who do almost every TIS for local projects.

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The building itself is 28 floors containing 341 residential units, comprising of 224 1 bdrm, 97 2 bdrm, and 30 3 bdrm units. It will have a 5 floor podium as well as 1 floor of underground parking, in total there will be 182 parking spaces split between the underground level and the podium. The site will also contain 350 bicycle spaces with 290 spaces on the ground floor of the building in a secured room.

For amenity space there is 2500 sqft of interior space provided on the 6th floor as well as 4671 sqft of outdoor amenity space on the 6th floor. Each unit will also have a balcony or terrace which is included in the 8sqm of amenity space per unit.

In terms of commercial space there is 7093 sqft provided on the ground floor in two separate units. One is 4352 sqft and the other is 2741 sqft.

The building itself is not award winning but there is some colour albeit its only in the podium. The rest is the typical grey and black.

Arch set: 924 King Arch Set
Planning Docs: 924 King Planning Docs

The architect for the project is ABA. Geotechnical is provided by Englobe. Functional servicing (Storm/Sanitary/Water requirements) is provided by WalterFedy. The TIS was completed by Paradigm who do almost every TIS for local projects.

Site Plan: 

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Does anyone know about this land (image below)? There was demolition during last year, and then it's been sitting there fenced off.

First image is before. Second image is after demo. Any news?

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Does anyone know about this land (image below)? There was demolition during last year, and then it's been sitting there fenced off.

First image is before. Second image is after demo. Any news?

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The project itself is 3 residential towers at 30, 27 and 22 floors, there are 342 1 bdrm units, 469 1 bdrm/den, 156 2bdrm and 10 3bdrm units proposed in the development. The development also includes 5727sqft of commercial space fronting Courtland. There will be 733 bicycle parking spaces and 509 vehicle spaces, there will be two floors of underground parking and 6 floors of structured parking however this is next to the 7/8 onramp so it's at least hidden from the street.

Amenity space is provided both indoors and outdoors, there is a total of 1050sqm (11302sqft) of indoor amenity space, there is also a 3550 sqm (38200sqft) of outdoor amenity space provided on the podium roof.

The architect on file is ABA, the design is certainly intriguing as the towers aren't standard squares/rectangles, it also has enough colour to be interesting if done well.

ZBA/OPA docs: 808 Courtland Docs
Architectural set: 808 Courtland Arch Set
Urban Design Brief: 808 Courtland Urban Design Brief

Site Plan:

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The project itself is 3 residential towers at 30, 27 and 22 floors, there are 342 1 bdrm units, 469 1 bdrm/den, 156 2bdrm and 10 3bdrm units proposed in the development. The development also includes 5727sqft of commercial space fronting Courtland. There will be 733 bicycle parking spaces and 509 vehicle spaces, there will be two floors of underground parking and 6 floors of structured parking however this is next to the 7/8 onramp so it's at least hidden from the street.

Amenity space is provided both indoors and outdoors, there is a total of 1050sqm (11302sqft) of indoor amenity space, there is also a 3550 sqm (38200sqft) of outdoor amenity space provided on the podium roof.

The architect on file is ABA, the design is certainly intriguing as the towers aren't standard squares/rectangles, it also has enough colour to be interesting if done well.

ZBA/OPA docs: 808 Courtland Docs
Architectural set: 808 Courtland Arch Set
Urban Design Brief: 808 Courtland Urban Design Brief

Site Plan:

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Render:

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The building will contain 120 units split between studio, 1brdm and 2bdrm. There are a total of 53 parking spaces split between 2 levels of underground parking as well as 81 bike spaces in a bike room and 8 outside the building.

The development does not propose any commercial spaces so the ground floor contains the lobby, move in room etc, as well as residential units (fronting Victoria).

Docs:
Docs
Drawings
Urban Design Brief

Render, from Victoria and Park:

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The building will contain 120 units split between studio, 1brdm and 2bdrm. There are a total of 53 parking spaces split between 2 levels of underground parking as well as 81 bike spaces in a bike room and 8 outside the building.

The development does not propose any commercial spaces so the ground floor contains the lobby, move in room etc, as well as residential units (fronting Victoria).

Docs:
Docs
Drawings
Urban Design Brief

Render, from Victoria and Park:

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The building itself is 20 floors with a 4 floor podium and 1 level of underground parking. In total there will be 166 parking spaces between the underground level and 4 floors of the podium, however due to the site the parking will be mostly be hidden from Mill St. There will also be 100 bike spaces in the building. There will be a total of 293 units comprised of 4 3bdrm,  52 2bdrm, 208 1brdm, and 29 studio. There is no breakdown in the docs so I may have counted wrong from the arch plans.

In terms of amenity space there will be 536 sqm of indoor amenity space split between the first, second, third and fifth floors, this will include a lounge, a gym, a yoga studio, a games room and a kitchen/dining area. The 3rd floor will also contain some offices but it is unclear whether this will be building management related or available for residents. In terms of outdoor amenity area there is 822 sqm split between the 5th, 16th and 18th floor.

There will also be 212 sqm of commercial space on the ground floor.

Architectural drawings: 328 Mill Architectural Drawings
Urban Design Brief: 328 Mill Urban Design Brief
Planning Docs: 328 Mill Planning Docs

Here is the render from Mill St roughly at Shoemaker Creek:

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Rendering of the entrance:

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The building itself is 20 floors with a 4 floor podium and 1 level of underground parking. In total there will be 166 parking spaces between the underground level and 4 floors of the podium, however due to the site the parking will be mostly be hidden from Mill St. There will also be 100 bike spaces in the building. There will be a total of 293 units comprised of 4 3bdrm,  52 2bdrm, 208 1brdm, and 29 studio. There is no breakdown in the docs so I may have counted wrong from the arch plans.

In terms of amenity space there will be 536 sqm of indoor amenity space split between the first, second, third and fifth floors, this will include a lounge, a gym, a yoga studio, a games room and a kitchen/dining area. The 3rd floor will also contain some offices but it is unclear whether this will be building management related or available for residents. In terms of outdoor amenity area there is 822 sqm split between the 5th, 16th and 18th floor.

There will also be 212 sqm of commercial space on the ground floor.

Architectural drawings: 328 Mill Architectural Drawings
Urban Design Brief: 328 Mill Urban Design Brief
Planning Docs: 328 Mill Planning Docs

Here is the render from Mill St roughly at Shoemaker Creek:

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Rendering of the entrance:

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A new tallest for Waterloo at 200 Northfield and 570 Weber st North. An ambitious 13 towers ranging from 25 to two 40 story towers.
I can’t post a picture due to space renaming if someone can post some screen shots. 132 metres tall, like having two DTK towers - wild

This is beside the shoppers and state and main, a business (Nordia I believe) would be demo’d for the site to the East.

https://www.engagewr.ca/northfield-dr-and-weber-st-n]]>
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A new tallest for Waterloo at 200 Northfield and 570 Weber st North. An ambitious 13 towers ranging from 25 to two 40 story towers.
I can’t post a picture due to space renaming if someone can post some screen shots. 132 metres tall, like having two DTK towers - wild

This is beside the shoppers and state and main, a business (Nordia I believe) would be demo’d for the site to the East.

https://www.engagewr.ca/northfield-dr-and-weber-st-n]]>