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Relatively recent and massive proposal for northern Waterloo. The proposal seeks to redevelop the former Kraus Flooring site.

This is an image of the site as it currently stands.

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Credit: canada 247

That image is somewhat dated as the LRT now runs down the middle of northfield drive here but the site itself is pretty much the same but Kraus vacated it a few years ago.

It's located at the northern bounds of the city near St. Jacob's and is wedged between northfield drive and the conestoga parkway. As mentioned the LRT runs along northfield and there is a station across the highway from the proposed site. It is also relatively close to the conestoga mall.

Here are some very early renders of the development.

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One significant aspect of this development is a proposed pedestrian bridge over the highway which would make Northfield Station very easily accessible (only a few minutes walk)

The current proposal has 15 residential towers total. 35, 24, 2x 22, 20, 2x 19, 2x 15, 4x 9, 2x 7 as well as what appear to be 3x 3 story office buildings.

This would be a major suburban cluster in Waterloo and location wise it is quite solid. I am hoping to see it approved.


Star article for further reading
 
New renderings from the resubmission of October/November:
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Total units decreased from 3980 to 3353.

Total vehicular parking decreased from 3249 to 2,675.

Storey counts changed from 35, 35, 31, 31, 30, 28, 28, 25, 25, 25, 18 & 14-storeys to 35, 35, 31, 31, 31, 30, 28, 25, 25, 25, 20 & 18-storeys.

Formal Public Meeting is scheduled for December 11:
 
Thanks for update! I can’t think of another CMA of this size that is undergoing this sort of intensification over the entire area. Not even Halifax is seeing this.
 
Thanks for update! I can’t think of another CMA of this size that is undergoing this sort of intensification over the entire area. Not even Halifax is seeing this.

Wonderful things happen when you build public transit that is frequent and reliable. Halifax and London are the closest CMAs in terms of population (Halifax is smaller by 100k) but regardless KWC blows them away by miles. I don't have all the data for the cities but Kitchener has approved around 15000 housing units and Waterloo has approved at least 4000 (I'm missing a lot of Waterloo's data) this year alone, last year was significantly lower for both but Kitchener's was at least 6000. Obviously construction starts are down so we aren't seeing the intensification yet but when it happens it will truly make KW unrecognizable, especially the eastern end of downtown Kitchener which still has numerous vacant lots.
 
And don’t forget about the third wheel known as Cambridge with its four separate downtowns. I don’t know how many units have been approved there this year but it is in the 1000s.
 
And don’t forget about the third wheel known as Cambridge with its four separate downtowns. I don’t know how many units have been approved there this year but it is in the 1000s.
And that's with the most anti-development council that I have lived through. If we had elected officials that wanted us to be a real city it'd be even higher.
 
Honestly, this doesn't look too bad compare to other similar nearby developments....
 

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