Any project to increase speeds through Kitchener are years off but there are so many simple fixes that can be done right now to make it that much faster. Some of the reason why it is so slow at various places along the line are honestly peculiar and many of them aren't excessively hard to fix...

Thankfully that view is not the majority. Sure the LRT was costly but we spend billions of dollars on highway projects what's wrong with doing the same for transit? There are definitely problems with phase 1 that need to be worked out before phase 2 begins operations particularly the freezing...

It may seem insane to anyone who has any interest in infrastructure but Mayor Liggett has said some pretty absurd things through her time as mayor in relation to development/infrastructure. With regards to moving the end all the way down Dundas (T4) she said this "I have grave concerns. I think...

The podium on Charlie West was definitely a let down in comparison to the renders but at least they tried something different to cover the parking podium and while it doesn't look the best it is definitely more intriguing then DTK podium with those wacky neon lights.

One can hope that Edge and Neo projects actually come to fruition in the region since they never look horrible, Market Flats and Otis/Ophelia were done by them and definitely aren't top tier but they're better than the crap SRM does. Neo also has done the work for 459 Mill and if Polocorp...

I don't have any inside knowledge about the project but it definitely wouldn't be surprising considering TEK Tower is 45 and this is just down the street.

You beat me to making a thread for this one. This is one of the projects I referenced in the 332 Charles St thread I made last week. Councillor Davey asked Vive to increase the unit count in exchange for some affordable units (80% market rate). It came back to council with an increase of 7...

Yeah this one moved incredibly fast through the approval process with ZBA/OPA approval in December of 2022 and the first permits being issued by May 2023. They still only have permits for below ground work however, so there won't be any noticeable skyline changes yet. The developer has really...

Even after 9 (9:24 northbound train from Mill) there's still 30+ people on it, tonight I counted 37, and throughout the trip at least 30 people got on and a bunch got off, the 7 is also reasonably packed (at least tonight as the LRT passed). So there's no way all of us on the LRT could fit. Yes...

The city has issued Drewlo the foundation permit, the permit for the balance of construction is still in the application stage but based on what it is saying the 5 floor building will have 70 units instead of 66 and the 8 floor building will have 112 instead of 116. However the unit count tends...

This is a currently under construction development in Kitchener. It is located within the Block Line Station MTSA. Drewlo has owned these lands and the adjacent lands (101-161 & 25 Fallowfield) for a while now. At 101-161 Fallowfield Drewlo has built 4 12 floor apartment buildings, the first one...

This is another approved project in Kitchener, this is at the corner of Highland and Spadina where there was once an old gas station. Vive renovated the existing 6 floor apartment building at least 6 years ago and they have recently completed a 6 floor addition (Phase 2) onto the existing...

This is another approved development in the east end of downtown Kitchener, the development is within the Kitchener Market MTSA, when it is completed it will be the tallest building within the MTSA beating out the Drewlo development by 4 floors. The development will have an FSR of 14. It will...

This is another approved project in the east end of downtown Kitchener. It is located at 1001 King St E, the property is a consolidation of numerous properties so it spans from King St E to Charles St E. The tower itself is composed of 2 primary parts, a 30 floor tower which has frontage on...

The point is if the current operating contract doesn't allow for marginally more operating hours that what we already have without renegotiating the contract they really shouldn't be changing the service, sure 8 minute headways instead of 10 minutes is great, but if it comes with a reduction of...

Many residents picture of the region is the opposite of reality its insane sometimes, every single planning application has swarms of people against it, a lot of the times people worry that "we're turning into Toronto". Recently in Kitchener however there has been a noticeable increase in...

The one thing that GRT does have going for them is they do know how to expand and provide decent service coverage to the vast majority of the urban areas in the city, most areas have bus service every 30 minutes, obviously 15 minutes is ideal but that isn't the reality unfortunately, the...

For the buildings that are structurally complete (townhomes and 8 and 12 floor buildings) there are 323 units. For the 17 floor building I'd guess around 160, the previously approved 18 floor building had 174 units, (10 per floor plus amenity space) but now that its 1 floor shorter and includes...

This was up for approval at city council tonight however planning staff asked for it to be deferred until the next council meeting. However the reason is rather peculiar at least in terms of KW development. Staff said that they were recommending deferral of the project to the next meeting in...

This one has gone to the OLT, much like another development just a bit further down Bridgeport (81-85 Bridgeport Rd E).