201 Lester Street Apartment | 36 m | 12 fl

[UrbanWaterloo]

201 Lester Street Apartment
City of Waterloo
KW4Rent (http://www.kw4rent.com/index.html)

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[Spokes]

WAT Council Packet March 8, 2010 - Page 30
http://www.waterloo.ca/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/CS_CLERKS_Minutes_2010/20100308_Packet_Committee_of_the_Whole_Meeting.pdf

Recommendation: That Waterloo City Council receive Development Services report DS2020-007 and approve Demolition Control Application, Walnut Village Inc, for the lands known municipally as 193, 195, 197 & 201 Lester Street in accordance with Section 8 of report DS2010-007.

Executive Summary: Walnut Village Inc has submitted an application to demolish the 4 existing single detached dwellings on the properties known municipally as 193, 195, 197 & 201 Lester Street (see Inset Map). The dwellings located at 193, 195, 197 & 201 Lester Street are currently vacant. The demolition has been requested to facilitate the redevelopment of the property. The applicant is proposing to construct a new 12-storey, 68 unit apartment building.


195 Lester Street, Waterloo

[waterloowarrior]

Lester has changed so much since I started going to UW... amazing!

[UrbanWaterloo]

Talking to the guys across the street, this one starts next week and will be 80% brick.

[jay]

Good news..

[Spokes]

Very good news!
Still 5 bedroom apts though I assume?

[UrbanWaterloo]

Before Photos - May 14, 2010

193 Lester Street
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/193LesterStreetWaterloo-May142010.jpg

195 Lester Street
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/195LesterStreetWaterloo-May142010.jpg

197 Lester Street
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/197LesterStreetWaterloo-May142010.jpg

201 Lester Street
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/201LesterStreetWaterloo-May142010.jpg

[UrbanWaterloo]

Demolition Photos - May 23, 2010

193, 195, 197, 201 Lester Street, Waterloo. This photo also includes 203 Lester at the right which isn't part of this project, but is owned by the same company (Phase 3?).
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/193195197201203LesterStreetWaterloo.jpg

193, 195 Lester Street, Waterloo
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/193195LesterStreetWaterloo-May23201.jpg

197, 201 Lester Street, Waterloo
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/197201LesterStreetWaterloo-May23201.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/197201LesterStreetWaterloo-May23-1.jpg

[Spokes]

Is this project being done by the same company as the one across the street?

[RangersFan]

I believe so walnut Village

[Waterlooian4Life]

http://www.kw4rent.com/index.html

[Spokes]

http://www.kw4rent.com/index.html

Yup, kinda looks like a mirror image of across the street.

For a second I thought there were some units that weren't 5 bedrooms, but I was wrong.

[UrbanWaterloo]

June 2, 2010
193 & 195 Lester are gone now too.

The left house is 191 Lester and the right house is 203 Lester.
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/193-201LesterStreet-June22010-1.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/193-201LesterStreet-June22010-3.jpg

[UrbanWaterloo]

July 1, 2010

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[UrbanWaterloo]

July 13, 2010

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/193-201%20Lester%20Street/193-201LesterStreet-July132010.jpg

[UrbanWaterloo]

September 17, 2010

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[DHLawrence]

Look at all the Styrofoam!

[Shawn]

Look at all the Styrofoam!

If you have an opportunity to drop into the Reflections at Laurelwood (http://www.wonderfulwaterloo.com/showthread.php/619-Reflections-at-Laurelwood-23-m-7-fl?p=12949#post12949) sales office, they have a display of how this Styrofoam construction works!!

[Duke-of-Waterloo]

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Makes you wonder if these guys will be building this thing...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/1685042320_fa15a80b9a.jpg
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[UrbanWaterloo]

October 13, 2010

4th Floor

http://www.wonderfulwaterloo.com/wdrive/Developments/Waterloo/201%20Lester%20Street/201%20Lester%20Street%20-%20October%2013%2C%202010%20Resized.JPG

[Section ThirtyOne]

Does it strike anyone else as odd that a 12 floor building was approved on a street full of low rise apartments and houses?

[Spokes]

Does it strike anyone else as odd that a 12 floor building was approved on a street full of low rise apartments and houses?

Nope, I've decided to stop being surprised when the city of waterloo makes stupid choices in allowing student housing to over run particular neighbourhoods.

Stupidest most intelligent city

[BuildingScout]

Does it strike anyone else as odd that a 12 floor building was approved on a street full of low rise apartments and houses?

Not at all. There is a building of equal height across the street, the entire length from Seagram Dr to Columbia is a full of student housing and there are already four and
five story buildings along its length. If not in that street, where?

[Spokes]

Not at all. There is a building of equal height across the street, the entire length from Seagram Dr to Columbia is a full of student housing and there are already four and
five story buildings along its length. If not in that street, where?

Not that either is nice, but the one across the street might be "nicer". It has balconies and some variety on the outside of the building. This one seems to be flat and plain. Then again reports say its going to be 80% brick. So we'll see. Either way, boring.

[Newgrad]

Does it strike anyone else as odd that a 12 floor building was approved on a street full of low rise apartments and houses?

I sorta have to agree. My one major concern is traffic flow. Those buildings are really going to increase traffic on that street. It is already a disaster trying to make a left turn onto University from that street. I can't imagine how much of a jam there will be in that area. I'm a bit concerned about it.

[BuildingScout]

My one major concern is traffic flow. Those buildings are really going to increase traffic on that street. It is already a disaster trying to make a left turn onto University from that street. I can't imagine how much of a jam there will be in that area. I'm a bit concerned about it.

I don't think it will be too bad. Given the dire availability of parking, it is clear students will walk to both UW and WLU, so the only concern is after hours traffic. We might need to place a turn lane on both King and Columbia though.

[Newgrad]

I don't think it will be too bad. Given the dire availability of parking, it is clear students will walk to both UW and WLU, so the only concern is after hours traffic. We might need to place a turn lane on both King and Columbia though.

I think that a turning lane might be needed for sure. I don't see it being very easy to turn left off of university onto Lester during the RIM rush.

[Section ThirtyOne]

Sadly, I'm willing to bet that this will result in yet another traffic light on University/Columbia. :(

[Spokes]

I sorta have to agree. My one major concern is traffic flow. Those buildings are really going to increase traffic on that street. It is already a disaster trying to make a left turn onto University from that street. I can't imagine how much of a jam there will be in that area. I'm a bit concerned about it.

Ya but how many of the people that live there will own a car. The majority will walk and use public transit.

[WatDot]

October 22, 2010

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5471/lesterstreet.jpg

[Newgrad]

Ya but how many of the people that live there will own a car. The majority will walk and use public transit.

I agree that the majority will use public transit and walk, but with the scale of density that will now be on that street, it will still be a big increase of traffic volume. That section of Lester is tiny and as mentioned, there isn't a turning lane. You have to remember that there were once only like 20 houses on that street. The amount of people on that street has been exponentially increased.

[RangersFan]

A view of this beauty from R & T park, brutal quality though Nov 17, 2010
http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/leaffan431/LesterstNov172010.jpg

[BuildingScout]

I saw a lot of activity around this building today. Is a January (Winter term) opening still in the cards?

[UrbanWaterloo]

December 26, 2010

http://www.wonderfulwaterloo.com/wdrive/Developments/Waterloo/201%20Lester%20Street/201%20Lester%20Street%20-%20December%2026,%202010%20Resized.JPG

[UrbanWaterloo]

I still can't believe how quickly this has gone up. A mere seven and a half months ago (http://www.wonderfulwaterloo.com/showthread.php/316-201-Lester-Street-Apartment-36-m-12-fl?p=7403#post7403) the former houses were still standing. :shocked:

[Spokes]

I still can't believe how quickly this has gone up. A mere seven and a half months ago (http://www.wonderfulwaterloo.com/showthread.php/316-201-Lester-Street-Apartment-36-m-12-fl?p=7403#post7403) the former houses were still standing. :shocked:

Wow, that is really quick. Anxious to see the facade treatment they go with.

[RangersFan]

From Jan 11, 2011
http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/leaffan431/Student%20Housing/LesterStapartmentJan112011.jpg
http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/leaffan431/Student%20Housing/LesterStapartmentJan1120112.jpg

[UrbanWaterloo]

February 23, 2011

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[UrbanWaterloo]

April 7, 2011

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[RangersFan]

April 17, 2011

A picture from a far in a snowy spring day in Waterloo
http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/leaffan431/Student%20Housing/LesterstaptApril172011.jpg

[UrbanWaterloo]

May 27, 2011

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