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  1. Columbia Corporate Centre (La-Z-Boy Redevelopment)
    Address: 55 & 75 Columbia Street East, Waterloo (Columbia St & Weber St)
    Developer: Activa Group
    Approx 157,000 Sq ft





    Waterloo Regional Police: Division 3 Station


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    UrbanWaterloo
    01-10-2010 04:57 PM
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,681 Posts
    #61
    08-30-2011 12:49 PM
    August 29, 2011



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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,681 Posts
    #62
    10-26-2011 09:58 PM
    October 24, 2011









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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,681 Posts
    #63
    12-05-2011 10:06 AM
    December 1, 2011





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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,681 Posts
    #64
    02-29-2012 01:29 PM
    Framing...
    February 28, 2012









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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,681 Posts
    #65
    04-30-2012 02:15 PM
    April 25, 2012

    Police Station








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  7. From West-South-West Kitchener | Member Since May 2010 | 1,278 Posts
    #66
    05-19-2012 12:39 PM
    Construction worker escapes building collapse in Waterloo

    CTV Kitchener | May 19, 2012 | LINK

    A close call for a man working at a construction site in Waterloo Friday night. The man was working at the site of the new Waterloo Regional Police building at Columbia St. E. and Weber St. N., when the second floor of the structure collapsed.

    The man was smoothing newly poured concrete at the time of the collapse. He was able to escape without injury.
    No clear word on how bad a collapse this is or how much this sets back the construction timeline.
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  8. From West-South-West Kitchener | Member Since May 2010 | 1,278 Posts
    #67
    05-20-2012 03:30 PM
    UPDATE: The Record has a photo, which shows that, while in an isolated section, the damage is still significant.
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,681 Posts
    #68
    05-22-2012 02:28 PM
    Here's some photos of the collapse...
    May 19, 2012











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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,681 Posts
    #69
    08-16-2012 05:01 PM
    Waterloo Police Station - August 15, 2012







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    #70
    10-22-2012 03:13 PM
    Waterloo Police Station - October 17, 2012

















  12. Member Since Jul 2010 | 1,321 Posts
    #71
    10-22-2012 03:32 PM
    The roof in the corner is slanted. It was not originally intended that way but after the accident it became that way.

    [/urban legend]
  13. From West-South-West Kitchener | Member Since May 2010 | 1,278 Posts
    #72
    10-22-2012 05:10 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by BuildingScout
    The roof in the corner is slanted. It was not originally intended that way but after the accident it became that way.

    [/urban legend]
    That's up there with "The Dana Porter library is sunken into a moat because they didn't account for the weight of the books".

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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,681 Posts
    #73
    12-01-2012 10:35 PM
    Waterloo Police Station - November 29, 2012













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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,681 Posts
    #74
    04-25-2013 10:31 AM
    April 23, 2013







  16. Member Since Mar 2010 | 926 Posts
    #75
    04-25-2013 01:33 PM
    How delightfully....bland.
  17. From waterloo | Member Since Sep 2012 | 86 Posts
    #76
    04-25-2013 01:38 PM
    What's with the white? The front windows should've all been glass of the same colour.
  18. From West-South-West Kitchener | Member Since May 2010 | 1,278 Posts
    #77
    04-25-2013 04:29 PM
    Those identically - sized, perfectly rectangular panels seem to me to be set up for replaceable graphics.
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  19. RangersFan's Avatar
    From Kitchener | Member Since Jan 2010 | 1,162 Posts
    #78
    04-25-2013 08:14 PM
    Really doesn't use the space well given the type of use.
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    From Toronto | Member Since Apr 2010 | 298 Posts
    #79
    04-25-2013 08:31 PM
    Some brick, composite cladding materials, and even wood would have made this building so much better.

    The forms and shapes at work on it look good but the materials absolutely killed it. Bland, outdated... looks like something from a 1990s office park. Arghhhh.
  21. Member Since Feb 2012 | 38 Posts
    #80
    04-25-2013 08:51 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Bristolman
    What's with the white? The front windows should've all been glass of the same colour.

    Quote Originally Posted by RangersFan
    Really doesn't use the space well given the type of use.
    Quote Originally Posted by SP!RE
    Some brick, composite cladding materials, and even wood would have made this building so much better.

    The forms and shapes at work on it look good but the materials absolutely killed it. Bland, outdated... looks like something from a 1990s office park. Arghhhh.
    Man you guys are critics! If every building had to be a Da Vinci, nothing would be built around here. I for one prefer this to what was here 5 years ago (decrepit empty factory, in case you've forgotten).
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