U/C 260 Regina Street North | 51 m | 17 fl

[UrbanWaterloo]

Waterloo City Council Meeting March 26, 2012 6:30pm

10. CONSENT MOTION

That Consent Motion Items (a) to (i) be approved.

b) Demolition Control Application DC2011-025
Waterloo Living 3 Inc.
260, 262, 264 Regina Street North
Page 92
Report No: DS2011-076
Prepared By: Erica Ogden

Recommendation:

“That Waterloo City Council approve Development Services report DS2011-076 and approve Demolition Control Application DC2011-25, Waterloo Living 3 Inc., for the lands known municipally as 260, 262, 264 Regina Street North in accordance with Section 8 of DS2011-076.”

Executive Summary

Waterloo Living 3 Inc. has submitted an application to demolish the existing building on the properties known municipally as 260, 262, 264 Regina Street North (see Location Map). The subject lands contain two (2) four unit apartment buildings and one (1) single detached dwelling and will be legally consolidated to form on single parcel of land. The demolition has been requested to facilitate the redevelopment of the lands for the purpose of constructing a new 17-storey, 63-unit apartment building containing 314 bedrooms.

The subject property is located within the Area of Demolition Control as outlined in By-law No. 86-122 and therefore the dwellings may only be demolished with Council's approval.

Staff supports the issuance of a demolition permit based on the following:

• the proposed redevelopment is in keeping with the Official Plan;
• the proposed redevelopment is in keeping with the Demolition Control By-law 86-122;
• the proposed redevelopment provides an intensification opportunity in an area planned for high density redevelopment; and
• the proposed building may provide an opportunity for affordable and/or rental housing in close proximity to existing transit services.

Location Map


Exisiting Conditions 260 Regina Street North


Exisiting Conditions 262 Regina Street North


Exisiting Conditions 264 Regina Street North


Perspective Drawing


Site Plan

[benjaminbach]

This is from the same firm that is building at 28 University Ave East

[myfaceisonfire]

nauseating...

[Lugnut]

Utterly hideous.

The City of Waterloo is slowly being overrun with buildings that look like absolute garbage. It's a shame.

I guess Regina is the new Columbia/Lester with Northdale under a development freeze.

[SP!RE]

This thing looks like a re-painted commieblock from Eastern Europe. Why does council keep approving these things?! They will be around for decades! An almost irreversible mistake

[Trogdor]

This might be the most hideous student housing box yet...

[BuildingScout]

This might be the most hideous student housing box yet...

This is not a rhetorical question: can City Hall refuse a building on the basis of being too ugly?

[ViewFromThe42]

At least the rendering is accurate: this development, like the cars it has parked in its lot, is a bland, cookie-cutter project indistinguishable from any other student geared development.

[Anderson3133]

As sad as it is, the only positive for this building is the incorporation of balconies. Far too many buildings in this area don't have balconies or they have those horrible Juliet balconies.

[urbandreamer]

Introducing Waterloo's first RenderPornStar Bravo!

[urbandreamer]

^Yeah that was an April Fools' Day joke. I'm not joking when I said it looks like poo.... So I've gone about redesigning it. Here's a sneak peek at the facelift:

[UrbanWaterloo]

Demolition has begun...

July 18, 2012

[UrbanWaterloo]

До свидания 262 Regina Street North...

July 20, 2012



Apparently "Russia Rules"

[BuildingScout]

До свидания

Very funny.

[UrbanWaterloo]

All three of the previous structures have been demo'd now...

July 30, 2012

[UrbanWaterloo]

Excavation - August 17, 2012

[UrbanWaterloo]

Preparing for the crane...

September 15, 2012

[UrbanWaterloo]

Another crane rises in the Region of Waterloo...

September 25, 2012 @ 2PM













Regina Street




Hickory Street East

[zanate]

Man, biking up and down Regina this year has been such a suckfest: construction vehicles, road torn to shreds, obstructions and chaos... and just as one site is almost structurally complete, another one starts up. Thankfully my "A" route has been reopened.