Demolition 128 King Street North | 50 m | 16 fl

[RangersFan]

Tonight while driving down King St, it looked like this building was being demolished. I wonder if this will turn into another student housing development or if the building was needed to be torn down due to poor condition, I have no idea or hopefully for some new interesting development.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sourc...12,104.57,,0,5

[diego]

Tonight while driving down King St, it looked like this building was being demolished. I wonder if this will turn into another student housing development or if the building was needed to be torn down due to poor condition, I have no idea or hopefully for some new interesting development.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sourc...12,104.57,,0,5

It was about time... hopefully something interesting gets built, it's an excellent location.

[Spokes]

Tonight while driving down King St, it looked like this building was being demolished. I wonder if this will turn into another student housing development or if the building was needed to be torn down due to poor condition, I have no idea or hopefully for some new interesting development.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sourc...12,104.57,,0,5

That's been fenced off for at least 8 months now. Don't expect anything any time soon. If they do anything there, the city should step up and ensure it's something like BPR Lofts, mixed use with retail and residential.

[urbandreamer]

Re: that old garage being pulled on King--I always like the building and pictured a funky bar/art gallery space going there, sort of like Rolly's Garage on Ossington (which recently closed, sadly.)

[Spokes]

Tonight while driving down King St, it looked like this building was being demolished. I wonder if this will turn into another student housing development or if the building was needed to be torn down due to poor condition, I have no idea or hopefully for some new interesting development.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sourc...12,104.57,,0,5

So all of a sudden, this one's gone. All thats left is a hole in the ground.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Tonight while driving down King St, it looked like this building was being demolished. I wonder if this will turn into another student housing development or if the building was needed to be torn down due to poor condition, I have no idea or hopefully for some new interesting development.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sourc...12,104.57,,0,5

136 King Street North - April 26, 2010

[UrbanWaterloo]

136 King Street North, Waterloo - June 7, 2010
Should there not be a fence along King at this property? It seems like someone (in particular a drunk student walking home from an Uptown bar) could injury themselves walking past here.

[Urbanomicon]

136 King Street North, Waterloo - June 7, 2010
Should there not be a fence along King at this property? It seems like someone (in particular a drunk student walking home from an Uptown bar) could injury themselves walking past here.

There probably should be, but it's a pretty gradual slope so I don't think it's that dangerous.

[jay]

There was one and somebody knocked it down. Not sure where it went though

[mpd618]

Should there not be a fence along King at this property? It seems like someone (in particular a drunk student walking home from an Uptown bar) could injury themselves walking past here.

That's nothing compared to the ravine on the east side of Westmount south of Philthy's (also without a fence).

[van Hemessen]

That ravine is deadly!

[Greg Moore]

That's nothing compared to the ravine on the east side of Westmount south of Philthy's (also without a fence).

I remember being an idiot kid riding my bike full tilt down that hill. I imagine a drunk roll down the hill would feel quite different, in a bad way.

[mpd618]

That ravine is deadly!

Now that I think about it, I'm sure that ravine is artificial, and exists only so that there is that parking lot at the bottom. I expect that the previous grade would've been similar to that on Westmount itself.

[van Hemessen]

You're correct, that (steep hill more than) ravine is an artifact of widening Westmount and building a parking lot below. I often wonder about the development opportunities at that location...it seems like a difficult area for intensification.

[mpd618]

It's a great place for some "green" intensification: fill the slope back in and plant some trees.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Some updated pics of 136 King Street North. Increased excavation has been taking place here. As a reminder it's former use was Top Wrench Service Ltd. Also here's some pics of the site from two years ago for comparison purposes: (1) (2).

136 King Street North - July 6, 2012

[Dhussey]

Good to see 136 King and University Commons moving forward after being stagnant for a while. Is there an update rendering of 136 King or details on what the development is exactly.

[gomesjustin]

Details on 136 King St, I think I am missing what this development is.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Informal Public Meeting
2208254 Ontario Inc. | Council: August 13, 2012 | Page 136

12 a) Official Plan Amendment No. 86

Zone Change Application Z-12-07

128-138 King Street North and 6 Elgin Street

Presentation: Rob Trotter, Development Planner

Delegation:

1) Chris Pidgeon, GSP Group
2) Reema Masri, Somfay Masri

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The Applicant is proposing to amend the City's Official Plan designation from Commercial, High Density Residential, and Medium Density Residential, to a Commercial Special Policy Area, adjusting the Core Area / Primary Node Boundary. The Applicant is also proposing to amend the City's Zoning By-law No. 1108 by rezoning the subject lands from Commercial Two - Twenty Five (C2-25), Multiple Residence - Twenty Five (MR-25), and Multiple Residence - Twelve (MR-12), to Commercial Two- Twenty Five (C2-25) with site specific provisions for commercial parking, yard setback, amenity area, and density.

The applicant is seeking these amendments to permit the development of a 16 storey mixed use building, with ground floor commericial uses, and residential uses on the storeys above.

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