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    Downtown Kitchener, Midtown Kitchener, Belmont Village, King East
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    UrbanWaterloo
    12-26-2009 09:43 AM
  2. From Kitchener Waterloo | Member Since Oct 2010 | 592 Posts
    #281
    07-03-2012 02:42 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by UrbanWaterloo
    117 King Street West - June 30, 2012



    We toured a client through the upper floors last month. The interior is gorgeous and will look great when it's built out.
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  3. From DOWNTOWN | Member Since Mar 2010 | 1,458 Posts
    #282
    07-03-2012 03:33 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by benjaminbach
    We toured a client through the upper floors last month. The interior is gorgeous and will look great when it's built out.
    I wonder whether they'll be able to save those large yellow and black tiles in the street entrance? A few have been removed but they have a terrific 1930's vibe.
  4. From DOWNTOWN | Member Since Mar 2010 | 1,458 Posts
    #283
    07-03-2012 03:35 PM
    Summer construction season is in full swing - repairs to the concrete of the "south" side of the Duke St parking garage are now underway.
  5. From DOWNTOWN | Member Since Mar 2010 | 1,458 Posts
    #284
    07-05-2012 04:53 PM
    19 King Street E is getting a renovated facade - looks like they are installing beige and brown polished granite tiles.
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    From Kitchener-Waterloo | Member Since Dec 2009 | 5,677 Posts
    #285
    07-06-2012 12:37 PM
    Here's a few photos...
    19 King Street East - July 6, 2012







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  8. Member Since Jun 2012 | 30 Posts
    #286
    07-06-2012 04:10 PM
    New City Supermarket (asian grocery store) in downtown Kitchener is expanding.. sort of.
    They are setting up a newhouseware / kitchenware store two doors down from the supermarket, next to the chinese bakery/bubble tea store that recently open up. The store front signs are up but the store is still empty.

    I hope it will be like Tap Phong in Toronto http://www.yelp.ca/biz/tap-phong-tra...ompany-toronto

    Could we officially call that stretch of King Chinatown yet?
  9. From West-South-West Kitchener | Member Since May 2010 | 1,278 Posts
    #287
    07-06-2012 06:02 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by 519
    Could we officially call that stretch of King Chinatown yet?
    I call it 'East-Asian Town' personally, as there's as much Korean- and Vietnamese-related business as there is Chinese.
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    From Kitchener | Member Since Jul 2012 | 122 Posts
    #288
    07-06-2012 06:13 PM
    It'll be interesting to see this when it's complete. I hope they do something with the mirrored part, I really don't think it looks as good as it could.
  11. From DOWNTOWN | Member Since Mar 2010 | 1,458 Posts
    #289
    07-14-2012 02:41 PM
    After a long delay, it looks like renovations have finally (re)started on Dandy's Restaurant at 85 King W, next to Gloss. Can't tell if it's just the main floor or also the apartments upstairs that were damaged in a fire.
  12. From Calgary, Alberta | Member Since Jan 2010 | 67 Posts
    #290
    07-14-2012 05:34 PM
    New Project coming to Kent and Charles Street

    http://www.srmarchitects.ca/project-...office/50-kent

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    From Kitchener | Member Since Jan 2010 | 1,161 Posts
    #291
    07-14-2012 05:46 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Waterlooian4Life
    New Project coming to Kent and Charles Street

    http://www.srmarchitects.ca/project-...office/50-kent

    thank you for the addition render find Waterlooian4Life I have added it to http://www.wonderfulwaterloo.com/sho...8301#post38301
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    From Kitchener | Member Since Jul 2012 | 122 Posts
    #292
    07-14-2012 05:48 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by panamaniac
    After a long delay, it looks like renovations have finally (re)started on Dandy's Restaurant at 85 King W, next to Gloss. Can't tell if it's just the main floor or also the apartments upstairs that were damaged in a fire.
    I was curious as to what happened there. I remember seeing workers installing new windows to the upper floors and doing some other work about 3 months ago. It'd be great to see that storefront get a facelift as well.
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    From Toronto | Member Since Apr 2010 | 298 Posts
    #293
    07-14-2012 08:30 PM
    Great update of 117 King St. West! I love the smooth glass facade they are using... it looks great framed by the old stone facade.
  17. From DOWNTOWN | Member Since Mar 2010 | 1,458 Posts
    #294
    07-15-2012 10:06 AM
    Just noticed this morning that the furniture rental place at 99(?) King St W has moved out to a location in the 'burbs. While I regret seeing another empty store front, I don't think this is much of a loss and hopefully will provide an opportunity for something better to move in. The pace of openings and closings Downtown has really picked up this summer.
  18. Member Since Jun 2012 | 30 Posts
    #295
    07-15-2012 01:34 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by panamaniac
    Just noticed this morning that the furniture rental place at 99(?) King St W has moved out to a location in the 'burbs. While I regret seeing another empty store front, I don't think this is much of a loss and hopefully will provide an opportunity for something better to move in. The pace of openings and closings Downtown has really picked up this summer.
    Tri-City music is going to move in to that location after having to move to a temporary location at Gaukel and King as a cascading result of the redevelopment of 117 King St. by the Perimeter Development. http://www.therecord.com/print/article/579508
  19. Member Since Dec 2009 | 497 Posts
    #296
    07-15-2012 05:45 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by panamaniac
    Just noticed this morning that the furniture rental place at 99(?) King St W has moved out to a location in the 'burbs. While I regret seeing another empty store front, I don't think this is much of a loss and hopefully will provide an opportunity for something better to move in. The pace of openings and closings Downtown has really picked up this summer.
    Actually, I really hated that location for furniture rental, because there were often trucks loading and unloading furniture blocking King Street there. They can, for instance, cause one to lose sideview mirrors.
  20. From DOWNTOWN | Member Since Mar 2010 | 1,458 Posts
    #297
    07-16-2012 02:47 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by plam
    Actually, I really hated that location for furniture rental, because there were often trucks loading and unloading furniture blocking King Street there. They can, for instance, cause one to lose sideview mirrors.
    Indeed, I am also pleased to see the furniture trucks gone.

    In other news, not sure when, but a Spanish language church seems to have occupied the former Jessups Cleaners on Ontario Street at Duke. Good to see the space being used, although I always thought that the Centre Block development, if it ever gets built, should have incorporated the buildings along Duke to Ontario Street.
  21. From DOWNTOWN | Member Since Mar 2010 | 1,458 Posts
    #298
    07-19-2012 01:39 PM
    Does anyone know what is happening at the former Circus Room bar on King East just west of Stirling? There is some interesting brickwork being added to the front. I guess a homicide is a good reason to undertake renovations ......
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    From Kitchener, Ontario | Member Since Jul 2010 | 96 Posts
    #299
    07-19-2012 03:19 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by panamaniac
    Does anyone know what is happening at the former Circus Room bar on King East just west of Stirling? There is some interesting brickwork being added to the front. I guess a homicide is a good reason to undertake renovations ......
    My co-worker who lives in that neighbourhood heard that it is going to be a tattoo parlour... A marginal improvement over what was there before?
  23. From DOWNTOWN | Member Since Mar 2010 | 1,458 Posts
    #300
    07-20-2012 03:04 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by fin2limb
    My co-worker who lives in that neighbourhood heard that it is going to be a tattoo parlour... A marginal improvement over what was there before?
    I hope your co-worker is wrong about that - not like Downtown is suffering a lack of tatoo parlours. Better than a scuzzy bar, pawn shop or cheque cashing business, but definitely at the low end of the scale, along with lawyer's offices.....
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