Boom time: $1.2 billion in building permits expected for downtown Kitchener
Astonishing. Extraordinary. A model for the continent and the world.
That's how Rick Haldenby — a professor of architecture who's lived near Victoria Park for nearly 30 years and is a longtime adviser to city officials — describes the changing fortunes of downtown Kitchener.
Photo: Peter Lee, Waterloo Region Record staff.
By the end of February 2019 the city expects to issue building permits worth $1.2 billion for 20 new developments in the city core. And 10 of the projects will be the same size or larger than the condo tower at King and Victoria streets… That list includes the Kaufman Lofts, the Breithaupt Block, the Tannery, the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, the Arrow Lofts on Benton, the City Centre condos next to City Hall, the condo tower One Victoria and the complete restorations of the Walper Hotel, the old Goudies Department Store, 305 King St. W. and 117 King St. W., among others.
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