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Downtown Kitchener

Hoping all this development translates into continued local transit improvements and the elusive frequent 2WAD GO service. Other than tech, does KW have enough of a local employment base to become a major alternative to the 905? Or will most people still have to commute to Peel or Toronto for work?
 
There is a fair amount of manufacturing there (Toyota, notably). It's also a pretty big insurance industry node (Waterloo churns out a lot of actuaries). I would also add I doubt all that many people commute out of KW to GTA. Some true roadwarriors perhaps. That drive is just getting worse and worse, particularly in winter and with heavy truck traffic.
 
I would also add I doubt all that many people commute out of KW to GTA. Some true roadwarriors perhaps. That drive is just getting worse and worse, particularly in winter and with heavy truck traffic.
GO services Kitchener!
 
Isn't it nearly 2 hour trip by GO? You'd have to be insane to endure 4 hour daily commute. Just IMHO.
 
Isn't it nearly 2 hour trip by GO? You'd have to be insane to endure 4 hour daily commute. Just IMHO.

Yep and another 30 to 60 mins to get home on Grand River Transit. Unless you have a car and are lucky enough to find a parking spot in the small lot at the Via Station.
 
Site staff wouldn't add Kitchener stuff to the database, but given that we have quite a few Barrie threads now, I don't think it's too odd to have building discussions on the forum. KW is about the same distance as Barrie by GO or car and still solidly in the Toronto sphere of influence.
I would definitely like to see some KW sites have threads on this forum. Off the top of my head, garment st + 100 condos, charlie west, dtk, city center, station park, transit hub, the Metz, and the new cambridge smart centers development could all easily warrant their own threads. Less action in waterloo but still plenty that breaks the 20 floor mark
 
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Here and there on King St. West.


King Street West and Victoria, looking south.
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Carmella's: a narrow place. I want to open a gay-friendly restaurant there called The Swish Allée. I don't know how many people the place might hold, but I think they would all have to stand in single file.
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305 King St. West at Water Street. This tower was built in 1964 and still looks more stylish and sophisticated than a lot of the new buildings downtown. It was built by Webb Zerafa Menkes, before the Housdon was added to the name. I didn't realize they'd been around so long - they were founded in 1961.
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The Walper.
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