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U/C Lena Crescent Apartments #3 | 43 m? | 14 fl?

Post #15550
10-01-2010 07:02 AM
UrbanWaterloo
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Lena Crescent Apartments #3
Lena Crescent & Conestoga Boulevard, Cambridge
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Post #15552
10-01-2010 07:09 AM
UrbanWaterloo
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Kitchener-Waterloo
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Post #15562
10-01-2010 11:25 AM
Urban_Enthusiast86
Town Member
Joined Mar 2010
339 posts
 Wow. Wasn't expecting Auburn to fit another one in that space. I thought they would build on the other side of the Lena Crescent. Looks like that area is reaching Fairview Mall type densities.
Post #15565
10-01-2010 01:11 PM
metropolis
Town Member
Waterloo
Joined Jan 2010
143 posts
 I expect the rentals in Uptown Waterloo on the BarrelYards property will look just like those
Post #15566
10-01-2010 01:56 PM
waterloo_local
Village Member
Joined Jul 2010
86 posts
 I don't think Auburn is building this particular building. The own the one on the other side even though they all look alike.
Post #15583
10-01-2010 07:01 PM
Spokes
Conurbation Member
Kitchener
Joined Dec 2009
5001 posts
 I have a feeling metropolis is probably right. Maybe they'll add a little bit to it, but probably not too much.
Post #17173
10-24-2010 09:04 AM
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October 22, 2010
Post #17176
10-24-2010 10:55 AM
panamaniac
Town Member
Joined Mar 2010
415 posts
 The word "bleak" comes to mind.
Post #17184
10-24-2010 12:26 PM
DHLawrence
Town Member
Joined Mar 2010
458 posts
 The good thing about living in a building like that is that you don't have to look at it when you're inside.

Somebody please take a bulldozer to the east side of Hespeler Road from Bishop to Can-Amera...that entire strip could be flattened and rebuilt without harming anyone. Put parking garages behind Cambridge Centre, knock down all the buildings, and start over.
Post #17192
10-24-2010 04:03 PM
van Hemessen
Village Member
Kitchener, Ontario
Joined Jan 2010
76 posts
 Bulldozer? Nothing short of strategically placed C-4 can save that area.
Post #17193
10-24-2010 04:27 PM
DHLawrence
Town Member
Joined Mar 2010
458 posts
 Nah, most of it is parking lot. Cambridge Centre could linger for a while--maybe give it a bit of an Eaton Centre makeover and turn the laneway into a proper road. Maybe put some commercial/retail in front and make "Cambridge Centre" more of a corporate centre rather than just another mall. Most of the buildings between Dunbar and Can-Amera are empty so they won't require much power. And the Flea Market will probably cave in if someone blows at it. That's the best place on Hespeler Road to start the revolution; there's so much to work with--most of it tarmac!
Post #17804
11-01-2010 12:32 PM
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October 30, 2010
Post #26719
02-26-2011 08:21 AM
UrbanWaterloo
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 This project appears to have stalled over the winter...

February 25, 2011