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Originally Posted by vid
What is the tallest building ever proposed for Kitchener, anyway?
Thunder Bay has had a couple ~20 storey proposals in the past.
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No apartments over 19 stories in Kitchener and no office towers of more than about 12 stories. At the moment, the booming high tech sector is demanding space in renovated old post and beam industrial buildings, so any modern office towers seem a medium term prospect at best. The multi-modal transportation hub that will open in 2017 will be designed to eventually incorporate high-rise construction, but it is not known how far in the future that might be.
Waterloo's SunLife HQ is K-W's tallest office tower at 19 stories (I think). Waterloo also has a couple of 25 storey apartment towers under construction or proposed. Since Waterloo is more or less built out to its boundaries, I think it's skyline could develop more quickly than Kitchener's.