Construction Sites In your City II

[someone123]

This shows some new construction in Halifax. In particular The Meridian in the foreground with the flat-topped yellow crane and the excavation for Skye behind that, then the new hospital in the background:


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[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by someone123

This shows some new construction in Halifax. In particular The Meridian in the foreground with the flat-topped yellow crane and the excavation for Skye behind that, then the new hospital in the background:

Lots going on in Halifax, looking good!

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by giallo

Fifteen Fifteen in Coal Harbour is really starting to take shape.

Vancouver seems to be the only City building out there, almost "starchitecture" level stuff. Probably the best place for that since half the buildings are foam-green late 90s, early 2000s, so it adds pops of visual interest without being overwhelming (like London UK).

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Vancouver seems to be the only City building out there, almost "starchitecture" level stuff. Probably the best place for that since half the buildings are foam-green late 90s, early 2000s, so it adds pops of visual interest without being overwhelming (like London UK).

Well that very much depends on personal taste. I don't find London overwhelming at all but one of the few cities that builds a decent amount of interesting architecture while Canadian cities need to massively up their game. Vancouver certainly does better but has a long way to go to erase the bland sea of soul sucking towers it built 1986-2016.

In most Canadian cities perhaps only 3-4% of buildings are architecturally noteworthy. Bear in mind, good architecture doesn't equate to flashy 'look at me' design. There's overlap but they're not the same thing. 100% noteworthy architecture should be the goal, but realistically, I would be satisfied if we bumped our figure up to 30%.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Well that very much depends on personal taste. I don't find London overwhelming at all but one of the few cities that builds a decent amount of interesting architecture while Canadian cities need to massively up their game. Vancouver certainly does better but has a long way to go to erase the bland sea of soul sucking towers it built 1986-2016.

In most Canadian cities perhaps only 3-4% of buildings are architecturally noteworthy. Bear in mind, good architecture doesn't equate to flashy 'look at me' design. There's overlap but they're not the same thing. 100% noteworthy architecture should be the goal, but realistically, I would be satisfied if we bumped our figure up to 30%.

Overwhelming maybe wasn't the right word. More like nearly all the buildings are flashy, so it looks like a jumbled mess.

I don't think every building needs to be noteworthy, but the goal should be that they are all build of quality materials. A well executed bland building can make for a good background building that lets those noteworthy towers shine. Most International style towers from the 60s-70s fit that description.

[someone123]

Vancouver has a resort-like "playground" aspect and has had a run-up in real estate for a long time so you have both wealthy locals who have millions from selling a few houses and rich people from elsewhere buying very high-end condos. These buildings have large budgets and presumably wouldn't be financially viable if they were being sold for $600 a square foot.

I find they are a mix aesthetically. I like Vancouver House for example, but don't care as much for these cantilevered ones. There are some other good ones like 1 Burrard Place which isn't unusual starchitecture but looks pretty good and added another layer to the city since it's 50+ in an area with a lot of 30+ storeys or so. 1477 W Broadway has reshaped the skyline a bit too.

[WhipperSnapper]

The flashy buildings are just prominent in London's commercial skylines. In my opinion, the residential towers designs are equitable to Toronto, Greater Vancouver, etc. just better executed and with better overall neighbourhood scale.

Fifteen Fifteen is star architecture to a tee. One wonders how the glass protruding fishbowls will behave in a dense urban environment.

[giallo]

Concord Metrotown seen from Brentwood.

[J.OT13]

Claridge Hintonburg at the start. At the 1:10 mark, it flies towards Odenak at LeBreton, topped out and nearing final cladding. At 5:15, towards the library where the green roof has started taking shape. More library at 8:20. Marriott Renaissance at 10:00, where they are working on the double height 17th floor (of 36), an amenity floor with the pool.

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[TorontoDrew]

Vancouver keeps building cool looking structures that I would not want to be in or stand near during a moderate to large earthquake. Concord Metrotown is giving me North York vibes in that last image.

This is from 2022.
North York by Jack Landau, on Flickr

[cranes]

115 Park Waterloo

@Kodra24 04-19-2026

Corner of Park and Norman near Uptown - 04/18/2026 Seems like 3-4 SFH have been torn down, perhaps there is a thread on this?

@Acitta 04-19-2026

This sign on 115 Park shows on Streetview.

@Kodra24 04-20-2026

According to Musselman Excavating's IG page it will be a 6-storey 63 unit condo building, quite the change

TEK Tower Kitchener

@ZachHiebert Apr 14, 2026

Tek Tower is a legend. I see it from all angles of the city: When I am driving on the 7-8. In the countryside, from Ottawa St and Highway 7 going towards Guelph and from the parking lot at Conestoga Mall. Bonus tip: if you view it from the skinny side from afar, it makes it look taller, and almost for a second tricks your brain into thinking it's actually as skinny as those Towers in Billionaires' Row by Central Park, NY. Anyways, stopped by today to snap some pics. It looks like they are just finishing some cladding on the one side, where the construction hoists have been. Would be epic if they finally broke ground on the one that is supposed to be beside it, where the Ziggys is.

@ProjectEnd Apr 16, 2026



@Andy Mc 05-07-2026

Looking toward King St East

@CuilTard 05-12-2026

MOVE IN FALL 2026

Station Park Kitchener

@ZachHiebert Apr 14, 2026

Hey Everyone! This is my first time posting, so I just thought I'd give a brief introduction. I live in Kitchener and have really gotten into skylines and architecture in the last couple of years. It's so exciting to see all the development happening in Kitchener, specifically. I love that these groups have people who share my passion. I am a full-time videographer, so I also love taking photos of these projects, although please don't judge these photos too harshly. I was in a rush and just casually capturing.
That brings me to Station Park, this probably has to be one of the most exciting projects in KW, and if that Station Park E building ever goes up, that will be an insane win for the skyline... Anyways, I know things right now are pretty bleak with the Condo market slowing down, combined with the water issues in KW. But I thought I'd stop by today to take some photos of the site to regain some excitement in the project, and show just how far it's come. I know some people in the forum don't love it, but honestly, the first duo tower is one of the best-looking in the city, in my opinion. I love that they went for something unique with the balconies (Unique for KW that is, should be measured differently compared to Toronto lol). I have faith in this project, but if this is all we get, it is still a great addition to the rapidly growing skyline.

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@ZachHiebert May 27, 2026

Looks like there’s finally some movement on station park ?? Posted today by vanmar. Does this mean the walls will finally come down? Can someone get a drone shot to confirm this? I know this doesn’t mean the other towers are continuing, construction but still nice to see something new with this development.

1001 King Street East Kitchener

@ZachHiebert May 4, 2026

Snapped some pics the other day. This tower went up so fast! Seems like it was only last summer when it was first making ground. Definitely not breathtaking in terms of design. But I do like that they are at least trying something with the checkered pattern side, which looks nice when viewing from King St, and adds some visual density when looking South in Downtown. I do also love the way it stands out above the trees when viewing it from the elevated side of the 7-8 Highway, although I wasn't able to get a photo of that. Overall, definitely a win for the Kitchener Skyline! I recently saw a post by the developer saying it has become the tallest in the Region... although I am almost certain that title belongs to Tek Tower 🤔... Does anyone know the actual height difference? This thread title says 102m, but I am not sure if that was the original height, and it is taller now, but Tek Tower, I think, is around 140m.

@ZEBuilder May 4, 2026

The checkered pattern side is temporary, when Vive builds phase 2 it will cover that and continue the white all the way around.

1198 Fischer-Hallman Road Kitchener

@ZEBuilder Apr 6, 2026

Activa has now started to build the townhomes on the site. They have issued building permits for townhome Blocks A and F, as well as stacked townhome Blocks K, L and M. They have only started construction on the first stacked townhome blocks which they've been working on for a few months now, the roof trusses have been completed for a few weeks and are off to the side.
The apartments fronting Fischer Hallman are still a couple of years away but they did new geotechnical work a week or two ago so there is still progress behind the scenes on those.

@ZEBuilder Apr 27, 2026

This gives a better overall view of the progress on the site, as I mentioned before they have permits for 5 of the 13 buildings, they have started work on three of those five so far.

1295 Bleams Road Kitchener

@ZEBuilder Apr 6, 2026

This is now topped out, it's been topped out for a month or so now, they've been working on some mechanical equipment in the penthouse so the roof isn't on that yet. Here's two photos I took last week.

@ZEBuilder Apr 27, 2026

A different angle than my normal ones.

20 University Avenue East Waterloo

@ZachHiebert May 9, 2026

Went to pick up something in Waterloo today and wow this one really snuck up on me. Didn’t know they had made so much progress. I think the blue cladding looks kinda cool and helps it stick out. I often overlook waterloos skyline because it’s not as tall as Kitchener, but it sure is dense, and keeps getting denser which gives it a more urban feel. Also, it seems like so many towers here top out at a similar height, does Waterloo have a height cap?

@A Torontonian Now May 16, 2026

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@mastermind 06-10-2026

They're working on the mechanical room structure. Windows/cladding are installed most of the way up. You can get a good sense now of how it's going to look. It's a light blue colour that reminds of the the plastic you have to peel off when you get a new appliance, though I'm thinking they won't be peeling it off!

@westwardloo 06-10-2026

It is hideous, but from a Region standard it is ok looking. But again this is an awful looking building. At least it is not grey precast.....

The Metz Kitchener

@ZEBuilder Apr 28, 2026

There's been substantial progress since this was last updated, Building B is up to 4 floors, with A and C following behind both up to 1 floor.

@Acitta 05-22-2026

2026-05-22

@Acitta 06-03-2026

2026-06-03 They are working on the 7th and final floor for Building A. (The podium along Courtland for Building A is 5 stories. Building B will be the same.) Building B has been at 2 stories for a while, and Building C is at 3 stories. (To be 8 stories). Edit: I was looking on the documents on the city's website and I found that there was a newer one switching which was Building A and which was Building B. Apparently, the one along Palmer is Building B and the one at Kent is Building A.

@ZEBuilder 06-03-2026

Just a correction but all 3 of the buildings are supposed to be 9 floors and have building permits for that height. So there's still a bit to go on them. They also look pretty similar to the renderings all things considered, identical no, but similar yes. If I have some time later this week I may venture over this way and get some drone shots of this.

Friendship Village Kitchener

@ZEBuilder Apr 28, 2026

The buildings entirely enclosed now with interior works underway, with the warmer weather they've started to work on the cladding.

@A Torontonian Now May 16, 2026

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206 Duke Street East Kitchener

@ZEBuilder Apr 28, 2026

This one is now up to the 4th floor. It took ages to get above ground but that was mainly due to a permit issue from my understanding but now it's going much faster.

Vertikal Drewlo Downtown Kitchener

@Gubs 04-15-2026

I have not posted anything about this in 7 months, so here goes…
- After 9 years, the project is STILL incomplete.
- They STILL close Cameron for part of the day almost daily.
- The site is STILL chaotic at the corner of Cameron and Charles.
- There STILL is no Starbucks (and I doubt there ever will be).
- There is STILL no real retail presence, and the two existing retail tenants rarely have customers.
- The first tower is STILL mostly empty. I look out my back window at night and see very few lights on. I conclude that the units are mostly empty (or inhabited by vampires)
- The site is STILL noisy all day from construction. The good news is that the guy who yaps into a loudspeaker all day seems to have disappeared about a month ago.
Why do people continue to complain about this project? The answer is STILL, STILL, STILL!

@ZEBuilder Apr 28, 2026

Just two shots from the air. Tower 2 is still a work in progress.

@Andy Mc 05-07-2026

Looking north towards King St W 😉

U of Waterloo: Math 4

@KhalilHeron Apr 29, 2026

Hard to get a good angle with my phone but the building is coming along well. Topped out and you can really start to feel whats its impact will be like on this part of campus

249 West Oak Trail Kitchener
@ZEBuilder May 12, 2026

This is now above grade, it helps that there is no underground works beyond the footings, as I flew over the site I didn't see a tower crane base so presumably this will all be done with a mobile crane. Fischer Hallman (the road this abuts) will be widened this summer to 4 lanes and it will also be getting proper active transit facilities which presently are non existent. Taken May 11, 2026.

RBJ Schlegel Park & Recreation Centre Kitchener

@ZEBuilder May 12, 2026

This is getting close to being finished on the exterior, save for landscaping, with cladding now going up around the gym. The parking lots and paths all appear to be paved or in progess and interior works are progressing well from the publicly available photos. The photos below were taken May 11.

SYLK Towers Kitchener

@ZEBuilder May 12, 2026

As I mentioned before this was likely going to be precast and it is, as such it's starting to pick up speed again. Phase 3 is still in limbo in terms of the OPA/ZBA and that is entirely because of the Region holding things up due to the water issue. Photos below were taken May 11.

864 King Street West Kitchener

@A Torontonian Now May 16, 2026

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@ZachHiebert Jun 4, 2026







45 Courtland Avenue East Kitchener

@Acitta 05-07-2026

2026-05-03

@ZEBuilder May 30, 2026

I'm way behind on posting these photos but this one is topped out and the crane is down. They've started to do some minor landscaping works along Courtland now that they've completed site servicing works. I mentioned before but Cantiro owns the adjacent properties (red brick buildings) which they're going to partly demolish and put up stacked townhomes. The building directly abutting Courtland is historical (original Schneiders factory) so they can't demolish all of it and will be turning part of it into an apartment.

Verde Condos Kitchener

@ZEBuilder May 30, 2026

These were taken a few weeks ago but the stacked townhomes are wrapping up and both of the condos are almost complete, all that is left on the property is the commercial building along Ottawa St which they're slowly prepping the site for.

Hickory Terraces Waterloo

@ZEBuilder May 30, 2026

Both of the cranes are up on this and the underground level is almost complete. It appears this is going to be precast just based on the lack of vertical rebar for shear walls but we'll see in the coming weeks if it is, it'll either be Fritz Alder or Stubbes if it is precast.

UWaterloo Undergraduate Residence

@KhalilHeron Apr 29, 2026

The cladding being used on the lower levels is really terrible. Had to check to make sure that it even was the final cladding, but it looks like the same pattern as in the renders. Looks dirty, beat up and plain old ugly already.

@ZEBuilder May 30, 2026

These are various shots from the last few month, funnily enough the first few shots were taken the same day as KhalilHeron went by, the test section of brick was completed on the University Ave side at that point. The second group of shots has them setting up for the brick along the LRT tracks along with the completed granular pad to allow for construction works for the pedestrian bridge. The mechanical enclosure on the roof was also framed in the second set of shots. April 29, 2026

Allen Square Waterloo

@A Torontonian Now May 16, 2026

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The Shanley Kitchener

@A Torontonian Now May 16, 2026

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[someone123]

I hesitate to repost this one because the rendering is not great, but this developer's projects have all turned out nicely. It's an interesting project on a "flatiron" site with a bit of elevation change. It is incorporating an old office building (brown one on the right will be stripped down, not fully demolished).

Almost all the project in Halifax these days are as of right rentals and buildings rent extremely easily so they don't bother to create marketing materials like for condo presales.


Source: Halifax Developments

Originally Posted by Jstaleness

[zoomer]

Cranes - what a massive construction update! Appreciate all the work that went into it. So much going on there, insane. Any ideas/guesses on what the K-W population will be for the 2026 census?

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Vancouver keeps building cool looking structures that I would not want to be in or stand near during a moderate to large earthquake.

I was thinking the same thing. I know Vancouver has building codes for earthquakes, but being in a cantilevered box in the event of the Big One is the last place I would want to be. That said, I still like the design. Agreed about Vancouver being the city pushing the envelope the most design wise with some of these condos. Montreal does handsome but not earth shattering design, Toronto does tall but mostly conservative and cookie cutterish towers, Calgary has pushed the envelope in the past but there’s nothing that revolutionary being built or proposed right now. Edmonton and Ottawa do their own thing.

[WhipperSnapper]

Being anywhere in urban Vancouver during a Big One capable of toppling a tower with cantilevered suites is the last place you want to be. I wonder if some thought would have gone into the cantilevered suite placements to create counter balance and reduce resonance like a pendulum . In any case, I can't see shaking causing the suites to sheer off the structure. I've never seen cantilevered balconies sheered off in post quake damage. If the suites go, the whole building goes which brings us all the way back to my first thing said.

[905er]

its 2026... and that's what Kitchener-Waterloo is building. What the actual 🞵🞵🞵🞵?

[Beedok]

Faux historic to make it look like the city was bigger in the 70s-00s.

[davidivivid]

[905er]

It's almost cruel to post such a absolutely stunning picture of Quebec City, immediately after all those extremely unflattering Kitchener Waterloo pics.

[giallo]

Absolutely beautiful QC pic, but what am I looking at here? What's under construction?

KW is just baffling to me. You'd think that within all of this architectural dreck, there'd be something worthy of note. How can one city continue to build the ugliest buildings on the entire continent? It's almost a skill at this point.

I mean, just look at what the fine residents of KW will have to look at for decades. It's an affront to even average tastes.