Update: The Apple Store in Conestoga Mall is now open. Have you been? Let us know how it is in the comments! Apple Store at Conestoga Mall in Waterloo Opens This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Ron Charles from CBC’s The National about the new Apple Store opening up in Waterloo’s Conestoga [...]
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Kitchener Waterloo’s Hospitality Sector Is Hot
Something is in the air – maybe it’s the warm summer weather – business is booming in Kitchener Waterloo’s Hospitality sector. When people talk about the Hospitality sector of Commercial Real Estate, they’re usually talking about Hotels, Restaurants, Convention Centres, Golf Courses & other tourist attractions. In Kitchener Waterloo, the Hotel sector is hot. 2010 [...]
The Emergence of Kitchener’s Warehouse District
My first column in the Kitchener Post is published tomorrow, and you can read it online here: Kitchener’s warehouse district starting to develop King and Victoria was once the site of a footwear factory, with a leather tannery down the street. Today, it features trendy lofts, a medical school, the region’s future central transit hub, [...]
Kitchener Waterloo & Cambridge vote YES to LRT !
Waterloo Regional Council is currently debating whether or not to approve Light Rapid Trainsit in the form of a Rail system running from North Waterloo to (eventually) Cambridge. Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr is currently reading the motion, and it has been seconded by Sean Strickland. I am in support of LRT – rails specifically – [...]
More on Kitchener’s Mayfair Hotel at Andrin’s City Centre Condos
Mayfair Hotel Being Restored Last week we brought you renderings of what is planned for the Mayfair Hotel in Kitchener at Andrin’s City Centre Condo development (see: Mayfair Hotel at Andrin’s City Centre Condos to be Preserved) and today we have additional details. Local Group Collaborates with Andrin on Mayfair Hotel Restoration The Mayfair Hotel will [...]
Arrow Lofts in Kitchener Now On Sale
This week I had an opportunity to tour the new Arrow Lofts in Kitchener, Ontario, before the condos go on sale to the public. (edit: they are now available) Arrow Lofts in Kitchener The is a conversion of the historic Arrow Shirt factory by Auburn Homes, and the models & plans look terrific. Because we [...]
Mayfair Hotel at Andrin’s City Centre Condos to be Preserved
Great news for lovers of heritage buildings downtown. Restoration & expansion of the historic Mayfair Hotel at Andrin’s City Centre Condo development is moving forward. Updated: Check out this video report from the developer CTV News reports: Built around 1905 and converted to the Mayfair around 1929, it set to become a boutique hotel, spa [...]
Was Monopoly Right All Along??? Multi-Family Investing – Trade Houses For Building
Special Guest Blog By Don Campbell Investing in Apartment Buildings 222 units in Hollywood, CA. Brokered by KW Commercial for over $40,000,000 Discover the differences between investing in Multi-Family properties & Residential Homes There are 4 very important differences between investing in Single Family homes and Investing in Multi-Family properties, and these differences are described below: [...]
144 Park Condos in Waterloo to Announce Second Tower?
There’s an interesting rumour that I’ve heard floating around recently that Mady Corp, the developer bringing the posh 144 Park Condominiums to Waterloo is building a second tower, just south of where tower one is proposed. Seeing how strong sales have been at tower one, slated to break ground this summer, I’m not surprised. Mady [...]
Target is coming to Waterloo’s Conestoga Mall
I wrote about this a while back, when covering the new Apple Store opening in Waterloo, but I can now officially announce what I told you: TARGET is coming to Conestoga Mall in Waterloo As anyone who follows Retail & Commercial Real Estate in Canada likely knows by now, Target bough Zellers for $1.82 billion, [...]
