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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 16 Jul 1997, p. 3

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He also said because of his preoccupation with securing proper financing for the residence, he hadn‘t yet chosen a don (senior student) for the house nor any of the other students who would bh.mwflduv;:omhnp- l*lywddn‘ at present -nfievuufly mwwhkvdopmd:mdnmaOmw a high tech communications company while the other was a major investment company, although he said he couldn‘t reveal ither company‘s name at present due to negotiations. Brackstone also said the current objective was to have the house ready for the first group of students to move in for the January, 1998 1erm. As for the financing of the project, Brackstone said there were no real problems surfacing, It was just a matter of time in terms of getting the right people in place. "I mean I‘m working with some people right now, some pretty significant names in corporate Canada, that if any one of them game through it would be a great plus for Waterloo and for the , â€"» A private residence to be for wizâ€" {; ards of fl,:,”m won‘t be flfly?dm;u?wudm until _ Raymond Brackstone, president of Software Incubation Inc. of ‘Toronto, said in a recent interview although he had hoped a forâ€" ",. mer sixâ€"bedroom duplex his company purchased at 69â€"71 Albert ‘&uh%fimfinmwwuwb, © Students to move into this September, students now likely won‘t 3 k“wmbd&hfl&gmflnhfibflmhfl than planned. MM,MMMMamb; bylaw amendment concerning 69â€"71 Albert Street so that Softâ€" ware Jncubation Inc. could convert the existing duplex into a class one lodging house. The wanted to use the buildâ€" "’l“mdfl‘u'fim“y:w:ufloocomm‘ i 'nflwud-»bgmdamhamliviq [ officials wanted to equip the building with the latest Ammm:«mdm,m,m dence. "It just wouldn‘t be physjcally possible:to have the place complete. But that‘s fine. 1 mean I‘m not in any great rush. 1 want to do it properiy." art burglar alarms with the hope of finding the next "Wayne Mmfim.' Under it was proposing, the company would pay the room and board for all students accepted as residents into the I leaving the students for for their e io i e wanted a any "intellectual by the students while they were living and working in the techâ€" nologically advanced house. ‘hh&mdflmflbhnlfllwmfin‘mmw proper financing in place for development of the house and that no actual renovation work had been done on the structure since the company bought it last September. He also said he couldn‘t give a precise date as to when the financing situation might be "We‘ll probably miss the September student term," he said, when asked when students might actually start living in the resiâ€" High tech house delayed The problem with a food store being part of a traditional mall is that people tend to park near the food store in the mall and then go to another store and buy something eise. They park near the A consultant ing for Zehrs Markets says Zchrs M@uk&mam“mâ€"ba ‘new format food store within an expanded Conestoga Mall. Greg Priamo, a planning consultant from London, Ontario, was responding last Friday to a Waterloo city staff report that recomâ€" mends that any new ‘big box‘ grocery store to be built in north Waterloo should be built at Conestoga Mall. Waterloo council is to consider two official plan amendment . and zone change applications regarding sites for two possible new Jd;mymhu&%nbmnphmin‘ 28. One application is for a new proposed 66,265â€"squareâ€"foot Zchrs store to be built at the northeast corner of King Street North and Northfield Drive. The other is for a new proposed 85,000â€"squareâ€" foot grocery store to built as part of a North York developer‘s (First Professional Management‘s) proposed ‘power centre‘ that will straddle the Waterloo/Township of Woolwich border at the southâ€" west corner of Highway 86 and King Street North. In a recent city staff report, city planner Scott Amos recomâ€" mended that council approve neither application. Instead Amos said council should continue to support a supermafket at Conâ€" ruflbwkn*whhu years. oi If the city permitted Zehrs to build a new store at King Street North and Northfield Drive, the company would close its current Conestoga Mall store. But Priamo said if council followed Amos‘ recommendation, Zehrs would not be able to adequately develop the kind of freeâ€" standing ‘new format‘ store it wants to develop to betier serve its customers. Peter Bucciachio of Erobiâ€" coke coaxes his horse Goldâ€" mwu-: Jumper compctition at Golden Triangle Premier and was held at Kiwanis ‘New format‘ food store not possible, says consultant UP AND OVER Tim Cardnet photo ‘(Not on previous Priamo‘s views were also echoed by David Schiler, a project manager for The Future Group, which is a consulting firm involved in the possible development of the ‘power centre‘ at the Waterloo/Wookwich border. s "I think that given the nature of these types of food stores, it‘s not as relevant, to be honest," Schifier said, about the possible need to service pedestrians and transit users. "You‘re talking about extremely large regionalâ€"drawing food stores. These are not tradiâ€" tional communityâ€"oriented food stores," he said. "And in any event, for foodâ€"store shopping anyway, it‘s not really a pedestrianâ€"oriented function," Priamo said. "I mean it‘s difficult to carry a week‘s worth of groceries home carrying them, or on the bus." 'Admhayolham-ufl.p-bguyddwa food store â€" close, convenien parking." Priamo said Priamo also took issue with another part of Amos‘ report which said that both proposed supermarkets at King Street North and Northheld Drive and at the WaterlooWookwich border would not adequaiely serve pedestrian shoppers and shoppers who relied on transit service. The current Zehrs store at Conestoga Mall is right nhw-c'-‘qluhfluâ€"â€"y-duumdby an existing transit node, something the other two proposed store sites can‘t currently march. *Providing adequate access for disadvantaged groups is an important factor in determining the location of this facility." Amos‘ report reads. * But Priamo said Kitchener Transit currently has a bus travelling along Northheld Drive on a regular basis and that a new store would be located close to @ municipal sidewalk for pedestrian "Your car then obviously is consuming that space for a wme which is not consistent with the normal parking models lor 2 food store," Priamo said. "So if you go to a freeâ€"s1anding locatson, you can avoid that." food store because that‘s the last “M)bdn&ym:::!:hym‘ iee DEPENDABLE SERVICE SINCE 1959 46 King St. N., Waterioo 886â€"2040 _ CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONOAY .. TUESDAY â€" THURSDAY 95230 lighy s AT FRONT 4 REAR OF SToRE

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