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WATERLOO: 75 KING STREET S. 885â€"4011 Ambitious plans (Continued from page 1) dynamic, vibrant King Street where people will be shopping on both sides of the street," he said "There will be people living above the shops which will make it a good place both durâ€" ing the day and the evening." Bogdan said the plan is also in line with most of the city‘s guidelines regarding urban design, including the effective use of public spaces with buildings set back from the surrounding streets. "Part of the stepping back of the facade that you see is to allow sunlight to come down on the streets and also to cut down the wind effects on the sidewalks," he said Mayor Joan McKinnon was pleased by how closely the A view of the Commons of uptown Waterloo looking down a redeveloped Caroline Street wWwWww. MenuAtHome!com On Friday, June 9th and Saturday, June 10th we‘d really like you to Cabbage Rolls. Manicotti. Burritos. Get stuffed. Phone 1â€"877â€"737â€" MENU Fax 1â€"877â€"727â€" MENU Go ahead, it‘s the weekend! Make it a full one with no minimum and no delivery charge on Friday, June 9th and Saturday, June 10th. model falls into urban design guidelines set out by the city She also said the model would be a great tool to express that vision to the community at large, as well as future tenants of the project. *1 think it comes pretty close to how we actually enviâ€" sion the city looking," said McKinnon. While there are still some small design details to be worked out, McKinnon said she is looking forward to the next step of the project when actual construction begins later this year. "The next step is some signed leases, buildings comâ€" ing down and a shovel in the ground," she said. Mark Kindrachuk, semor viceâ€"president of development for First Gulf, said he hopes to make some announcements "Hopefully we‘ll be able to get everything done in the next couple of weeks," he said "That‘s just a function of being such a complex project " regarding tenants in the next few weeks Kindrachuk also acknowlâ€" edged that the model is a repâ€" resentation of First Gulf‘s most optimistic vision for the proâ€" ject. Development of office space and a hotel on the Seaâ€" gram lands will be determined by demand and what the local market can bear. Kindrachuk also said the project is not dependent on the Waterloo public library movâ€" ing to the site and becoming one of its anchor tenants "It would be nice to have absolutely," he said. "But if it doesn‘t work, that‘s fine. We‘ll just put a residential building there. It‘s not critical."