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â€"â€"-Serving your community since 1856 â€"â€" ' 0.. . WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,2012 . wsrutoo, ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING Itsr '. WMP‘N" M Delta Hotels named Tl it, it: i? % i E E a... ' if a in? i .I ‘5‘" . operator of new it it ~ 3 .. k 5 :3 F b ° ”tit“: ." .; H' W . I, BanelYards pm1ect v ,2, l5» :5 A S 3? , ‘95. . . By 30-me Sign “a 3 R I (mummy -~ '7' $3 a to; Q . . f .r , :3: f“_ _. 5" gr . . It on ' Q s. .5 t's one of the last major pieces to the 14%? a“ a g a F a j“; ’ a .4 redevelopment puzzle of Waterloo's ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 1 uptown core as the BarrelYards devel- . ' . .. oper has announced Delta will be operatâ€" ' . " . M ARTS Focus ing its new upscale hotel there. . _ ‘ 29m - Slated to open in the summer of 2013, ‘5’ 2‘35 George anyon Sings Delta Hotels and Resorts is making ti s35: ” V 52‘ «t the ClaSSlCS/PageZI million investment to make the hotel on . ”a â€". , .. .,. the former (hnhar lands Waterlno's first I? ' ”my"? % gflrfi?” in“ upscale. four star. full-service hotel. "7' ’~ [53% a??? it “We want to have the best upscale prop- I , ‘ lgt- ‘ 3.3% , . we, .3 erry in the marketplace.” said Ken Greene. ~ .3‘ , ' ’ (ZlEO of Delta Hotels. "Certainly this posi- ' . v " 7‘ ' " tions us well. It will be a very neat property a r . “ "y ’ with European design and very innovative c 5‘: features in a boutique-type setting and we _ 3 . WW”) ‘. .. s ~23 s 3 " .. g ‘ “it"? a w . couldn't me more excited about it.” 4" 32"" v‘ a} 3 V w .. . __ ' '-. ;‘ : in lune 2009. London, 0nt.~based 3 “f; ‘4' .- ’. ~ ., P . Auburn Developments inc. began ohtain- "‘- 2 ‘ . '3 , '. - 7; - ing official plan and Inning bylaw amend- . . _ ‘ ‘ ‘ . " ,. men“, with the first building permits Council has once gain deterred its decision on an updated Sign bylaw after some members raised concerns issued for the BarrelYards in 2010 to “an with the latest dr on Monday. Staff indicated a new version of the bylaw could be ready by January. work on the massive 5.2~acre site in the M I "no heart of the uptown core. The plan indudos C H b h d ' b 1 seven sum featuring the hotel mica as ounc 11“ ea S over s1gn y aw LIFESI YLE weilaaaoondoprol’ectnowunderwuy,ina . . development touted as one of the biggest minutes JACKSON staff. who then suggested to council to defer a decision until ACCKWA unveils redevelopment projects outside of the % council to "he the entire bylaw those concerns could be special project on GreaterTomnto Area. off the table rather than pass it addressed. World ”as Day . "We are very excited to finally be bring- ity council reached an with all the amendments Amendments were made fol- ing Delta's new upscale hotel experience to impasse Monday night “if changes to the bylaw are lowing that October meeting to Dec ”Page 12 Waterloo." says Jamie Crich, Principal of while voting on the city's piecemeal. i have some concerns allow mobilesigmln many of the Auburn Developments inc. “We chose new sign bylaw. narrowly decidâ€" with what we might get in the city's plazas. but new concerns Delta because of the modern and innovav ing to send it back to staff for end." said lim Barry, director of were raised on Monday night by live design concepts that are being intro. further review. bylaw enforcement at the city. many of the same mobile sign ‘- duced across the chain. We believe these The main concerns were cen- Council last reviewed the sign tumors developments. combined wlm this (Janadi- tered on the role of council in bylaw in October and at the time Dave Lamka of A to 2 Signs an brand's exceptional reputation in service reviewing sign applications. the the biggest source of contention urged council to ban the use of excellence “cm“ the country. will deliver continued use of fluorescent let~ was the proposal to prohibit fluorescent lettering on signs to an upgcakl ”peril-m1- {or gum“. [raw-[ling tcring on mobile signs and the mobile signs in many of the city's limit the visual distraction. Mike m the ”gun" necessity of acquiring pemtits for plazas and commercial areas in Gaudreau of React Mobile Signs the "m, Delta hotel is being dofl‘rflxqi accessory signs, commonly an effort to clean up the visual said requiring accessory signs to """" " M as a "mil" magnet that will bring mun- pm. known as sandwich boards. clutter. (Iity stall“ have been work- have a permit was extra red tape pie to the core. "Waterloo is a world t‘latss After a pair of split votes on ingon the new bylaw since 2010. for business owners and would (fly. and now we will be adding 3, world whether or not to defer the entire Several business owners and be difficult and costly for the city “a“ hotel m the bean otuur uptown.“ and bylaw, council voted on each mobile Sign operators came out to police. Seeinvitation onpage16 Mayor ”mm“ Mailman. individual section for review by in protest of the changes. leading Continued on 9.83 lo _ Wow Can We Make 2 . o {it :. t . varlan your rDreamed! W? - ’ '” “c if . . 3,:; WINDOW WORKS f... 9: o ‘ ‘. Come in today and be lnsplred with all the n] ’ MARVIN“ ?‘ lotsstMorvinhostooller. 5' l h 11“?) Windows and Doors . l 2236 Shirley Drive. KIchonor . I t . sic-5734930 . ' h“ Built around you? . - wwwbovalavwhdowscom ”Mm : .