This isn't going to be developed anytime soon and is awfully likely to be a zone a flip. The proponents behind it haven't built anything to my knowledge and this is a massive project to start on. The proponents (ABS Space Investments) are comprised of some Shopify executives (both past and present) so there's money but I wouldn't expect it to go anywhere.
As for the scale it's out of place now but phase 2 of the ION will have a station directly behind it so it does make some sense, however if this is what becomes precedent there is definitely going to be issues in the future with the road network, right now there won't be. The problem comes from the fact that the area only has 2 main arterials Eagle and King, both of which can get heavily congested depending on the time of day as is and that's without the 6 approved buildings at King and Fountain being built out. When those get built out and if this height becomes precedent for the rest of the area there are going to be significant issues with traffic. In Kitchener you can get away with height like this since you have multiple different routes for traffic to disperse on (bus routes, pedestrians, cyclists), but this area of Cambridge only has King and Eagle so everything gets funneled onto the same roads, there's little way to provide additional capacity so I can definitely see staff having some issues with it. The driveway will have a Right In Right Out restriction, there is no way Regional or City staff will let LT movements happen across King there so that could cause some issues as well.
As for the public this is going to bring out the pitchforks but that is pretty normal for anything of height in Cambridge, especially when it comes to something this tall. The public was pretty against the two projects just down the road at King and Fountain and those were shorter than this. However I can see staff wanting this shorter entirely because of the potential issues for setting that height as precedent.
Documents also aren't public on this one (Cambridge has become a pain and requires one to email the planner on file), when I get around to getting the files I will provide them and provide additional details.
