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Our aerial tour of construction across Kitchener and Waterloo returns to Kitchener, with more drone photographs by UrbanToronto Forum contributor ZEBuilder documenting progress in these connected cities west of Toronto. This third instalment catches up with three more sites in Kitchener.
The Metz’s first phase advances beneath three cranes. The building on the left has reached its eight-storey residential height in July, 2026, with the roof over its ninth-floor amenity and mechanical penthouse completed the following month. White precast panels frame dark window bays, with glazing installed across much of the exterior. To the east, the next building stands seven storeys with precast walls outlining the eighth floor, while reddish exterior panels surround stacked balconies fitted with temporary blue edge protection. The white podium extends farther right, with repeated openings awaiting glazing.
Designed by Turner Fleischer for Auburn Developments, The Metz will transform the former Schneiders lands at 321 through 325 Courtland Avenue East in Kitchener’s Mill Courtland neighbourhood into a mixed-use community with 3,338 homes and buildings reaching 38 storeys and 127.8m. Plans call for taller future towers rising behind lower blocks along Courtland Avenue. White, grey, brown, and reddish facades combine regular window grids with stacked balconies, while step-backs divide the larger volumes and create rooftop terraces.
1055 Weber Street East is topped out, with its rooftop slab in place and the uppermost levels still largely unenclosed. Dark glazing and spandrel panels cover much of the tower below, contrasted by light grey vertical cladding sections and projecting balcony slabs. A construction hoist runs up the south elevation, while the crane stands to the northwest, next to the retained apartment building. At the northeast corner, a blue articulated boom lift provides access to apply finishes to the lower exterior floors.
Developed by Savic Homes, the 18-storey rental building will bring 231 apartments and ground-floor commercial space to the southeast corner of Weber Street East and Dellroy Avenue in Kitchener’s Kingsdale–Stanley Park area, north of Highway 8. A four-storey podium extends along Weber Street towards the intersection, with an outdoor amenity area along the Highway 8 edge.
Finally, a drone view across Highway 8 captures Stride on Franklin with seven storeys formed and work advancing on the eighth-floor slab at the right of the image. To the left, exposed precast walls reveal the seventh-floor interior layout. The exterior panels establish a contrasting black-and-white pattern around window openings awaiting glazing, while a three-storey volume projects from the main building on the left. The fixed crane rises near the centre, with a mobile crane and staged materials below. In the foreground, the separate parking structure is progressing in cast-in-place concrete, with a partially poured elevated slab adjoining exposed reinforcement and formwork.
Designed by ABA Architects for Zehr Group, Stride on Franklin will bring 233 rental apartments and ground-floor commercial space to the southeast corner of Weber Street East and Franklin Street North in Kitchener’s Kingsdale–Stanley Park neighbourhood. The 11-storey building features an elongated, stepped profile, combining predominantly white lower facades with charcoal upper storeys and bronze-toned accents.
UrbanToronto will continue to follow progress on these developments, but in the meantime, you can learn more about them from our Database files, linked below. If you'd like, you can join in on the conversations in the associated Project Forum threads or leave a comment in the space provided on this page.
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