Vive still doesn't have a permit for the tower portion of this building, however that hasn't stopped them. I have a feeling there is a conditional permit in place for them to do the work but nothing is on the public facing side of the permit system.

Regardless the tower is being done with precast so this should start to fly. I wasn't close enough to see who is providing the precast but in KW the big two are Stubbes and Fritz Alder. Vive has used Stubbes in the past so it is likely them. Another thing to note is the properties between the intersection and Vive's project are currently for sale, Vive has been buying up this block for years now so it would not be surprising in the slightest if they end up picking it up.

June 12th 2025
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This site has gone from a relatively normal site to something bizarre in the past couple of months. I haven't seen anything like this before and it doesn't make the most sense but it appears that Vive is building about half the tower and leaving the remaining half for later.

Here's the rendering that we've all seen half a dozen times, the red line is roughly where they've stopped building everything to the right isn't built (including the foundation and shoring), the photo next to it is the building from June 26th when I first noticed it not matching. Regardless they're now up to the 12th floor. Today they were in the process of jumping the crane and installing the construction hoist on the Borden side. Then on the Ottawa St side they were installing the precast cladding panels.

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August 14th:

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Here's a view from McLennan Park one of the higher elevations in Kitchener. It's on the far right of this picture with Vertikal being the two buildings just to the left of the center. This is about half way up now so it's going to really stick out here until a few of the other developments start around Borden Station.

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