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A Snapshot of UpTown

Explore UpTown Waterloo, a vibrant urban center offering employment opportunities, shopping, cultural events, and a place to call home. With its impressive growth, award-winning architecture, and thriving local businesses, UpTown is the perfect place to build, live, move, work, play, shop, dine, and attend events. Choose local and experience all that UpTown has to offer.

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A Snapshot of UpTown

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  1. A Snapshot of UpTown November 2018 #ChooseLocal

  2. Why? #ChooseLocal

  3. UpTown Waterloo A place to: • Build • Live • Move • Work • Play • Shop • Dine • Attend events

  4. UpTown Overview • Employment, shopping, cultural and living centre • BIA – started in 1972 – second oldest in world! • Significant updates over the past few years • New streetscape • ION (light rail transit) • Startup economy #ChooseLocal

  5. UpTown Overview • More than 1.6 Million square feet of office space • $500+ Million in construction activity happening • 5,500 people moving to the core • 460+ businesses – more than 100 storefronts • Less than 5% retail vacancy rate

  6. UpTown Overview • 20 new ground floor commercial units being created • Award winning architecture • 80,000 new square feet of commercial space • Four star hotel • Two top think-tanks

  7. UpTown – Growth UpTown Waterloo is a designated urban growth centre – planning for long-term growth. • Since 2010, UpTown has experienced steady residential intensification investment • 3,150 new units • 60% are built or under construction • 14 housing projects, 14 towers • $400 Million in residential construction activity • 40% of units are purpose-built rentals to attract a broad range of residents

  8. UpTown – Getting Around • Surrounded by multi-use trails and bike lanes • Served by Grand River Transit and (soon) ION

  9. UpTown – Work • UpTown has the largest office market in the Region • 1.6 Million square feet of office space – 23% of the city’s office supply • Retail vacancy rate is generally low and sits at less than 5% today • Anchored by diverse financial sector – over 50 companies incl. SunLife • Tech sector moving in – Shopify, Communitech

  10. UpTown – Shop and Dine • 175+ ground floor shops • Over 30 shopping mall shops • More than 90% occupancy • 15 mixed-use building shops • 72 restaurants and bars • 24 clothing stores • 26 salons and spas • More than 30 new businesses opened during 2016-2018

  11. Memorable Events • Jazz Festival • Buskers Festival • Lumen Festival • Holiday Marketplace • Winterloo

  12. Thanks for #choosinglocal In UpTown Waterloo #ChooseLocal

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