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Originally Posted by koops65
Some people have mentioned that a company will consolidate all of its offices under one roof, instead of being spread out. Is it possible RIM might do that, with a large skyscraper in Uptown Waterloo? As of right now, there are 26 RIM buildings in Waterloo Region, each approximately 2 -3 floors high. Some are indutrial size with huge floorplates. Most are office buildings with average sized floorplates. I would imagine if they were to be consolidated someday the total could equal a supertall...
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RIM were to do that, it would leave a huge glut of vacant office space for years. But I think the resulting tower, while maybe not being a supertall, would at least fit in nicely among the skyscrapers of Tor/Mon/Van/Cal.
Isaidso, you're right that tech companies tend to prefer suburban 'campus style' environments, but there are exceptions to the rule.
For example, Google just moved it's Canadian Headquarters to the Lang Tannery, which is a large old warehouse building in downtown Kitchener that is almost done being converted to office space. Another notable local tech firm, Desire 2 Learn, has located there as well. Also, while not tall, the Lang Tannery is around 400,000sq ft, or a skyscraper turned onto its side.
http://www.thetannery.ca/