Smoke-free apartment coming Kitchener

KITCHENER Renters, have you longed to live in a nice, modern apartment building free of stinky, poisonous second-hand smoke?

Well, youll be able to by late summer or early fall. Drewlo Holdings is building Kitcheners first non-smoking rental apartment tower.

The building on 161 Fallowfield Dr. is one of four highrises planned for the site. Its possible a second building could be designated smoke-free if theres enough interest, said Allan Drewlo, vice-president of Drewlo Holdings.

Drewlo built southern Ontarios first non-smoking apartment building in London. It began taking tenants just over a year ago and was quickly filled.

It proved so successful that Drewlo launched a second smoke-free highrise in London, and also built one in Burlington.

Its been successful for us in London and Burlington, Drewlo said Thursday. We know theres a demand for it. People want to have a smoke-free environment.

They know about the bad effect of (second-hand smoke). They dont want to have their neighbours smoke.

He said the company got emails from Kitchener residents when Drewlo was constructing the smoke-free highrise in London.

People in Kitchener wanted us to bring it there, too. They were saying, When are you bringing it to Kitchener?

Its perfectly legal to have smoke-free buildings and its enforceable, he said.

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Smoke-free apartment coming Kitchener