It’s down to the final days for developers finishing up condominiums in Northdale.

With 2,290 bedrooms being added throughout 11 residential projects marketed to students for September 2017, more than 1,500 remain incomplete, according to a new City of Waterloo webpage.

The page, launched a couple of weeks ago, lists multi-residential construction projects ongoing in Waterloo, the number of units and bedrooms each will have, and the number of bedrooms completed. It’s updated as soon as the city awards developers occupancy permits, allowing tenants to move in.

“Both the Mayor and I wanted to make sure tenants had accurate information about occupancy that the city was legally able to grant,” said Northdale Coun. Jeff Henry. “We expect property owners to communicate promptly and accurately with their tenants about the status of construction. We also expect they will provide all accommodations required in leases and by provincial law should they not met their deadlines.”

This time last year, the city and local media was inundated with complaints from tenants of the then-brand new Icon building at the corner of Columbia and Phillip streets. Despite promising the condo would be finished in time for September 2016, Icon failed to deliver. Throughout the fall, move-in was delayed, furniture was missing from units, fire alarms went off regularly, promised services were not installed and construction was ongoing.

In September 2015, IN8 Developments’ Sage 2 on Hickory Street wasn’t ready on time and a similar situation happened in 2014 with One Columbia.

“Students in particular should not face uncertainties about where they areliving when they should be focused on their studies,” Henry said.

The condominium projects not completed as of Aug. 29 are large portions of The Hub’s 130 Columbia St., including more than 500 bedrooms in nearly 380 units; Rez-One’s Fergus House at 254 Phillip St., with close to 480 bedrooms in 120 units; and IN8’s Sage 6 at 251 Hemlock St., Ivy Towns 3 at 338 Albert St. and Ivy Towns 2 at 288 Albert St., totalling more than 500 bedrooms in 215 units.

Rez-One and The Hub developer Accommod8u did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

IN8 operations manager Milosz Mazan said he’s confident Sage 6 and Ivy Towns 2 and 3 will be ready for move-in Sept. 1, although tenants have been told to expect workers to be completing last-minute touches and cleaning until Sept. 7 — the day university classes start.