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http://www.inman.com/buyers-sellers/columnists/stevebergsman/westmount-canadas-beverly-hills According to wikipedia, Place Belvedere is considered the most expensive street on the whole island. I guess when there is only 10 homes on it, would make sense.
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Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Heritage+building+revamped+LEED+certification/5397141/story.html#ixzz1XsiSv9iG
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« Fin 1897, Raymond Préfontaine, influent conseiller municipal qui deviendra maire de Montréal l’année suivante, pousse un projet de la Grand Trunk Railway Co. visant à s’emparer du square [Victoria] pour y installer son nouveau terminal. Ce projet ne verra cependant jamais le jour et la fin du siècle sera au contraire marquée par les premiers signes de la reprise du développement du square. » (Marc H. Choko, Les Grandes places publiques de Montréal, 1990, Éditions du Méridien) Cependant, la Grand Truck a construit son immeuble de 1899 à 1902 au 360 McGill et il ressemble beaucoup à celui ci-dessus, tout en étant un peu plus petit. Sa filiale, la Canadian Express, a construit le sien en 1908 sur dix étages juste en face, au numéro 355, avec un tunnel le reliant au premier. Les deux immeubles existent toujours. Il semble que le projet ci-dessus a simplement changé et que la compagnie a construit ses bureaux au square Victoria et sa gare plus loin.
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Canada may be a hotspot for retail expansion, but lease costs in the country’s fanciest downtown shopping districts are still a relative bargain compared to other global centres. Toronto’s Bloor Street area was the priciest in Canada at $291.66 (U.S.) a square foot, according to Colliers International. Toronto is the only Canadian city to make the Top 50 in the report, coming in as the world’s 37th most expensive retail leasing market. The most expensive space in the world can be found on Fifth Avenue in New York, where lease costs are $2,150 a square foot – gaining 70 per cent over last year. The top five is rounded out by Hong Kong’s Russell Street ($1,510, up 25 per cent), Paris’s Avenue des Champs-Elysees ($1,310, unchanged), London’s Old Bond Street ($962, unchanged) and Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse ($955, up 14.2 per cent). Ste-Catherine Street West in Montreal was the second most expensive Canadian location, at $204.15, a drop of 4.5 per cent. Saskatoon saw the biggest jump in Canadian lease rates, with Broadway Avenue gaining 25 per cent to $34.03. Other Canadian sites included: Calgary’s Uptown 17th Avenue at $53.47 (down 26 per cent), Downtown Edmonton at $43.75 (unchanged), Halifax’s Sprig Garden Road at $48.61 (unchanged), Ottawa’s Byward Market at $38.89 (down 20 per cent), Vancouver’s Robson Street at $194.44 (unchanged) and Victoria’s Government Street at $53.47 (unchanged). “After two successive years of lackluster growth, the world’s top retail streets once again regained their vitality, as reflected by a general rise in rents in many of the world’s premier shopping districts,” the report states. “As the lingering effects of the global downturn faded during the latter half of 2010, rising demand for the world’s most prime retail real estate was evident in many countries as many new retailers sought to establish a foothold in the world’s most prestigious avenues.” http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadas-retail-space-still-a-deal-report/article2050037/
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Dessau Chaboillez Square Client City of Montreal, Montreal, Canada Scope of Work Optimization study of the Chaboillez Square site for a 2.4 million sq. ft. real estate development. This 194,000 sq. ft. site was chosen for the construction of 2.4 million sq. ft. of office space, distributed mainly in three towers (25+ floors each) built on a 10-floor podicum. The personnel at Plania, Dessau's urban planning and landscape architecture subsidiary, created several different development scenarios. This allowed the team to select the option that best balanced development costs, profitability and urban integration issues, while minimizing impacts on local traffic. Challenges * Reconcile urban, economic and functional requirements. © Dessau Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved
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Let's organize a protest against hooligans! Am I the only person in this city who cares enough to propose something like that?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/greathomesanddestinations/03gh-househunting-1.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1299593719-+xlaQH3kS13uLe9aveRW4A
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(Courtesy of The Montreal Gazette) Sucks to be them. Guess the SAQ doesn't want to waste tax payers money to wait and see if all will get better, with people moving into the condo being developed next door. I guess the people complaining are just going to have to cab it or take the metro. I just wonder who will take over the 7000 sq.ft at the Pepsi Forum
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This has to be one of the coolest videos, It shows almost every project proposed in the Montreal downtown area ! Les Cours Aldred Altoria Altitude Astoria M9 Phase 3/4 900 Square Phillips Chum Research center Marriot Triomphe Ritz Loft des arts Phase 2 Solano Phase 4 And some others that I don't know... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oRRppDMvGQ
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étant donné qu'il n'éxiste pas de discussion générale de développements, je vous laisse de re-coller ces images à volonté. la grande promenade de vendredi, le 17 septembre. 1. stm beau et monumental 2. anciennement parking de bus, actuellement terrain vague 3. passerelle looking good 4. delle'arte site 5. former jolly's fruits/computer shop site, cladding 1/2 complete 6. ludicrously unrealistic hopes for phillips square 7. new enrollment services point at mcklennan library 8. mctavish looking good 9. elle avance la nouvelle entrée à la pda 10. avance aussi la rénovation du sat 11. nouvelle rénovation du kiosk au square st louis (fruiterie?) 12. chantier l'altitude (nom exceptionellement idiot) 13. par contre, rien se passe au chantier de l'école des métiers touristiques 14. and finally, huge (and awesome) plans for the waldman bloc of properties bonus! débacle? quelle débacle?
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(Courtesy of The Montreal Gazette) I removed most parts of the article that aren't really speaking about the Decarie Square project. Plus he voices his opinion on office towers here in Montreal.
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Ste. Catherine St. has top lease rates Tied with Bloor St. in Toronto. Most expensive retail corridors in Canada By LYNN MOORE, The Gazette June 8, 2010 Toronto's Bloor St. and Montreal's Ste. Catherine St. are Canada's most expensive retail corridors, according to Colliers International's 2010 Global Retail Report, released yesterday. Ste. Catherine St. is tied in 32nd position with Toronto's Bloor St. on the global list of shopping hot spots. Merchants in the two most popular Canadian shopping areas pay an average lease rate of $300 per square foot, according to the report. The 2010 Winter Olympic festivities in Vancouver were not enough for the city's marquee retail stroll -Robson St., with its average rate of $200 per square foot -to overtake Toronto and Montreal's premier retail streets on the list. Jim Smerdon, director of retail and strategic planning with Colliers, said the retailers themselves set the lease rates according to the importance of the location. "The hallmark of strong retail streets is a blend of the size of the market, things like accessibility and parking, and a host of intangibles such as the history of the street as a commercial destination," he said. Even though Toronto is larger than Montreal and the commercial capital of Canada with more head offices and wealthy residents, it's not surprising that Ste. Catherine St.'s shops can command the same rent, Smerdon said. Ste. Catherine St., which is often thick with pedestrians night and day, is an experience, he acknowledged. "Montreal is more of a destination for shoppers than Toronto is ... and Ste. Catherine is more of a lifestyle experience," he said. In 31st spot on the Colliers list was Honolulu's Kalakaua Ave. and 33rd spot was occupied by Amsterdam's Kalverstraat. The report shows that Canada's most exclusive streets are a bargain compared with the world's priciest, in such places as Paris, New York, Hong Kong and London, where rates per square foot exceed $1,000. Topping the list was the Champs Elysees in Paris, with an average lease rate of about $1,256. All figures in the report are in U.S. dollars. The information comes from surveys and material supplied by Colliers staff in 61 countries, Smerdon said. lmoore@thegazette.canwest.com © Copyright © The Montreal Gazette Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Catherine+lease+rates/3125235/story.html#ixzz0qXanL7Xi
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I’m a big fan of the Grands Chantiers section of Montreal 2025. I’ve always been someone who believes the public sector should lay out the general framework and the ground rules for an area – the master plan – and that once that is complete it’s then the private sectors time to shine and help implement that plan through various firms' fields of expertise. That being said what happens when the majority of the various elements of Montreal’s “Quatre Grands Chantiers” are approved and are well into the development stage. What’s next? I have several suggestions I will be posting in the near future. Here is the first. I’d love it if others posted their own ideas as well. Grand Chantier: LES ABORDS DE L'AUTOROUTE 720 This is not so much a district as much as it’s the meeting point of several districts; an area with lots of development opportunities and potential for improvement: Such as: -Les Diamants -Le Mackay -1175 Mackay -1300 René-Lévesque Ouest -The development of the Overdale lot -1500 René-Lévesque Ouest -The Hotel Maritime redevelopment -The redevelopment of 1800 René-Lévesque Ouest -The redevelopment of the Franciscans property -The redevelopment of the Montreal Children’s facilities once it leaves for the Glen Yards -The redevelopment of the Dow Planetarium -La Cité du commerce électronique - Place III -The Cadillac Fairview - Gare Bonaventure project. -The creation of a new square in commemoration of Chaboillez Square near Griffintown -Covering the side of the 720 facing Saint-Antoine west of Lucien L’Allier with ivy or some other type of greenery to make the streetscape more appealing for area residents Just to name a few
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(Courtesy of The Montreal Gazette)
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Classement par "artiste". Mis à jour continuellement. Membres MtlURB Vision : réseau de métro du futur Vision : skyline du futur Jultrep Vision Projet Espace l'Assomption joecannes Vision Santiago Calatrava Bridge For Montreal JFrosty Vision du Métro de Montréal Paul Laurendeau Archi. Vision Habitation Mentana Vision Habitation Denise-Morelle Vision Habitation Drolet-Villeneuve Vision Habitation Premières Lettres Horg Man Vision rue duluth pietoniere CFurtado Vision Skyline 2012-2013 de Montréal internationalx Vision théâtre du Cirque du Soleil WestAust Vision bassin Peel nord Vision retour à Mirabel Vision 1300 Rene-Levesque: Le Prisme 45 étages Vision Le Seville - 16 étages Vision "Times Square" de Montreal rosey12387 Vision Côte-St-Luc et environs Vision Nouveau campus de l'UdM Vision Boulevard Jean-Lesage: Rive-Sud Vision Nouveaux Grands Chantiers - Montreal danick_o Vision Transport en commun Laval/Montréal/Rive-Sud en 2050 jesseps Vision élargissement des voies routières de Montréal Vision nouvelles liaisons ferroviaires Vision Boul. de la Vérendrye Canal Robert Keaghan Jennings Vision Proposition modeste et réaliste pour le futur des transports à MTL MTLskyline Vision 70 étages, Tour MTL Inc Elix Vision 2 CIBC géantes Cataclaw Vision recouvrement de l'autoroute Ville-Marie Vision Tour CC | 72 étages Vision revitalisation d'un quartier Vision Tour MtlUrb - 172m, 40 étages, 2009 Vision Tour Sansnom - 85 étages Vision lien routier Longueuil--St-Hubert Vision Tour Diamand Vision développement majeur Longueuil Vision développement majeur rive-sud Vision Le Phoenix 301m, 70 étages 2010 Vision Longueuil 2020 Vision Longueuil 2050 Vision tramway et métro sur la rive-sud Vision nouveau Pont Champlain Vision développement riverain rive-sud Vision 2-22 Sainte-Catherine Vision Cité du pont Vision réseau tramway - métro Laval-Mtl-Rive-sud du futur Vision rond-point à Longueuil Vision 1250 Stanley - Tour Cypress - 48 étages Vision Centre d'Achat / Shopping Mall Vision Tour CH | 46 étages | 191m Vision Quartier Central | Brossard Vision Carrefour Pie-IX et Henri-Bourassa Vision Échangeur Côte des Neiges / Remembrance Monctezuma Vision Échangeur Côte des Neiges / Remembrance MTLskyline Vision autoroute Québec - Maine - Nouveau-Brunswick Vision métro ligne 3 - rouge Newbie Vision nouvelles poubelles publiques sebastien Vision piste cyclable boulevard de Maisonneuve - canal Lachine - berges du Saint Laurent Gilbert Vision Metropolitan Montréal 32 étages 135 mètres 2010 Vision Hydro-Québec - Rénovation Vision Hôtel Chaboillez 35 étages 130 mètres 2010 Vision redéfinition des limites de hauteur Vision Griffintown Vision Parc Olympique - Mémoire du collectif Aimer Montréal etienne Vision tour aluminium 48 étages Fortier Vision Métro de Québec Vision Réso Franks Vision prolongement de l'autoroute 640 OursNoir Vision Revitalisation square ÉTS pedepy Vision Mt-Royal à 300 m. Vision Expansion du métro dans le Mile-End Vision Square Dorchester et Place du Canada Vision navette gratuite centre-ville Vision réseau de métro du futur Vision deviateur rues St-Hubert/Resther & avenue Mont-Royal Vision complexe sports & sciences de Montréal Vision rues mixtes Vision ilots musicaux Vision jeanne-mance / uqam / quartier latin brubru Vision redéveloppement des terrains vagues de Mile-End Vision revitalisation de la carrière Francon Vision Silo no 5 Vision Musée de l'histoire industriel de Montréal Vision Ruelle Cyclable Vision Parc Laurier steve_36 Vision redéveloppement vieux forum / musée du sport Le Philosophe Vision Musée du Cirque du Soleil Vision Ste-Catherine, entre le Village et le QdS Architectes et autres sources externes au forum CANADIAN COMPETITION CATALOGUE Vision logements HLM au centre-ville Sébastien-Paul Desparois / Céline Mertenat / Simon Goulet / Benoit Muyldermans Vision Tour HLM centre-ville 20 étages Federico Bizzotto, c.a., e.e.e., associé Développement d'Arcy-McGee Mario Brodeur, architecte, consultant en patrimoine Jacques Des Rochers, conservateur de l'art canadien, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal Benoît Dupuis, architecte associé, acdf* architecture/urbanisme/intérieur Maxime Frappier, associé, acdf* architecture/urbanisme/intérieur Jacques Lachapelle, architecte, historien de l'architecture, Université de Montréal Vision Tour Parc - Pins 40 étages LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design Vision Tour Centreville ~ 58 étages MrArchitecturedesign Vision 101 St-Viateur (nouveaux locaux d'Ubisoft) Gaétan Frigon Vision déménagement du port de Montréal Dessau Vision Square Chaboillez et Planétarium Dow par Dessau
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Copenhaguiser Montréal, qu’ossa donne? MATHIAS MARCHAL MÉTRO 17 février 2010 20:42 http://www.journalmetro.com/linfo/article/455254--copenhaguiser-montreal-qu-ossa-donne Avez-vous vu comment Times Square, à New York, a été repensé l’été dernier pour devenir une gigantesque place publique? C’est en partie grâce au célèbre architecte danois Jan Gehl. Deux de ses disciples de Copenhague sont à Montréal cette semaine, à l’invitation du Centre d’écologie urbaine. Voici un échantillon de leurs pistes de réflexion pour que le citoyen se réapproprie l’espace public et que Montréal se «copenhaguise». À pied En repensant la configuration de la rue Broadway, à New York, les piétons et les cyclistes ont pu reprendre un peu de place aux voitures. C’est à Times Square que la transformation est la plus frappante. «Avant, 81 % de l’espace était occupé par la route, ce qui est ironique pour un endroit qui s’appelle "Times Square"», explique Kristian Villadsen. L’été dernier, le square avait regagné 60 % de la superficie, grâce à de magnifiques terrasses permettant aux piétons de profiter du lieu. À Montréal, ce genre d’initiative, qui a déjà cours dans le Village gai pendant l’été, pourrait très bien se déplacer vers le Plateau. Sur l’avenue du Mont-Royal, les terrasses des restaurants qui ouvrent l’été, habituellement sur le trottoir, seraient cette fois installées sur des places de stationnement. L’arrondissement envisage aussi d’aménager une place publique autour de la station de métro Mont-Royal. À Vélo «Croyez-le ou non, mais il y a 40 ans, il y avait peu de cyclistes à Copenha gue, lance Kristian Villadsen, chef de projet chez Gehl Architects. Aujourd’hui, 37 % se déplacent à vélo pour aller au travail, 33 % en transport en commun et 23 % en voiture.» Chez nous, 67 % des travailleurs de la métropole vont travailler en voiture. Comment y est-on arrivé? En construisant plusieurs centaines de kilomètres de pistes cyclables en site proté gé et en s’arrangeant pour qu’il soit plus rapide de se déplacer à vélo qu’en auto. Là-bas, certains feux de circulation passent au vert six secondes plus tôt pour les cyclistes et le transport en commun. Sur certaines pistes, on a même synchronisé les feux pour que les cyclistes qui roulent à 20 km/h profitent du vert tout au long de leur trajet. Une majorité de cyclistes Un chiffre qui devrait intéresser les Montréalais : 70 % des cyclistes copenha guois garderaient leur vélo l’hiver. «C’est sûr que nos hivers sont un peu moins neigeux, mais ils sont quand même assez proches des vôtres, prétend Kristian Villadsen. Le secret, c’est qu’on a bâti une culture du vélo et que, dans la mesure du possible, les pistes cyclables et les trottoirs sont dégagés avant les rues.» En Patins À Montréal comme à Copenhague, on a aménagé plusieurs patinoires qui, en plus de favoriser l’exercice, créent de l’animation. Mais pourquoi toujours patiner en rond? À Copenhague l’hiver, sur le lac Soerne, on aménage une piste pour ceux qui aiment faire de la distance. Une idée qui serait tout à fait applicable sur la piste cyclable qui longe le canal Lachine et qui n’est généralement pas déneigée l’hiver. En la préparant et en l’entretenant comme une patinoire, on aurait l’hiver une im*mense piste patinable de plus de 12 km entre le centre-ville et le sud-ouest de l’Île. -------------- Copenhaguisation 101 : Le développement urbain que prône l’architecte Jan Gehl consiste à placer le citoyen au cœur des projets d’urbanisme. «La méthode traditionnelle consiste à construire un édifice, d’appeler ensuite un paysagiste et d’espérer que la population s’appropriera l’endroit, explique l’architecte Kristian Villadsen. Nous, on fait l’inverse, on conçoit des lieux qui favorisent d’abord les échanges.» Ce n’est pas un hasard d’ailleurs si son cabinet emploie une anthropologue diplômée de l’Université McGill, Louise Kielgast. -------------- Fait vécu: Montréal peut mieux faire Pascoal Gomes travaille au Centre d’écologie urbaine, l’organisme qui a invité les deux architectes danois. Il a vécu mercredi une situation qui montre le chemin qui reste à parcourir à Montréal pour rejoindre Copenhague. «Je sortais du métro Parc pour rejoindre l’arrêt de bus. Comme il n’y a pas de passage piéton qui y mène, j’ai traversé directement la rue. Il y avait au moins huit policiers qui verbalisaient les piétons et j’ai récolté une amende de 37 $, déplore-t-il. La répression des piétons, alors que c’est la Ville qui ne crée pas la signalisation adéquate pour leur faciliter la vie, ça n’est surtout pas ça, la Copenha gui sation!» --------------
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***** Liste des projets annulés | Cancelled projects list *****
un sujet a posté monctezuma dans Projets Annulés
Mise à jour continuellement. Classement par décénies. -Nombre d'étages / nom du projet (année, si disponible) et lien vers le fil- ***2010 à 2019*** 52 :: QUAD Windsor (750 Peel) (2014) 45 :: Univers Condos, tour 1 (2013) 40 :: 1215 Square Phillips (2012) 40 :: Espace Montmorency, tour 1 (2013) (Laval) 40 :: Espace Montmorency, tour 2 (2013) (Laval) 40 :: Îlot Overdale (2013) 38 :: Hilton Montreal (2011) 30 :: Tour St-Jacques (2011) 29 :: Les Diamants, tour 1 (2012) 28 :: Les Diamants, tour 2 (2012) 28 :: Le Commodore, tour 1 (2014) (Laval) 27 :: Le Commodore, tour 2 (2014) (Laval) 27 :: Écocité sur le Bois, tour 1 (2010) 26 :: Espace Montmorency, tour 3 (2013) (Laval) 26 :: Espace Montmorency, tour 4 (2013) (Laval) 26 :: Espace Montmorency, tour 5 (2013) (Laval) 26 :: Place du SPECTRUM / Complexe SIDEV (2011) 25 :: Univers Condos, tour 2 (2013) 24 :: Écocité sur le Bois, tour 2 et autres (2010) 24 :: Le Square Dorchester (2011) 21 :: Espace Montmorency, tour 6 (2013) (Laval) 21 :: 1800 René-Lévesque Ouest (2011) 21 :: 1200 Mackay (2015) 21 :: Le Triomphe (2014) 20 :: Rio Tinto Alcan, agrandissement du siège social (2010) 20 :: Boulevard du Souvenir (2012) (Laval) 20 :: Magasin Steve's - 20 étages (2014) 18 :: Tour Telus - Ilôt Overdale (2013) 17 :: 1175 Mackay 17 :: Maison Ogilvy (2013) 16 :: Ilot Voyageur (2012) 16 :: Le Belvédère Hampstead (2013) 14 :: Tour Tysel (2012) (Brossard) 14 :: 1800 René-Lévesque Ouest (2011) 13 :: Royal Hotel (2011) 13 :: Édifice Intact (2012) (Longueuil) 12 :: Tour Catania (2013) (Brossard) 12 :: Condos Signature, tour 1 (2013) (Laval) 12 :: Condos Signature, tour 2 (2013) (Laval) 12 :: Condos Signature, tour 3 (2013) (Laval) 11 :: Le MUZ (2015) 10 :: Boulevard du Souvenir (2012) (Laval) 10 :: Le LVL v. 2.0 (2014) (Laval) 10 :: Luz condos (2015) 9 :: Marianopolis (2010) 8 :: Lumen, phase 1 (2011) 8 :: Lumen, phase 2 (2011) 8 :: Lumen, phase 3 (2011) 8 :: Rue Crescent / Rue Drummond (2011) 8 :: 59 Crémazie Ouest (2010) 7 :: Secteur 9 (2014) (Laval) 7 :: Place Lennox (2012) 5 :: Ogilvy Warehouse (2015) 4 :: Le RL (2011) X :: Griffintown (2010) X :: Lac Mirabel (2011) X :: Gentilly 2 (2012) X :: Condos le Parc (2014) X :: Westmount Square (Conversion en condos) (2015) X :: Château Maplewood (1420 Mont-Royal) (2012) X :: MUHC : Hôpital Général de Montréal (2012) X :: Agrandissement Poste de police 31 (Parc Jarry) (2010) X :: Ferrari + Maserati Showroom par Panzini (2010) X :: Édifice métro Longueuil (densification) (2010) ***2000 à 2009*** 60 :: Hôpital Privé Griffintown, Tour 1 (2009) 60 :: Hôpital Privé Griffintown, Tour 2 (2009) 50 :: 1300 René-Lévesque Ouest (2004) 35 :: 1300 René-Lévesque ouest (2003) 35 :: Les résidences étudiantes ÉTS, phase 4 (2007) 34 :: Le Mackay (2009) 32 :: Tour Mansfield (2008) 30 :: Projet Karl Fisher - boul. de Maisonneuve (2003) 28 :: Le Mackay (2008) 28 :: Condos Île Charron (2008) 25 :: Place du Commerce Électronique, phases 3 et suivantes 23 :: 53 Sherbrooke Ouest - 23 Étages (2007) 22 :: 1440 de la Montagne (2008) 21 :: 750 Peel (2007) 21 :: Le Maritime (2007) 20 :: La pointe de la Voie maritime 20 :: Le Prestige de la Rivière (2007) 17 :: Le Cristofe-Alexandre (2005) 17 :: Le Chagall (2007) 16 :: Porte Sainte-Marie (2004) 16 :: 1500 René-Lévesque Ouest (2007) 16 :: Mackay / Guy (2002) 15 :: Le Riopelle (2008) 14 :: Siège social d'Autodesk, phase 2 (2008) 13 :: 1 Avenue du Port (2008) 13 :: Le Quartier Parisien (2007) 12 :: Musée Juif de Montréal (2003) 11 :: 225 St Jacques (2007) 11 :: Embassy Suites P.E.T. (2007) 10 :: Le Victoria (2008) 8 :: MG1 (2007) 7 :: Le Saint-François (2003) 7 :: Hôtel Notman-Panzini (2001) 7 :: Prince/Wellington (2007) 6 :: Square Cartier phase 2 (2008) 6 :: Habitations Laurier (2004) 5 :: Le Madison du Vieux-Port (2008) 5 :: 1080 Boul. Taschereau (Longueuil) (2008) 5 :: Siège social d'Autodesk, phase 1 (2008) X :: Place des Amériques - Casino/Centre Congrès/Gare/Hotels/Salle de concert (2002) X :: Cirque du Soleil / Bassin Peel (2004) X :: Stade des Expos centre-ville (2001) X :: Condominiums Site Jenkins Lachine (2007) X :: Reveport - Aerodream (2007) X :: Technoparc Montréal (2005) X :: Déménagement de l'hippodrome à Laval (2008) X :: Parc Rives-Nouvelles (2008) X :: L'ONU à Montréal (2007) X :: Écran géant centre-ville (2007) X :: Destination commerciale et de loisirs Balmoral (2002) X :: Technodôme (2000) ***1990 à 1999*** 72 :: 1250 René-Lévesque ouest (1992) 34 :: 750 Peel (1991) 25 :: 500, boul. de Maisonneuve ouest (1991) 17 :: Pointe Nord Canderel, tour 5 (1999) 15 :: Pointe Nord Canderel, tour 4 (1999) 13 :: Pointe Nord Canderel, tour 3 (1999) 9 :: Pointe Nord Canderel, tour 2 (1999) 8 :: Pointe Nord Canderel, tour 1 (1999) X :: Expos Office Complex (1998) ***1980 à 1989*** 42 :: 750 Peel, tour 2 (1988) 40 :: Hydro-Québec / rénovations et agrandissement (1986) 37 :: Galleria Dorchester (Îlot Overdale), tour 1 (1987) 37 :: Galleria Dorchester (Îlot Overdale), tour 2 (1987) 33 :: Tour SNC, phase 2 (1989) 30 :: 701 University (1980) 27 :: 750 Peel (1986) 24 :: 750 Peel, tour 1 (1988) 23 :: Place du Nouveau Monde (1984) 19 :: Complexe Métro de Bleury (1983) 7 :: 1000 Saint-Antoine Ouest (1983) 7 :: 2000 rue Drummond (1983) 6 :: 460 Saint-François-Xavier (1983) ? :: Galleria Dorchester (1984) X :: Salle de l'OSM, 1984 à aujourd'hui ***1970 à 1979*** 75 :: Blue Bonnets (1973) 60+ :: Place Dupuis (1972) 50 :: Hôtel coin Gauchetière et St-Antoine (1972) 40 :: 1-Blue Bonnets (1973) 40 :: 2-Blue Bonnets (1973) 35 :: ICAO Hotel (1971) 22 :: Complexe du Canadien Pacifique (1976) 20 :: Mountain Apartments (1971) 17 :: Mountain Condo (1972) X :: Complexe Desjardins (version 1971) X :: Projet Soeurs Grises (~1975) ***1960 à 1969*** 47 :: Tour de la Bourse II 47 :: Tour de la Bourse III 38 :: Sheraton Cartier 36 :: Tour Laurier (1963) 20 :: Projet Eaton-Mace (1968) X :: Tour Montréal-Paris (1964) X :: STM : métro : ligne 3 rouge (1967) ***1950 à 1959*** 30 :: 800 Dorchester (version 1953) X :: Autoroute dans l'emprise de la Rue de la Commune - Vieux- Port (1959) ***1940 à 1949*** ***1930 à 1939*** X :: Hôtel de ville et centre d'affaires (1931) ***1920 à 1929*** 40 :: Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 35 :: Hôtel Windsor 6 :: Stade des Royaux de Montréal (1927) ***1910 à 1919*** X :: Centre administratif (1913) X :: Strathcona Boulevard and Parks (1910) ***1900 à 1909*** ***19?? à 19??*** 80 :: Tour Bonaventura 70 :: 900 de Maisonneuve ouest 52 :: Place de la Concorde 28 :: Hôtel Sheraton ***1890 à 1899*** X :: Terminal du Grand Trunk Railway Co. 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The Grand Trunk Railway's Bonaventure Station in the 1870s. The station structure roughly corresponded with Chaboillez Square in Downtown Montreal. This building was destroyed by a fire in 1916. Source et texte entier : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaventure_Station
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New Year's Eve party à la Times Square in Montreal Thu, 2009-09-10 17:37. Shuyee Lee Montreal is getting its own Times Square-style Rockin' New Year's Eve. Media company Astral Media is organizing a big New Year's Eve party this year on McGill College Avenue downtown. It'll be an annual affair complete with live music and comedy, activities, as well as sound and light performances. The Big Astral Countdown for Mira event will help raise money for the Mira Foundation, which provides over 180 guide dogs and assistance to people with mental, visual, hearing and motor disabilities. Astral Media owns CJAD 800 which will broadcast the event live, along with its sister stations CHOM 97.7 and Virgin Radio 96. http://www.cjad.com/node/990235
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Canada : Office vacancy rates to go even higher: report
un sujet a posté ErickMontreal dans L'actualité
Office vacancy rates to go even higher: report Financial Post Published: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 Neither Calgary nor Toronto can expect any immediate relief, as both will see millions of square feet of new supply coming onto the market over the next 24 to 36 months (seven million for Calgary and five million for Toronto). Sean DeCory/National Post Neither Calgary nor Toronto can expect any immediate relief, as both will see millions of square feet of new supply coming onto the market over the next 24 to 36 months (seven million for Calgary and ... OTTAWA -- Vacancies in Canada's office market have surged to 8.5% and will climb toward levels not seen since the dot-com bust earlier this decade before finally levelling out, commercial broker Avison Young said in a report Wednesday. "The vacancy rate will definitely be trending up in the coming quarters," said Bill Argeropoulos, director of research at Avison Young. "We're not sure if it will breach the recent high of 11.5% in 2003, but we do see the vacancy perhaps breaching the 10% barrier in the coming quarters and perhaps into 2010, largely because of new supply coming into the market." Furthermore, said Avison Young chief executive Mark Rose: "The global financial crisis has had a significant impact on market psychology, creating inertia and paralyzing decision-making. Recovery . . . will occur only when corporate profits return, unemployment rates drop and decision-makers believe were are trending upwards." In the past 12 months, vacancies have climbed more than two percentage points from the 6.1% rate of mid-year in 2008, and Mr. Argeropoulos said it will likely be the end of 2011 before national rates begin to level off. Mississauga holds the distinction of having the highest office vacancy rate in the country at 10.8%. Toronto experienced the highest annual change among eastern cities, climbing from 6.6% to 9.6% in the past 12 months, a three-year high. Calgary, meanwhile, underwent the highest change in vacancy rates among western cities, soaring from 3.6% in mid-2008 to 9.3% by mid-2009. Neither Calgary nor Toronto can expect any immediate relief as both will see millions of square feet of new supply coming onto the market over the next 24 to 36 months (seven million for Calgary and five million for Toronto). Both will definitely surpass the 10% vacancy rate in the months ahead, Mr. Argeropoulos said. Calgary also saw the largest plunge in rental rates, with downtown Class A space collapsing to $30 per square foot from $46. This is still the most expensive in the country, however, along with Edmonton, where prices are also at $30. Nationally, lease rates for downtown Class A space fell to $22 per square foot in mid-2009 from $25 the year before. Prices ranged from a low of $13 in Quebec City to Calgary and Edmonton's $30. Avison's mid-year office survey tallies results for 12 regions across the country. Canwest News Service ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Unused office space up 75% in Q2: report Garry Marr, Financial Post Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 The amount of unused office space business put on the sublease market grew by almost 75% last quarter from a year ago, a further indication of the crumbling economy. CB Richard Ellis Ltd. said more than 7.7 million square feet of office space came back into the market across the country, an increase from the more than 4.4 million that hit the market in the same quarter a year ago. The sheer size of the increasing sublease market drove the national vacancy rate to 8.3% from 6.4% a year ago. "The deepening recession has prompted businesses across the country to continue to identify ways to trim overhead and pare back their need for phantom space," said John O'Bryan, vice-chairman of CB Richard Ellis. "The trend of doing with less right now is especially evident in Canada's major office markets. However, it is important to note that the commercial real estate market typically lags behind the residential market by a few months, so we are simply now experiencing the slowdown that other markets went through in the last quarter." Mr. O'Bryan said the Canadian market continues to fare better than United States markets where vacancy rates reached 15.9% at the end of the first quarter. Canadian vacancy rates were only 7.5% at the end of the first. "If we were in the U. S. right now looking at a national occupancy rate of 91.7%, there would be a widespread sense of optimism regarding the health of the country's commercial market." But there are clear signs across the country that the office market has been hit hard by the economy with vacancies rising everywhere. In Vancouver, the beaten-down technology and resource sectors helped drive sublet activity. The effect was to push the vacancy rate from 5.6% to 7.8%. The once-airtight Calgary office market has sprung a leak as lower oil prices have led many of Alberta's junior oil and gas companies to cut their space. In the second quarter, Calgary's vacancy rate rose to 10.2% from 4.6% a year ago. CB Richard Ellis says it will rise to 20% by the end of 2009. Vacancies in Toronto, the largest office market in the country, rose to 8.4% in the second quarter, up from 6.7% a year ago. CB Richard Ellis expects rates to continue to rise in 2009 and 2010. In Montreal, softness in the commercial market drove vacancy rates up from 8.5% to 9.7%, on a year-over-year basis. The real estate company said cost-containment measures by large tenants have impacted the market. Backed by the federal government, Ottawa is proving to have the best office market in the country. The overall vacancy rate grew to 5.1%, only a slight jump from the 4.9% a year ago. Ottawa's suburban offices, which are more dependent on the private sector, were hit harder than the government-dominated downtown core. gmarr@nationalpost.com Here's the complete report : http://www.avisonyoung.com/library/pdf/National/MidYear09-National-Office.pdf -
Une petite visite guidée d'un des mal aimé du centre-ville (avec raison d'ailleurs). C'est plate qu'il ne soit pas invitant d'y aller parce qu'avec la végétation qui commence à prendre le dessus, ça commence à lui donner un peu de gueule. Bloc #1-Ouest: La fontaine du bloc #1, hors fonction et l'oeuvre d'art particulièrement "magané". Le bloc #1 est décidément celui qui est le plus "habité", probablement à cause de ses "toits". Bloc #2 - Centre Ici, il y avit quelques personnes probablement du quartier et moins de sans-abris. La fontaine est assez intéressante ici, mais aussi hors fonction et plutôt en mauvaise état. Bloc #3 - Est Aire de jeux.... j'en ai pas vu en tk... Seule fontaine fonctionnelle dans les trois blocs... elle fait penser à une grande douche commune... je me demande si ce n'est pas à l'intention des sans-abris ! Bref, il ne m'est rien arrivé de facheux dans le Square Viger, il est même plutôt intéressant à explorer, mais je peux comprends qu'il repousse beacoup de gens à cause de sa configuration, des sans-abris, de l'odeur d'urine omniprésente et des rebuts qui y traine, quoique c'était beaucoup moins que ce à quoi je m'attendais. La nuit, c'est surement un peu plus animé. Il y avait un projet de reconversion il y a quelques années, mais je ne sais pas ce qui est arrivé.
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New York set to ban cars from Times Square NEW YORK, May 24 (UPI) -- Many New York residents and tourists alike say the city's plan to ban cars from traveling through Times Square is a great idea. The New York Daily News said Saturday some people have applauded the plan to ban all traffic from Broadway between 42nd and 47th Street in Times Square starting Sunday night. "I think it's going to bring more people and they'll be more comfortable," local food vendor John Galanopolous said of the plan, which will also ban cars from 33rd and 35th Street in Herald Square. Pittsburgh resident Bill Buettin agreed the traffic ban in those areas would make pedestrian travel easier in New York. "Not having to worry about crosswalks and stop lights makes it that much easier," the tourist told the Daily News. But at least one New York resident was less than supportive of the plan, which he feels could hinder the city's numerous motorists. "There's going to be more traffic. It's not going to work," taxi driver Rafi Hassan told the Daily News. "Most of our customers are here."
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Voici ma propre vision pour le 2-22 Sainte-Catherine. Features include: 1- Glass-clad building (on all sides!!) 7 storeys with a "pinch in the middle" design intended to harmonize the first 4 floors with the surrounding buildings and to make the LCD news ticker stand out more. 2- Bar/terrasse sur le toit 3- Nightclub au 4ème étage 4- Three storey atrium with tourist info, cultural facilities, ticket booths, etc. 5- LCD news/info tickers, info about upcoming shows, also to give a bit of a mini-times square gradiose feel to everything 6- TV géants 7- Three remaining floors for offices, music rooms, quartier des spectacles administration, whatever, etc. Qu'est ce que vous en pensez? J'aurais du me coucher à 11pm mais depuis minuit je travail la dessus.. j'ai trop eu le fun Ok, là c'est dodo... si le feedback est positif, je vais peut-être continuer plus demain... sinon ben, voilà
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Toronto a suburb? It's begun RENÉ JOHNSTON/TORONTO STAR Apr 08, 2009 04:30 AM Vanessa Lu city hall bureau chief Toronto is at risk of becoming a bedroom community for the booming 905 regions, warns a new report by the Toronto Board of Trade. Cities that were once outer suburbs are now growing employment areas as more businesses have pulled up stakes in the downtown core for cheaper real estate. Meanwhile, the city itself faces increasing disparity between the wealthy, who buy downtown condos where factories once stood, and the poor who inhabit the increasingly deprived inner suburbs. So Toronto remains an attractive place to live, but struggles to keep up with its neighbours on key economic indicators such as employment, productivity and income growth. "It's a tale of two cities," president and CEO Carol Wilding said at yesterday's release. "We see the reverse, or mirror images, from the city proper versus the 905." Wilding agreed with a release for the report that said Toronto has become a "magnet for living, while the surrounding municipalities form the more powerful economic engine." "If you stand back, the data shows that at this point," said Wilding. "Given the employment growth that isn't there in the city centre – yet it is a hugely attractive place – suggests the doughnut effect. ... People flock to and live in the city ... but are actually travelling outwards in the region for employment opportunities." The split between the two regions is reflected in a prosperity scorecard that compares the Toronto region with 20 others around the world on 25 important indicators. While the Toronto region scored very well overall – tying for fourth place with Boston, New York and London, but behind Calgary, Dallas and Hong Kong – the findings show a growing gap between the city itself and surrounding communities. (The study is based on the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, a tract that includes most of the GTA except Burlington and Oshawa.) If the 416 and 905 area codes were ranked separately, the suburban regions would have taken second place on the world list – after Calgary – and Toronto would have fallen into the bottom half. But Wilding credited Toronto city hall for taking steps to counteract the trend and boost economic growth, including a policy of gradually shifting more of the property tax burden from commercial and industrial property onto homeowners. "I think from a policy perspective, we've put in place many of the changes the data would have suggested we do ... two years ago. We didn't wait," Mayor David Miller said yesterday, reacting to the report. However, he said, "Toronto starts from a very good place" as Canada's financial capital and the third biggest centre of information communications technology in North America. "Council adopted a strategy two years ago because we didn't believe we could take success for granted," he added. "And I think the underlying data says we took the right step and we're on the right path." He noted both the tax rate cuts and the creation of two new agencies, Build Toronto and Invest Toronto, to lure business and investment to the city. Given that traffic is now jammed both ways on the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway in the morning rush hour, it hardly comes as a surprise that employment growth has been strong outside Toronto proper. But the data shows the gap is "far larger than people would have expected it to be," Wilding said. Employment in the suburban regions grew by an average of 2.8 per cent a year between 2002 and 2007, compared with 1.1 per cent in the city of Toronto. In fact, most of the employment growth over the past two decades has occurred outside Toronto. "That's a significant divide. Until we start to narrow that, then we aren't serving the interests of the region as a whole," Wilding said. Average real GDP growth during the same period was just 1.2 per cent in Toronto – compared with 4.2 per cent in neighbouring cities. After-tax income growth over the same period was 3.5 per cent in Toronto, compared with 5.9 per cent outside. Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone said the report's data is already a couple of years old and doesn't reflect recent actions the city has taken to stem the flow of jobs. The report cites a 10.2 per cent growth in non-residential building permits in the surrounding regions, versus only 8.9 per cent in the city. But Pantalone pointed out that today, 4 million square feet of office buildings are under construction in Toronto, compared with only 1.5 million square feet in the 905. "That's a historical reversal. It shows those policies are working," he said. "We have established new trend lines to correct that. And it seems to be working." As Miller pointed out, the report isn't all bad news for the city. It notes that Toronto is "a study in contrasts, struggling to keep pace on the economic fundamentals but scoring well on all the attributes of an attractive city." Using research from the Conference Board of Canada, the report points out the city is doing well on indicators such as commuter travel choices, a young labour force, university education and percentage of jobs in the cultural industry. New infrastructure investments by the province, notably in transit, will also help make Toronto more competitive. Some 44 per cent of Toronto residents walk, bike or take transit to work, while only 13 per cent of residents outside Toronto do. One of Toronto's biggest advantages is its diversity, with immigrants making up close to half of the city's residents. That puts it at Number 1 among the 21 global cities, above Los Angeles at 41 per cent and New York at 36 per cent. But Board of Trade chair Paul Massara warned that the talent that exists among newcomers must not be squandered – and their integration has to be ensured. "It's absolutely essential that we get this productive part of the economy working and enhance that," Massara said, noting governments have been working to improve settlement services. With files from Paul Moloney
