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Has anyone here walked through Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago (streeterville), just off the Mag Mile? What a beautiful campus with a mindblowing collection of beautiful pavilions, old and new.

Yesterday we walked through the Viger warzone and we're so far off it's not even funny. I've seen airport hangars with more flair than this shed surrounded by highway ramps. The Glen won't be much better. Very disappointing and quite frankly depressing.

40% sold as of September 2013. Delivery April 2014.

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Photos, photos, photos SVP !!!!!!!

Sorry man, I walked in to check out the maquette but walked out pretty fast. Lots of security guys, taking pics would have looked weird. Wasn't really dressed for the occasion.

This is a bad ass project. I want this to happen!

BanK in 1974. Will the Giants of St-James ever come back or will they stay inside?

Don't forget the interactive map + charts.

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Faced with growing ridership and an expected traffic crunch, Montreal's regional transit authority may open a second downtown bus terminal for South Shore commuters.

 

The temporary "complementary terminal" would be located in the area bounded by St-Antoine, St-Jacques and Mansfield Sts. and Canadian National train tracks. The spot is now a parking lot.

 

The open-air terminal would have six boarding areas that could have up to 40 bus departures per hour, show preliminary estimates by the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT).

 

The location is southeast of the current South Shore bus terminal, which is under the office tower at 1000 de la Gauchetière St.

 

Linked to the Bonaventure métro station, that bus terminal - known as the terminus centre-ville - is served by more than 60 South Shore bus routes. About 47,000 passengers ride the 1,800 buses that serve the terminal weekdays.

 

The number of commuters who use the terminal grew by three per cent in 2012 to reach 12.5 million.

 

Overcrowding is one reason more buses can't be added, state AMT documents obtained by The Gazette. A second terminal is needed because of an expected increase in traffic-causing roadwork, including the reconstruction of the Turcot Interchange, which will continue until 2020, the documents say.

 

As part of preparations for the $3.7-billion Turcot project, Quebec had announced it was looking for a location that could welcome more South Shore buses.

 

 

The AMT studied several alternatives and found the proposed site "has the most potential" because it is close to the current terminal and to Bonaventure métro, the documents say.

 

"Work of the Turcot will cause congestion along the A10/Champlain Bridge axis, and we want to give commuters an efficient alternative," AMT spokesperson Claudia Martin said. "If we want to meet the demand (for more transit) and allow for a greater number of buses to travel to the city centre, we need a space to receive them."

 

In the coming weeks, the AMT is to hire consultants to do the required final studies that will consider the ridership potential of the site, the layout of the terminal, and the type of passenger shelters that it would feature. Results are expected early in 2014.

 

The authority isn't ready to make public the estimated cost of the project or suggest when it might open to the public, Martin said.

 

The AMT does not own the land in question but would rent it for a period of 10 years, she said. The AMT foresees the new terminal as a temporary solution that will only be in place for about a decade.

 

That's because it expects a proposed new light-rail transit system to eventually carry people between the South

 

Shore and Montreal via the span that will eventually replace the Champlain Bridge. That LRT could cost as much as $2 billion and it's unclear who would pay for it. The new bridge is expected to open in 2021.

 

The current South Shore terminal serves buses operated by the AMT, the Réseau de transport de Longueuil, and authorities serving other cities south of Montreal.

 

The AMT has studied several scenarios to deal with overcrowding at the terminal. In 2009, it proposed an elaborate, $520-million plan that involved the creation of a transit hub, including a new South Shore bus terminal, on land southwest of St-Antoine and Peel Sts. The hub would have been part of a major redevelopment of the area being planned by real-estate developer Cadillac Fairview. The project never got off the ground and that land is still a parking lot.

I see that they have moved some heavy equipment inti that back alley.

I saw that at 1PM, and it was gone at 6PM.

I'm OK with this.

Good stuff overall

> La venue du YUL va allonger le centre-ville de Montréal un peu plus vers l'ouest

I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. Talk about cringe-worthy marketing speak.

Sorry for the low quality, it was a gray and rainy day.

Very nice dark red brick being put in on both De Longueuil and St-Henri. Looks much better than the Phenix.

This is a major difference from the render at the top of this thread (and indeed, from the current website).

I don't think we have a thread for that one, do we ?

Don't think so, first time I hear about this. Similar to the one across from Super C @ Atwater? Good news for the area.

> Le truc de 61 étages, ça doit être une typo...pffff

61 _and_ 700 logements, as opposed to 500? Double typo then.

> 61 étages!!

Someone hold me, I'm getting dizzy!!!! I almost feel like going for a walk right now, this is only about 10 minutes from here. Otherwise tomorrow morning.

> Et voilà qui bouchera le dernier trou sur Parc !

I dunno, there's still a horrible parking lot at Milton. But this is a huge step up. Too bad we'll lose the hand-painted sign!

oui, oh oui...

That looks MUCH better than Seville.

> the "town houses" will be a major plus for that decrepit area!

Careful. There are some real beauties all along Overdale, and some very expensive condos. Even the two industrial buildings behind the CCE have great value, if only they were restored a la "Cite du Multimedia".

But for sure any open air parking lot is a real eyesore.

> Fort probabalement plus d'un million$!

You betcha...

Wow, nice ad!!!

Nice!!!

And the demolition of the building on de la Montagne might just be a way to pay less municipal taxes until they are ready to build. In any case they won't start construction until they sell enough residential units in the project.

Oh man, I hope we won't be looking at an empty carcass for years... getting some bad Sheraton vibes.

Huh, I actually think that's pretty cool. The article makes it sound like De La Montagne development will go on, too (especially with Demex doing their thing right now).

As long as they do something about that big empty lot on Crescent...

I'm sure there's already a thread for Urb.

Anyway, aggressive promo for this. Saw ads at Montreal Trust, inside the mall, as well as in all the restaurants participating in the Burger Week (inside the checkbook). Today I saw another bigger ad inside Place Alexis Nihon.

I think this project is as good as complete?

Walked by this morning and the only machinery left on site is a small bobcat for the backyard landscaping.

A lot of the exterior finishing seems incomplete (no cornices, some sheating sticking out), especially at street level, but I suspect that's as much effort as they'll be putting in.

I think there's already some graffiti on one of the stone walls.