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Very ordinary design that's a bit too monolithic for my liking. While it also seems like they are completely turning a blind eye to the higher Avenue right across the street, I believe this tower will actually be higher than Avenue due to the large amount of vertical size integrated parking podiums typically take up. Does this mean the competitive Broccolini will increase his floor count? Maybe!!!!

"One of a kind"? That's either marketing speak or the truth. Methinks it is the former rather than the latter.

I've seen ads for this building all over town. On Saint Antoine, on St Laurent, everywhere. Unfortunately, the more I look at it, the more I think it looks like too many bad architectural ideas mashed into one building.

I really hope they paid Skyscraperpage some royalties because that's their diagram: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=22

Now THAT's a sales office! Makes the two hobo bins of Roccabella look like a low-rent joke.

No one seems to understand two points: 1) Until an actual official announcement is made, everything posted on these forums is speculation. In this project, that goes for the hotel being abandoned, the floor reduction and even the item I posted. Wait for Monday. 2) Financial Post has EXCELLENT sources, particularly with Cadillac Fairview. They have consistently been the first to accurately report on a number of CF announcements from the renovations in Galeries d'Anjou to the various CF-sponsored projects in Toronto. Just because they aren't IN Montreal, doesn't mean they don't have sources here.

More info from Financial Post: Announcement on MONDAY 14 floors with 400 parking spots, resto and fitness center 47 floors with condos Total: 61 floors!!!!! 197 meters high $160 million+++ Rest of article: MONTREAL — Cadillac Fairview Corp. is setting its sights on hockey fans again in an attempt to sell real estate. But this time, it’s targeting partisans of the game’s most decorated professional team — the Montreal Canadiens. The Toronto-based real estate investor is partnering with the Canderel Group, labour fund Fonds de Solidarité FTQ and the Molson family-controlled Canadiens hockey club to build a new residential skyscraper attached to the city’s downtown Bell Centre, home of the Habs. Details of the plan are to be unveiled Monday, but according to project applications filed with the City of Montreal, the general concept is strikingly similar to Cadillac’s Maple Leaf Square development in Toronto – a residential condo tower linked to the hockey arena with a busy sports bar, restaurant and option for a high-end hotel. Cadillac’s Montreal project, known in city documents as the Tour Avenue des Canadiens, would be among the three highest in the city, topping out at an estimated 197-metres and with a construction cost projected at more than $160-million. Under municipal rules, no building in Montreal can be higher than Mount Royal at 232.5-metres. “Let’s face it: Hockey is king in this country,” said Ben Myers of Urbanation, a condo-market research firm in Toronto. “People here want to buy into anything that’s associated with the Toronto Maple Leafs.” Cadillac’s Montreal sports-branded condo development may have similar success for the same reason. Over their 100-year history, the Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cup championships, more than any other franchise. They are the last Canadian team to win, in 1993. The first 14 storeys of the Montreal tower will house a bar, a restaurant, a fitness centre, interior parking for 400 vehicles and a sky lobby to access the condos above, according to a project description filed with the city. Above that will be 47 storeys for 700 private residences although a hotel may be added that would reduce the condo count. Toronto’s Maple Leaf Square has two towers of 50 and 54 storeys, respectively. At more than $450 per square foot, people in the industry were shocked at the prices the developers were charging when they went up for sale in 2006, said Mr. Myers. But all the units were sold and now command prices upward of $650 per square foot. “Basically, they’ve created a neighbourhood there,” said Rajani Kamath, director of corporate communications for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, who was involved with the launch. “It was about creating a destination. That was the concept.” So what did Toronto hockey fans get for their real estate investment other than proximity to their favourite team? After all, condo owners had access to a private box at games but still had to pay for the privilege. Maybe simply being at the centre of the action, which doesn’t necessarily have any measurable value. “I think the area [around the Bell Centre] has already got a buzz. But this is going to put that buzz on steroids,” said Bernie Marcotte, senior managing director of real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Ltd. in Montreal. Mr. Marcotte stressed that he has no personal knowledge of anything to be announced Monday. Other officials with the real estate partners involved in the project declined to comment. Cadillac’s announcement comes amid a significant expansion in condo apartment construction overall in Quebec, which is raising concerns that prices are set to drop if demand slows. At least one other developer, Broccolini, has announced plans for a condo tower in the immediate Bell Centre area. Economists at Desjardins said in a July 10 report that while the existing market in Montreal is balanced overall, there is already a surplus of units priced over $800,000. “The situation is relatively healthy,” the economists said. “There are several signs, however, that construction has already reached excessive proportions in downtown Montreal, on Nun’s Island, in a sector in Laval and a zone on the south shore. If housing starts in these areas do not slow down, the risk of a local price decline is very real.”

WOW! Someone needs to bring this to Mr. Broccolini's attention ASAP. That's a carbon copy...though with more floors.

Makes the name "Altitude" seem mighty presumptuous, no?

I'm quite sure that isn't a sales office for this project....

A rock climbing wall in the lounge area? Seems odd...

Oh...wow. Now that's a view!

Thanks but no thanks. With the amount of negativity surrounding their Toronto project, I'm just as happy if they stay away from Montreal.

That is NOT the tower. It is a proposal of what COULD be available on that property should the necessary anchor buyers be found for the hotel and retail components. But still....looks good so far. Edit: AND, the south facing Roccabella condos just received a serious value reduction.

We have to remember that Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux's design distinction is typically a balance of stone and glass. We have seen this with their Louis Boheme, Cite Multimedia and many other projects. In that vein, I believe the rendering at Montreal du Futur will be the one most representative of the final design while the one in La Presse will be the furthest from reality.

For that kind of money, they really should have upgraded the exterior for better views. Those little prison windows won't sit well with anyone paying $500+ per sq.ft.

In the computer world, we used to call that "Dell Grey".

Oh Lord....it is hideous.

Am I missing something? I don't see a single rendering....

Countdown to cancellation in 5....4.....3....

Oh, you're one of those people....... Honestly, I don't see how putting people's lives at risk by not providing adequate off-highway areas for stalls, etc is a blessing in disguise.

Breakdown lanes or the lack thereof? Because I see none, which seems completely backwards to me since any accident / stall will continue to cause absolute havoc.

From what I see, they are STILL not putting any break-down lanes on either side of the road? Seriously?

Peekay, I completely agree with you.

Another cut rate project......ugh.