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  1. internationalx
    Better than grey/beige pre-fab.
  2. internationalx
    I think we need to drop the Toronto (or Edmonton for that matter) comparisons with respect to the issue of height. Furthermore, we should also drop the issue some of us have with the 210M max Montreal has - i.e.: no being allowed to go higher than Mount Royal; 50 stories can be fit within that limit and that is tall! Imagine dozens of 45-50 story buildings: they is a pretty amazing skyline. I mean, until recently, Manhattan was mostly a 50-story skyline city. Only now are supertalls invading the cityscape. Where I do believe height restrictions WILL impact future economic development in Montreal has to do with limited number of lots where a developer can build tall: the zoning map is designed so that the cluster of CBD towers matches the curve of Mount Royal - more of less. That is a quaint idea but totally unrealistic as the decades move on. We all know that there are lots zoned for 210M next to lots zoned for 65M or 85M and that south of Le 1000, for example, where the elevation is so much lower, you can't build more that 120M. CF was right to ask for a height increase for the lots at 700 Peel….
  3. internationalx
    The lobby fit perfectly with the architecture…this does not.
  4. internationalx
    It's the kind of amenity workers today (i.e.: millienials) want.
  5. internationalx
    CCE really should have a 3rd tower - 40 stories, right behind the IBM building that is 18 stories - that would make the complex a stair-stepped effect; obviously it's like THE business address in town these days.
  6. internationalx
    I mean, is it granite or concrete meant to look like granite? I'm gonna reserve judgement but so far… meh.
  7. internationalx
    Frankly, this is great news…. there are no green/public spaces in the area?? Really? How about the slope of Place des Festivals? The Place in front of the Maison Symphonique? The Esplanade Clark (coming soon). This area has tons of public spaces some of them green - admittedly, they are not gardens but let's not be dramatic. Montreal is blessed with a street grid full of little parks and squares - which is one the best things about the city that makes it so lovely. This was not an ideal spot for a garden and was always in the shadows. The buildings along this stretch of de Maisonneuve are absolutely hideous - including the Domtar Building. It's also their private land and can do whatever they wish - calling it corporate greed is a little overboard. This is a a HOT part of town and one where hotels are a natural fit. If whatever gets built has some height and is glassy, I think it'll be very welcome.
  8. internationalx
    It's so inhospitable a street because it has been treated as though it's a back alley - the back alley of downtown; the Bell Centre, Place du Canada, Le 1000, are so hostile to the street in terms of design and use. Place du Canada is marginal but the base is so heavy and the entrance to the building so dark… the south side of the street has some character with the old Gazette building and the federal building, but the sidewalks are super narrow - the plans should help. The viaduct of Place Bonaventure is so hugely overbuilt and heavy too…
  9. internationalx
    Wow! Great pics. I love seeing skyscrapers rise south of St.Antoine! Finally breaking what always seemed like a barrier/border to the CBD. This was such a wasteland until relatively recently it's amazing the see a city getting built from scratch down here - including farther off, Griffintown.
  10. internationalx
    In certain circumstances, yes.
  11. internationalx
    The former Delta Hotel (and Grand) is a tear-down in another 20-30 years; among the last best sites with a 200M limit. The land-use there is terrible: the grassy knoll in the front like it's a hotel in Pointe-Claire is ridiculous in a downtown district.
  12. internationalx
    Looks like it's topped-out.
  13. internationalx
    Odd-looking. Just odd. Not some great oeuvre that's for sure.
  14. internationalx
    Since we're all waiting with baited breath to see what the materials of the building envelope will be… Per the press release of this morning: Exterior envelope Crystal-grey-tinted glass curtain wall with a gold-finished superimposed metal screen Low E coating on glass provides 100% UV protection Large floor-to-ceiling bay windows Granite wall with insertions of glass and golden mullions Champagne-coloured metal grate (above the commercial portion of the new Holt Renfrew & Co. flagship store) https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/08/21/1090535/0/en/Carbonleo-and-Four-Seasons-Hotels-and-Resorts-redefine-Montreal-luxury.html
  15. internationalx
    far better than the rendering!
  16. internationalx
    Both of these properties are tear-downs.
  17. internationalx
    CCE today is what PVM was in the 1960's: it's the coveted office complex. But it is a large complex (in square footage) and until Deloitte, was the only new office complex built in Montreal since the 1990's boom.
  18. internationalx
    I don't think it's as awful as a lot of you guys think it is; the quality of the design is miles better than, for example, Les Tours Lepine. I think the devil is going to be in the details. Is this limestone or pre-fab? The metal grills at the top are interesting. Certainly the height sets it apart. This is not Post Modern but rather Modern Traditional. Reminiscent of Robert Stern.
  19. internationalx
    Please. The whole row is a tear-down. There is nothing of historical/architectural significance here; just because they are old buildings doesn't make them worthy of preservation. They now find themselves out of place.
  20. internationalx
    The CBD is all of this; it's not just one or 2 intersections.
  21. internationalx
    Canderel has lots of experience in the residential sector so I'm not sure why they haven't thought about a mixed-use project here; it would potentially allow for a taller building as well. A project with offices, residential and even hotel like Humaniti (mentioned previously) makes so much sense here. Plus they would also have a good retail component given the Ste-Catherine Street frontage. I think they need to go back to the drawing board on this one.
  22. internationalx
    Nice feel to it at street-level.
  23. internationalx
    For a narrow side-street, 24 floors is pretty good.
  24. internationalx
    Wow. A twin tower project that gets completed swiftly! Or completed at all….
  25. internationalx
    Or will it be black glass of differing tones? ...Funny how the large terraces are on the south side and not facing Mount Royal.
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