Griffintowner

The smooth surfaces outside the tower are analogous to the transition from mediocrity to luxury one will have when moving into this building.

On 2023-10-09 at 1:40 PM, Rocco said:

J'espère qu'ils garderont le plan d'eau prévu originalement autour de l'édifice. Regardez-moi cette immense entrée de garage directement face au futur parc. Quel urbanisme déficient.

It won't be pretty but having the garage open on rue des Bassins would be a nightmare. That street is always a logjam of double parked cars. 

This project is taking forever to complete. The 7 top floors are still missing some windows. I wonder if they'll install the windows before the cold sets in. 

The eyesore is one step closer to being removed. The demolition permit was posted today.

I live in the area that qualified me to vote on this referendum and am a long-time lurker on these forums. The only information shared with residents was a voter registration card and a somewhat confusing question. I think there should have been better sharing of information related to what a "No" or a "Yes" vote represented. A "Yes" vote meant a 7 or 8 story building, with a daycare, office space and room for one store. Whereas the "No" vote meant reverting to the plans for a 5 story hotel?

The landowner really failed in communicating his message to the community if even I have no idea what I was voting on. How would the regular non-mtlurb lurking resident be able to vote?

The properties are now up for sale for $7.5 million each.

287-289 Rue Eleanor

311 Rue Eleanor

The hotel idea has been cancelled due to strong opposition during the public consultation period. The project has turned into a residential + commercial project and the daycare remains.

Here is a video summary.

And a pdf version of the summary.

Was this place designed by the "architects" in Minecraft?

I bet those two people don't even live in Griffintown either!