swansongtoo

I think market studies will help drive a final location of those available. Remember for a lot of people JC bridge is east of downtown, away from mass transit, not walkable from downtown (or long lonely walk if it is), middle of no where and far from city life once the game is over. Contrast that with hip, young, happening, rejuvenated Griffintown, immediately south of downtown (an area that will likely increasingly be knows as downtown south in the next years), SLR (for arguments sake), quick cab ride or somewhat walkable to the park and very close to city night life. Perception is reality.

Rénovations en cours au 1435 Crescent pour un nouveau Hooters. This place has been empty for a very long time good to see life returning to this address.

The location is actually quite good. Just one street south of ND so slightly closer to shops, restaurants than condos on rue des Bassins. Can't speak to the quality of the project but the location is in fact terrific.

Wow ... crazy how the new has nothing going on with the old. Shame nothing was incorporated to provide some minimal sense of harmony with the older structures. I'm not an architect but surely some inspiration could have come from the past. The yellow brick is just God awful.

New crane.

And this.

Nice view in front of le 1000.

Wow ... unless something is planned in the shor-term that stretch of street between RB and the Victoire ain't gonna be pretty.

Nice pic you need to visit the same spot in two years with TDC2 going up.

Indeed and just now saw the thread ... and remember reading through it! Thanks for the reminder.

Ceci peut être? Annonce coin ND et rue des Inspecteurs .... http://exaltocondos.ca

Black windows frames on the new construction would have added nice harmony and elegance.

Well you'd think the city was aware this change to the urban plan was needed and would have announced a date based on this requirement. I have to echo the sentiment ... typical.

Voici la preuve depuis Des Seigneurs et Lionel Groulx.

Wellington et Canal Lachine vers 12h30 aujourd'hui. I think TDC is a handsome structure from here.

Donc en face du merveilleux Coop Griffin.

So two questions on the Jerry pic. 1. Why no blue on the sales office? 2. Are those perennials? (There's a joke there ...)

Just what SO needs ...more HLM. Sure the Se7t people are thrilled.

Donc social housing = HLM ou Coop?

Crane going up!

It is huge larger than the property Preval is building on across the street. Great opportunity to increase density.

Well if doesn't get built it does not appear it will be due to a lack of support at city hall even Bergeron is on board. http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/no-signatures-as-maison-alcan-referendum-deadline-passes The deadline to sign a register asking for a referendum for the new Maison Alcan project has come and gone, with no residents coming forward. Citizens had until 4:30 p.m. Monday to sign the register. Twelve signatures were needed for a referendum to take place. Since none have done so, the project will move forward, with the final vote by the Ville-Marie borough to take place on Sept. 9. The plans by Cirque du Soleil, Yale Properties Limited and Lemay & Associeés call for part of the award-winning complex at Sherbrooke and Stanley Sts. to be demolished to make way for a 30-storey office building. The plans also include demolishing a 1920 armoury, except for its facade, and a 1981 office building that was part of the original project, which opened in 1983. Eliot Perrin, registrar at the Lake St. Louis Historical Society, who works across the street from the building, told the Montreal Gazette that he and many of his colleagues wanted to sign the register, but were unable to do so because of “incredible hurdles.” He says they only found out about the register on Monday through an article in the Montreal Gazette, and had a very difficult time deciphering the zoning map provided on the city’s website, which showed who was allowed to request a referendum. They had hoped to sign for the institution they work for, but their board of directors would have had to pass an amendment allowing them to do so, according to the city’s notice. Because of the short notice, this was not possible. Perrin said the public notices — which include an ad in Le Devoir, a posting on the city’s website and a sign in front of the building — were unacceptable. He added that he would have attended a public consultation on the project held on June 25 — the day after St-Jean Baptiste Day — if he had known about it. At the very least, the Ville-Marie borough should have informed nearby residents and corporations by letter, he said. “For us, the whole process has been incredibly maddening. It just seemed like it was over before we even knew the process had started,” he said. “I think that there is a complete democratic deficit going on here.” City spokesperson Richard Bergeron, an independent councillor and member of the executive committee, said the city has followed the law on urban planning. “They are pretending today that they didn’t see this project pass, that we are trying to hide things,” he said. “We did everything correctly, but they did not see it.” Bergeron says the project will only improve the original structure and help revitalize the downtown.

C'est tu moi qui en arrache sur le site Sotramount ... mais je ne vois rien pour ce projet? ...

This will be a unique visual if you happen to own a TOM condo facing in that direction!

Old and new can coexist very well together I just wish the new included elements of the area's history. Agree with Scarlet this fits well with ETS, very modern, the large amount of windows give the structure a breezy airy (is that a word?) feel ... but a nod to the past would be welcome however modest.