ville-marie Tour des Canadiens - 50 étages

[Davidbourque]

Daccord, et le fait de vendre la tour comme étant un sous produit des Canadiens me laisse très perplexe...

[MartinMtl]

Daccord, et le fait de vendre la tour comme étant un sous produit des Canadiens me laisse très perplexe...

 

C'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. Faire l'achat d'une propriété est un acte sérieux qui doit être guidé par des considérations sérieuses. Me semble qu'acheter un condo juste parce qu'il y a le logo des Canadiens sur la tour, c'est franchement ridicule. Dans mon cas, ce serait plutôt un élément négatif, trouvant l'association avec les Canadiens parfaitement quétaine.

[Davidbourque]

Et je me demande si cette tour n'as pas pour but de faire baissé la part payé par le centre Bell sur les taxes foncières du terrain.

[swansongtoo]

Dans mon cas, ce serait plutôt un élément négatif, trouvant l'association avec les Canadiens parfaitement quétaine.

 

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D'accord avec toi -- la imagine si t'as l'option de reveter tes armoires de cuisine avec le CH LOL

[Rusty]

C'est vrai swan ... Je préfers l'Avenue, bien plus beau

[KOOL]

Les 48 étages, c'est coulé dans le béton (sorry pour le jeu de mots pourri) ou ça pourrait être plus en fonction des ventes ?

 

Je suis d'accord pour la pub quétaine. Ça devrait être positionné comme une adresse prestigieuse et non une taverne pour les bouffons alccolisés de la section Molson Export.

[IluvMTL]

http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/article/1251910--tour-des-canadiens-is-icing-on-the-cake

 

September 6, 2012

RYAN STARR

 

Who would’ve thought the Montreal Canadiens would want to emulate anything being done by the Toronto Maple Leafs these days.

 

But that’s precisely what the Habs’ ownership is shooting for with Tour des Canadiens, a $175-million, 48-storey, 534-unit condo tower that will be built beside and connected to the hockey club’s home, Bell Centre.

 

The condo project is being modelled on what Leafs’ owners Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) did with Maple Leaf Square, a complex located just west of the Air Canada Centre that includes twin tower condos, offices, retail space, a sports bar, restaurants and a hotel.

 

MLSE developed Maple Leaf Square in partnership with Lanterra Developments and Cadillac Fairview Corp.; the latter is a partner in the development of Tour Des Canadiens.

 

“Cadillac Fairview saw the success of Maple Leaf Square — it was done so well and really revitalized that part of Toronto — and they wanted to do the same thing in Montreal,” explains Riz Dhanji, vice president of sales and marketing for Canderel Residential, which is developing Tour des Canadiens with Cadillac Fairview, the Canadiens’ ownership and the Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ, Quebec’s largest pension fund.

 

“They see this as an opportunity to revitalize this part of Montreal’s central core,” Dhanji says. “Their thinking was, ‘It worked well in Toronto, let’s take the same sort of branding we’ve done and do this with the Canadiens.’“

 

Tour des Canadiens will be the tallest residential tower in the city. The top of the building will bear the Habs’ iconic logo.

 

Canderel is also the developer of Toronto’s gargantuan condo Aura, the 78-storey tower going up at Yonge St. and Gerrard Ave. that will be the tallest residential building in Canada when completed in 2014.

 

Once Tour des Canadiens is finished in 2016, Canderel can lay claim to having built the tallest condos in Eastern Canada’s two major metropolises. It’s a fact not lost on Dhanji, who won’t deny his company’s preoccupation with size. “We just like doing big things,” he quips.

 

Designed by architects Cardinal Hardy and Martin Marcotte/Beinhaker, Tour des Canadiens will be located at Centennial Plaza, at the corner of rue de la Montagne and l’Avenue des Canadiens.

 

The site is currently home to an outdoor museum, opened in 2008, that commemorates the Canadiens centennial with statues of legendary players and 20,000 personalized bricks purchased by Habs fans. (The statues and bricks will be removed during construction but incorporated back into the new building.)

 

Geoff Molson, the owner, president and CEO of the hockey club, said the condo project represents the “beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Montreal Canadiens.”

 

The condo tower will stand on an elevated platform that will house indoor parking and a lightbox on the second floor to showcase public art.

 

The development will also include a two-storey sports bar, à la Real Sports Bar and Grill at Maple Leaf Square.

 

The condo’s amenity spaces — a landscaped rooftop terrace and a party room — will be located on top of the parking block.

 

The tower rises above the parking area. The suite mix at Tour des Canadiens will include one and two-bedroom condos, as well as penthouses. Units range from 332 square feet up to 2,000 square feet.

 

Prices start at $250,000. The project is slated to go on sale in early fall.

 

No suite details were available at press time, but Huma Design has taken a “European approach” to the design of the condos, the developers note, and all the units will have open-concept layouts.

 

Tour des Canadiens will be the only residential building in Montreal with covered access to Bell Centre, as well as connections to Montreal’s largest intermodal transit hub (with Metro and VIA Rail service) and the downtown’s famed underground city.

 

The condo will be connected to Bell Centre more than just physically. Purchasers will get Canadiens-related perks, Dhanji says, like the opportunity to skate with buddies at centre ice, and preferred rates on tickets and merchandise.

 

Despite Canderel being a Montreal-based company, Tour des Canadiens is the first condo that the builder has done in that city. “The condo market is becoming a lot more sophisticated in Montreal,” Dhanji says. “There are a number of new condo buildings (especially around Bell Centre) and condo living is becoming more understood. The downtown core is becoming more of a central place where people want to live. So it made sense to do this project.”

 

While it’s a Montreal development, Tour des Canadiens is attracting a fair share of attention from Toronto buyers, he indicates. “From our registrations, we’re seeing a lot interest in Toronto, because a lot of people from Montreal are living in Toronto and they’re looking at buying a pied-à-terre in Montreal.”

 

Canderel has also had registrations from across the U.S., California in particular, Dhanji notes. “They all have this affinity for the Canadiens. And if they want to be right up close to the Habs, this is the place to be.”

 

Habitating with Les Habitants

 

Location: Rue de la Montagne and l’Avenue des Canadiens, Montreal

 

Developers: Candereal Residential Group, Cadillac Fairview, Club de hockey Canadien consortium, Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ.

 

Architect: Cardinal Hardy and Martin Marcotte/Beinhaker

 

Interiors: Huma Design

 

Size: 48 storeys

 

Suites: 534, from 332 sq. ft. to 2,000 sq. ft.

 

Prices: From $250,000

 

Sales: Fall 2012

 

Register:tourdescanadiens.com

[Rocco]

250,000$ pour un 332 p.c. = 750$ du pied carré... Sont fou ou quoi? La ''prime'' pour l'association avec les ''Habs'' vaut-elle si cher que ça? Ridicule.

[Rusty]

C'est tout a fait normal ... Tu paies pour ou tu es ... c'est vrai c'est fou, mais ca a de lallure

[Habsfan]

Build it, and they will come!!!