pointe-claire Place Frontenac - 11, 11, 11, 12 étages

[dmg]

La Place Frontenac appartenait jusqu'à récemment à Cominar et ils ont toujours eu de la difficulté à louer ces espaces. Je suis certain qu'ils étaient très heureux de vendre cette propriété à un développeur.

 

[SameGuy]

1 hour ago, jesseps said:

What is inside the current Place Frontenac? 

The new project does look pretty cool and would change the way the area looks.

I kind of love how they are trying to make streetside on Brunswick and Revcon look like walkable neighborhoods, when they are anything but… In fact they are so bad — and so automobile-dominated — that the city chose not to build their main east-west bike path along Brunswick, opting instead to put it on Labrosse, a long block to the north.

[LexD]

40 minutes ago, SameGuy said:

I kind of love how they are trying to make streetside on Brunswick and Revcon look like walkable neighborhoods, when they are anything but… In fact they are so bad — and so automobile-dominated — that the city chose not to build their main east-west bike path along Brunswick, opting instead to put it on Labrosse, a long block to the north.

you gotta start somewhere, and this is a good place to start

[SameGuy]

Good point. 👍🏼

[SameGuy]

Also quite possible the old Pop Shoppe (Tim Hortons, Copper Branch, etc) is in some developer’s bullseye as land around Fairview becomes scarce.

[budgebandit]

32 minutes ago, SameGuy said:

Also quite possible the old Pop Shoppe (Tim Hortons, Copper Branch, etc) is in some developer’s bullseye as land around Fairview becomes scarce.

That lot is definitely on borrowed time. Excellent location 

[go_habs_go]

3 hours ago, SameGuy said:

Also quite possible the old Pop Shoppe (Tim Hortons, Copper Branch, etc) is in some developer’s bullseye as land around Fairview becomes scarce.

 

3 hours ago, budgebandit said:

That lot is definitely on borrowed time. Excellent location 

Agree, I think we will see more and more development around that area in the next few years. Exciting times!

[SameGuy]

Pointe-Claire: A city without a vision, says disenchanted councillor 

"Where are we headed — an eventual population of 40,000, 50,000, 60,000?" asks councillor Brent Cowan after city approves high-rise project 

John Meagher  •  Montreal Gazette

Sep 16, 2021  •  September 17, 2021 

Less than two months before the Nov. 7 municipal election, Pointe-Claire councillor Brent Cowan is speaking out against the city’s increasing densification after another massive residential project was approved.

Cowan said the city is “without a vision” after council voted last week to approve the demolition of the existing buildings at Place Frontenac, at the corner of Brunswick Blvd. and Revcon Ave., and replace it with a high-rise apartment project.

Cowan and two other councillors voted against project, which came about after the city rezoned the area across the street from the Brunswick Medical Centre from commercial to residential.

“Over 700 apartments will be constructed on that spot adding to congestion and ensuring that commercial development of the type that the City Planning Program and City Centre Special Planning Program had envisioned there will not now be possible,” Cowan wrote in an email after the meeting.

“What is the point of enshrining these well-thought-out plans into bylaw if we divert with the first sparkling jewel that comes along? Council should have greater discipline to stay the course.”

Cowan also criticized the city’s direction to become the “downtown” of the West Island.

“In our haste to make way for almost every high-density housing project that comes along, there has been no discussion as to at what point enough is enough. What should our target population growth be?

“When this council was elected our population was just over 32,000. The Cadillac-Fairview development concept alone calls for an additional 5,000 apartment units… Where are we headed — an eventual population of 40,000, 50,000, 60,000?

“There has been nothing said of this. So what is being planned for by the various departments in our city administration? I can only guess that that we will just have to wait and see and that the administration, in want of a guiding vision provided them by council, have adopted the same approach. That is not my idea of how to manage a city at any time, let alone in a period of great change.”

Interestingly, two other councillors Tara Stainforth and Eric Stork, also voted against the project, while five others voted in favour.

“I’m not the lone black sheep,” said Cowan, who added he’s received support from citizens who also disagree with the city’s direction under Mayor John Belvedere and city manager Robert Weemaes.

“Seven months into (Belvedere’s) mandate, I asked a question of council: What’s our vision?”

The response, he said, was “zip, nothing. No response.”

Belvedere denied the city is being overdeveloped and said the Place Frontenac project was approved because it offers much-needed apartment rental units in Pointe-Claire. The site is also ideally located close to public transit, including the future Fairview REM station, he said.

“It’s walking distance to everything. You can walk to Maxi plaza, to St-Jean Blvd. restaurants, you can walk across the street to get the bus. Location-wise, without having to use cars, it’s phenomenal. And it’s not backing onto any residential (properties) so nobody can complain you’re looking into my backyard kind of thing,” the mayor said.

“At the end of the day, it’s in a location that people ask, ‘Why not use existing spaces and commercial spaces, instead of cutting down trees and using green space to build new developments?

“It’s a much better project than what is there now,” Belvedere added. “There is zero green space there now and the new project will have 34 per cent green space.”

He said the developer, Jadco Corp., has also committed to a car and bike-sharing service and an electric shuttle service to the future REM.

Mayoralty candidate Tim Thomas said the city has blundered by approving another high-rise project in an already congested part of the West Island.

“Can you imagine trying to drive up or down St-Jean Blvd. when all these projects are built in that area?  It’s going to be a nightmare for the  residents in the Hermitage neighbourhood.”

Thomas was pleased to see Cowan and others break ranks with the rest of council, although he pointed out it happened as the election draws near.

“I’ve been campaigning door-to-door and the public is very upset about where Pointe-Claire is heading,” he said.

jmeagher@postmedia.com

[FrancSoisD]

On 2021-10-04 at 10:00 AM, SameGuy said:

Pointe-Claire: A city without a vision, says disenchanted councillor 

"Where are we headed — an eventual population of 40,000, 50,000, 60,000?" asks councillor Brent Cowan after city approves high-rise project 

John Meagher  •  Montreal Gazette

Sep 16, 2021  •  September 17, 2021 

Less than two months before the Nov. 7 municipal election, Pointe-Claire councillor Brent Cowan is speaking out against the city’s increasing densification after another massive residential project was approved.

Cowan said the city is “without a vision” after council voted last week to approve the demolition of the existing buildings at Place Frontenac, at the corner of Brunswick Blvd. and Revcon Ave., and replace it with a high-rise apartment project.

Cowan and two other councillors voted against project, which came about after the city rezoned the area across the street from the Brunswick Medical Centre from commercial to residential.

“Over 700 apartments will be constructed on that spot adding to congestion and ensuring that commercial development of the type that the City Planning Program and City Centre Special Planning Program had envisioned there will not now be possible,” Cowan wrote in an email after the meeting.

“What is the point of enshrining these well-thought-out plans into bylaw if we divert with the first sparkling jewel that comes along? Council should have greater discipline to stay the course.”

Cowan also criticized the city’s direction to become the “downtown” of the West Island.

“In our haste to make way for almost every high-density housing project that comes along, there has been no discussion as to at what point enough is enough. What should our target population growth be?

“When this council was elected our population was just over 32,000. The Cadillac-Fairview development concept alone calls for an additional 5,000 apartment units… Where are we headed — an eventual population of 40,000, 50,000, 60,000?

“There has been nothing said of this. So what is being planned for by the various departments in our city administration? I can only guess that that we will just have to wait and see and that the administration, in want of a guiding vision provided them by council, have adopted the same approach. That is not my idea of how to manage a city at any time, let alone in a period of great change.”

Interestingly, two other councillors Tara Stainforth and Eric Stork, also voted against the project, while five others voted in favour.

“I’m not the lone black sheep,” said Cowan, who added he’s received support from citizens who also disagree with the city’s direction under Mayor John Belvedere and city manager Robert Weemaes.

“Seven months into (Belvedere’s) mandate, I asked a question of council: What’s our vision?”

The response, he said, was “zip, nothing. No response.”

Belvedere denied the city is being overdeveloped and said the Place Frontenac project was approved because it offers much-needed apartment rental units in Pointe-Claire. The site is also ideally located close to public transit, including the future Fairview REM station, he said.

“It’s walking distance to everything. You can walk to Maxi plaza, to St-Jean Blvd. restaurants, you can walk across the street to get the bus. Location-wise, without having to use cars, it’s phenomenal. And it’s not backing onto any residential (properties) so nobody can complain you’re looking into my backyard kind of thing,” the mayor said.

“At the end of the day, it’s in a location that people ask, ‘Why not use existing spaces and commercial spaces, instead of cutting down trees and using green space to build new developments?

“It’s a much better project than what is there now,” Belvedere added. “There is zero green space there now and the new project will have 34 per cent green space.”

He said the developer, Jadco Corp., has also committed to a car and bike-sharing service and an electric shuttle service to the future REM.

Mayoralty candidate Tim Thomas said the city has blundered by approving another high-rise project in an already congested part of the West Island.

“Can you imagine trying to drive up or down St-Jean Blvd. when all these projects are built in that area?  It’s going to be a nightmare for the  residents in the Hermitage neighbourhood.”

Thomas was pleased to see Cowan and others break ranks with the rest of council, although he pointed out it happened as the election draws near.

“I’ve been campaigning door-to-door and the public is very upset about where Pointe-Claire is heading,” he said.

jmeagher@postmedia.com

Could someone please tell that "dino" councillor that low-density urban sprawl like the one that gave birth to Point Claire belongs to the past century, and that this town isn't a village anymore, but a densifying suburb of a 4 million-plus metropolis? (Sheesh!)

P.S.: There are only mid-rises in this project, no whatsoever high-rises!

[SameGuy]

1 minute ago, FrancSoisD said:

Someone please tell that "dino" councillor that low-density urban sprawl like the one that gave birth to Point Claire belongs to the past century, and that this town isn't a village anymore? (Sheesh!)

P.S.: There are only mid-rises in this project, no whatsoever high-rises!

💯💯💯

I posted the article as found, but yep. Suburban politicos, man.