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The immediate area to the South and West have also seen buildings from 80 metres to 168 metres going up or complete. Currently, two 120 metre buildings are going up to the West, next to the Bell Centre are buildings of ~70 metres, 143 metres and 147.5 metres going up, with another proposed 35-floor high-rise going up where the Baton Rouge currently stands. I do know between 2011-2016 population in this small area increased 155% and from the completion of the buildings till now, I'd say about 5,000 units have been added, along with 500,000 sq ft of office space and a few hundred hotel rooms. There is also the Quad Windsor project that is still on going but there has been radio silence since the launch of Tour des Canadiens phase 3. The project has been downscaled dramatically and it seems like we will be getting 5-6 buildings of the "Montreal standard" of 120 metre boxes and more condos than office space.
Brossard's new downtown has been in evolution since 2011. It started with Dix-30, a 2.7 million sq ft lifestyle centre with ~311 stores/services according to the site. This was followed by two pivotal investments, the REM, a 67-km rapid transit system currently U/C and Solar Uniquarter, a $1.5B TOD investment which will lead to 500,000 sq ft of commercial space, 600,000 sq ft of office space and more than 4,000 units built.
The Bell Centre area looks great. I hope they keep building on it. Perfect location to densify the skyline.
I also really like what they did here: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4940...7i16384!8i8192
Maintained the standard "up North" rowhouse design, but fully modernized it. I love this look.
As for Brossard, yeah, the transformation is quite something. I used to live in the "S" area (between Marie-Victorin and Pelletier off of Rome) and always felt like the town could use a bit "more" development of this form.
Dix-30 has been a great success, and I am sure this will too, considering the general demographic there.
I will say, however, that I wish this sort of thing was being built more in the center of town, somewhere along Taschereau, as I feel like that whole drag has been neglected quite severely since the early 90s. It looks the EXACT SAME as it did when I was a kid.
The Bell Centre area looks great. I hope they keep building on it. Perfect location to densify the skyline.
I also really like what they did here: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4940...7i16384!8i8192
Maintained the standard "up North" rowhouse design, but fully modernized it. I love this look.
As for Brossard, yeah, the transformation is quite something. I used to live in the "S" area (between Marie-Victorin and Pelletier off of Rome) and always felt like the town could use a bit "more" development of this form.
Dix-30 has been a great success, and I am sure this will too, considering the general demographic there.
I will say, however, that I wish this sort of thing was being built more in the center of town, somewhere along Taschereau, as I feel like that whole drag has been neglected quite severely since the early 90s. It looks the EXACT SAME as it did when I was a kid.
Slowly some condos have gone up along Taschereau and Longueuil is next with their downtown, followed by Panama. So by 2030, the South Shore will have three new "downtown" areas. I think there is also a tramway proposed along Taschereau connecting La Prairie to Longueuil
Warehouse District is probably correct for downtown, though a block up Hillsborough (Glenwood South) is beginning to explode.
That said, North Hills began quite the transformation with the Park District ten years ago.
That image was circa 2003, when the mall portion at the top half got remodeled. But the bottom half stayed pretty much as is until 2012 with the Park District expansion.
The next billion dollar expansion of the North Hills Innovation District is starting now, and will run into another billion dollar development called Midtown East that has started. On top of that, the main mall section is getting a $350 million makeover with a few towers put in where the old JC Penney’s store was. That whole area of North Raleigh is basically unrecognizable.
I agree that what's happening at North Hills has been beyong substantial, but I didn't choose it as my example because it's basically all under a single umbrella of a giant planned development that just keeps growing. I also agree that Glenwood South is making some serious noise right now and it's likely going to be unrecognizable in 2030 with several new towers. The entire west side of downtown Raleigh from the top of Glenwood South to the bottom of the Warehouse District is going to be really something by the end of this decade.
To me, one of the biggest changes was removing the waterfront viaduct, burying the highway in a tunnel, and the continuation of reconstructing the entire waterfront including new seawalls, aquarium addition, and ferry terminal.
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some condos have gone up along Taschereau and Longueuil is next with their downtown, followed by Panama. So by 2030, the South Shore will have three new "downtown" areas. I think there is also a tramway proposed along Taschereau connecting La Prairie to Longueuil
