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1. You forgot Adonis, Provigo, a few local establishments, high-end restaurants, pharmacies, retail etc... Go by Griffintown and see all the new restaurants and shops, same with the new Bell Centre Cluster. Or Prevel'a 21 project where it's all local restaurants at street level with more to come. Literally only two McDonald's and two Starbucks opened up in new developments. Or how about the new food hall coming to Carre St. Laurent? there's more to just "Starbucks and Mcdonalds"
2. I have family in the real estate and construction business, and the quality of glass is much higher here due to regulations. Not only is it nicer, but it doesn't fall easily like they do in Toronto.
3. It is now a skyscraper city, the boom clearly suggests that. They aren't the tallest but it's evolving and it's really not hard to see. And also, if RoyalMount goes the way the developers want it, you're going to see dozens of towers between 120-180m going up in that area.
Our office is attached to the Bell Centre. The general consensus within our entire office of 500+ is that the area is borrring as FFFF. During lunch, there's very little options - no Provigo, St. Hubert, and La Cage are not viable daily lunch venues for office workers. And the Provigo is ridiculously overpriced with sub-par lunch and dinner options: the only reason people go there is because there isn't a better option nearby. Our office got so many complaints from employees that we ended up opening our own cafeteria with more healthy options cooked onsite, along with a bakery and a snack stand that was recently opened by Cadillac Fairview the building landlord.
Also, I believe when people describe skyscrapers in today's urban context, it's more attributed to buildings 300 m +, or on average 80 floors+. That's why I say that Montreal will not become another Toronto or Chicago or Miami in the sense that you'll never see supertalls due to zoning restrictions. It's neither good nor bad, just a fact and most Montrealers I'm sure would agree that it should stay this way.
Our office is attached to the Bell Centre. The general consensus within our entire office of 500+ is that the area is borrring as FFFF. During lunch, there's very little options - no Provigo, St. Hubert, and La Cage are not viable daily lunch venues for office workers. And the Provigo is ridiculously overpriced with sub-par lunch and dinner options: the only reason people go there is because there isn't a better option nearby. Our office got so many complaints from employees that we ended up opening our own cafeteria with more healthy options cooked onsite, along with a bakery and a snack stand that was recently opened by Cadillac Fairview the building landlord.
Also, I believe when people describe skyscrapers in today's urban context, it's more attributed to buildings 300 m +, or on average 80 floors+. That's why I say that Montreal will not become another Toronto or Chicago or Miami in the sense that you'll never see supertalls due to zoning restrictions. It's neither good nor bad, just a fact and most Montrealers I'm sure would agree that it should stay this way.
Bier Markt, Europea, Deca 77, Taverne 1909 and all the other cafes and restaurants that are literally a block further from Deloitte tower. Or Crescent and Bishop street that's food steps away. When I was working around that area I had no problems finding good food or something interesting to do. Wanted a beer before going back to work? cheap food? something fancy? all around that area. Sure you got the meh Baton Rouge and Madison's but there are more options than you're giving credit too
For the skyscraper thing, not really. Nerds? yes, supertalls = skyscrapers but Urban Planners and city officials will consider anything 100m+ as skyscrapers. Montreal quadrupled its 200m towers with recent announcements and more than doubled 150m towers in the past few years. I'm happy about this transformation and it was well needed since we're 20+ years behind on this. Plus, it's only happening downtown so it's not destroying any charm at all.
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Nice pic DJ however That Royal Mount project is being placed in an insane section of the city, theres already grid lock in many parts of that area ,to put this project at the top of Decarie is poor planning IMO as the the area looks like this most of the time =http://www.projetmontreal.org/problemes_mobilite
Nice pic DJ however That Royal Mount project is being placed in an insane section of the city, theres already grid lock in many parts of that area ,to put this project at the top of Decarie is poor planning IMO as the the area looks like this most of the time =L
Needs a metro stop right in the heart of this planned area for it to make sense. They can’t widen any roads there.
A slight correction: it is not strictly an "LRT" - the precise word is "Light Metro". LRT implies that it is on street-level and intersects with traffic at certain points. The REM is either elevated or underground, fully-automated, and uses subway-style trains.
To answer the question: construction on all 4 lines of the REM have started. Some segments - like the bridge-link to South Shore stations, is already complete and awaiting track and electrical installation. The first train prototype is scheduled to arrive from Alstom France in November 2019. The most complex part of the project - Mont Royal tunnel refurbishing and P.E. Trudeau airport underground terminal - have also started.
A slight correction: it is not strictly an "LRT" - the precise word is "Light Metro". LRT implies that it is on street-level and intersects with traffic at certain points. The REM is either elevated or underground, fully-automated, and uses subway-style trains.
To answer the question: construction on all 4 lines of the REM have started. Some segments - like the bridge-link to South Shore stations, is already complete and awaiting track and electrical installation. The first train prototype is scheduled to arrive from Alstom France in November 2019. The most complex part of the project - Mont Royal tunnel refurbishing and P.E. Trudeau airport underground terminal - have also started.
1. 3.56M square feet U/C in the GMA, with 2.045M being downtown
2. 2.4M square feet in absorption for the whole GMA
3. Coworking spaces are rapidly rising
4. Between the new National Bank HQ, Victoria Sur Le Parc and 628 St. Jaques, all three are worth $1.3B and they're located next to each other as well.
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