MONTRÉAL :: Les Projets

[MTLDevelopment]

OSM (03/07/2010-17/12/2010) -Part 2-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqQGXnvk-Tw

[Darkoshvilli]

Originally Posted by big T

Cool, we were neighbours then.
I always wondered what it was like inside? From the street it sure looks like it's seen better days, and quite a few units have tinfoil all over the windows... not exactly the most engaging first impression.
The view must be pretty unique though if you're high enough and facing south.

It was actually not bad at all on the inside. Everything was up-kept for the most part, the hallways were nice and clean with carpets and lamps. The janitor was pretty cool and very helpful. I was on the 9th floor looking south so the view wasn't much. We had a nice view of the oratory though.

[MolsonExport]

^I enjoyed my view of the Oratory from the rooftop patio on my building (corner Victoria and Chemin de la Cote St. Luc). I could see Ontario, New York State, Vermont, as well as Sainte Anne de Bellevue, Sorel, Downtown Montreal, Laval, etc. when the air was clear.

[ErickMontreal]

"Cette ville que j'aime pour son grand cœur, derrière laquelle on cache nos peurs, tu m'as fait oublier mes erreurs, St-Viateur je t'aime comme une sœur, Oh Montréal.....Québec."

Joey Cape
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[G.S MTL]

anyone know whats happening with the giffintown towers?? those 2x 60 storey ?...... I hope its not cancelled.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by G.S MTL

anyone know whats happening with the giffintown towers?? those 2x 60 storey ?...... I hope its not cancelled.

Are you serious? This was a "fantasy" proposal from the start and it never went further than that.

[mr.John]

2x60 storeys in Montreal...I think you've been hitting the bottle a little early in your new year's celebrations, seriously the project that's been announced over 6 months ago calls for towers (one or two) no more than 20 floors high and in typical Montreal fashion even this project seems to be going nowhere

[lake of the nations]

Originally Posted by mr.John

2x60 storeys in Montreal...I think you've been hitting the bottle a little early in your new year's celebrations, seriously the project that's been announced over 6 months ago calls for towers (one or two) no more than 20 floors high and in typical Montreal fashion even this project seems to be going nowhere

G.S MTL is talking about another project : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=580317

However, it is true that is was not a serious project at all. Rockland Hakim was just trying to raise the land value.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by G.S MTL

anyone know whats happening with the giffintown towers?? those 2x 60 storey ?...... I hope its not cancelled.

Is that the project called pieinthesky?

[habfanman]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Is that the project called pieinthesky?

The tentative name was 'Sore Thumb Towers' as they would have stood out as such: two of the most disasterous examples of poor Montréal planning since the 60's, 70's, 80's. Or Toronto today.

Plus, they would have had to post 24 hour guards to shoo away the dozen or so height fetishists who would gather to masturbate in the courtyard. The ones who can't afford the flight to Dubai or China to satisfy their 'needs'!

[habfanman]

One of my favourite Montréal love songs:

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[mr.John]

the Quebecois stairway to heaven
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[ErickMontreal]

Originally Posted by mr.John

the Quebecois stairway to heaven
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He should move to the Waste-Island and maybe they would threat to separate... which would be...anyhow !

[MTLskyline]

Video about the new 40-floor Marriott Hotel project on René-Lévesque:
http://tvanouvelles.ca/video/le-groupe-canvar-s'appr%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-construire-un.../739544311001

[G.S MTL]

wow!!! 40 etages!!!! honestly a 135m tower would b nice ..

[G.S MTL]

some Altoria News in Novembver 2010

http://www.lesaffaires.com/secteurs-...toria/520872/1

So it will be built!

Can someone update the Montreal diagrams...Under Construction etc....

[Surrealplaces]

I'm not sure if you've seen this already. Thought I'd post it here for you guys.

Demand for new Montreal office tower growing, report says

http://www.montrealgazette.com/busin...116/story.html

[yarabundi]

Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Video about the new 40-floor Marriott Hotel project on René-Lévesque:
http://tvanouvelles.ca/video/le-groupe-canvar-s'appr%C3%AAte-%C3A0-construire-un.../739544311001

Trois erreurs que je retiens de ce reportage : tout d'abord, quand le chef d'antenne affirme que la construction commencera en 2011 alors que selon moi dès lors qu'on en est à l'étape de la "stabilisation des sols" comme l'affirme les journaliste dans son topo on peut considérer que la construction a déjà commencé puisque c'est déjà un chantier. Puis, l'échéance des travaux : automne 2012. C'est impossible !! Ça prendra au moins six mois pour voir la tour sortir de terre : alors ça me surprendrait qu'on puisse finir la tour en moins de six mois après ça. De plus on sait que l'échéancier annoncé prévoit que l'édifice sera terminé à l'automne 2012. Troisièmement, le journaliste n'a même pas été capable de nommer correctement l'autre autel construit par Canvar l'appelant le Hilton Garden Hotel.
De plus, son texte est mal formulé laissant entendre que l'hotel pourrait se trouver au-dessus des étages d'appartements alors que l'hotel sera dans le podium (ou basiliaire si vous préférez) : la tour sera occupée exclusivement par les appartements. Cela n'est pas à proprement parlé un erreur mais une mauvaise formulation par un journaliste qui ne sait pas faire son travail correctement : TVA a dû envoyer un petit nouveau pour faire ce topo. Pour ma part, je considère qu'il n'a pas passé le test.
De plus, le reportage date du 5 janvier 2011 et des évocations du futur édifice sont connu depuis plus de deux semaines : ces évocations ont été mises en ligne sur mtlurbs depuis le 20 décembre 2010. Comment se fait-il que Canvar n'ait pas cru bon de fournir ces documents au journaliste de TVA (qui n'a sans doute pas osé en demander !!??)

évocations : http://www.mtlurb.com/forums/showthr...©tages/page49

Ce chef d'antenne et ce journaliste ont tous les deux manqué de rigueur mais puisque ça vient de TVA ça ne me surprend pas !!

[le calmar]

So that makes 4 reasonably high towers confirmed to be (or being) U/C at the same time in Montreal in 2011: 40 (Marriott), 33 (Altitude), 33 (Altoria) and 31 (Évolo) floors. And if we're lucky the construction of the W-A (34 floors) will also start this summer as expected. It's been a while since we saw so many towers being built at the same time in this city.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by le calmar

So that makes 4 reasonably high towers confirmed to be (or being) U/C at the same time in Montreal in 2011: 40 (Marriott), 33 (Altitude), 33 (Altoria) and 31 (Évolo) floors. And if we're lucky the construction of the W-A (34 floors) will also start this summer as expected. It's been a while since we saw so many towers being built at the same time in this city.

The first tower of Symphonia is 26 floors and should also start in 2011; plus Triomphe (21 floors) on Drummond; the two first towers of District Griffin, at 20 floors each; and the the third tower of the Seville project, also 20 floors. Not very high, but still.