MONTRÉAL :: Les Projets - Page 38

reidjr · #**741** Posted **Apr 28, 2011, 2:05 PM**

Has the project around the bell centre been approved?

harls · #**742** Posted **May 3, 2011, 4:59 PM**

Saw this on Yahoo "news", but it is probably not news here..

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/kevric-star...154408959.html

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Kevric starts work on new 35-storey office tower in downtown Montreal

MONTREAL - Construction company Kevric said Tuesday that work has started on its Altoria project, a 35-storey office and residential complex in Montreal.

Construction of the building which will have 10 floors of office space and 25 floors of residential space is expected to start next spring with office occupancy by the end of 2013 and condo occupancy by early 2014.

The project is expected to cost more than $100 million.

Kevric, co-owner and manager of Place Bonaventure in Montreal and a dozen buildings in Quebec and Ontario, said the Altoria project will be the first office building to start construction in downtown Montreal since 2000.

Rico Rommheim · #**743** Posted **May 4, 2011, 11:05 AM**

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the Altoria project will be the first office building to start construction in downtown Montreal since 2000.

Not to nitpick but I wouldn't consider this building an "office building", rather its a mixed use. Also, wouldn't the Quebecor tower (19 floors) built only a few blocks south count as an office building in "downtown"? Silly yahoo.

That being said, this is all good news! Been looking forward to see this thing go up for a while!!

MTLskyline · #**744** Posted **May 10, 2011, 3:09 AM**

A Skyscraperpage.com exclusive!

Proposal: 2985 St. Patrick - 6 floors

Replacing the fugly found here: http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sourc...52.19,,0,10.47

Robertpuant · #**745** Posted **May 10, 2011, 3:24 AM**

Lol MTLskyline, are you at war with MtlUrb? Nice find though! That thing sitting there right now is awful.. Glad to see it gone!

MTLskyline · #**746** Posted **May 10, 2011, 3:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by Robertpuant

Lol MTLskyline, are you at war with MtlUrb? Nice find though! That thing sitting there right now is awful.. Glad to see it gone!

I have an even better one coming. A very attractive high-rise. Renderings passed on by a friend.

Robertpuant · #**747** Posted **May 10, 2011, 3:31 AM**

Tell me / show me more!

MTLskyline · #**748** Posted **May 10, 2011, 3:42 AM**

ok, that was a somewhat lame exclusive, but I have a really good one for you now! I'm sorry for the quality, the pictures were not big.

Skyscraperpage.com EXCLUSIVE proposal:

51 Sherbrooke Ouest (~23 floors)

Location: Clark St. not far from Sherbrooke:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=51+sher...GZ13X0CUWFksAA

Have a good night!

Robertpuant · #**749** Posted **May 10, 2011, 4:20 AM**

That's a good one! 23 floors on that location is pretty good. Hope to see better quality photos soon.

big T · #**750** Posted **May 10, 2011, 5:12 AM**

Now you're talking! this is a pretty high profile corner, and 23 floors would be just about perfect in this spot given the natural elevation.
Next step: blow up the gas station and make the corner of st laurent more appealing to foot traffic.

Rico Rommheim · #**751** Posted **May 10, 2011, 12:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Proposal: 2985 St. Patrick - 6 floors

Wow! Great find MTL!

Rico Rommheim · #**752** Posted **May 10, 2011, 12:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Skyscraperpage.com EXCLUSIVE proposal:

51 Sherbrooke Ouest (~23 floors)

WOW! Alright! A nice tower in a part of town that really needs one! Cool stuff MTLskyline, thanks!

Rico Rommheim · #**753** Posted **May 10, 2011, 12:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by big T

Next step: blow up the gas station and make the corner of st laurent more appealing to foot traffic.

Completely in agreement. Everytime I pass by this spot I think the same thing, high-progile corners should always have high profile development. This is a rule that should also be applied asap to Maisonneuve/St-laurent, Jean-Talon/St-Laurent, and so on..

habfanman · #**754** Posted **May 10, 2011, 12:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Completely in agreement. Everytime I pass by this spot I think the same thing, high-progile corners should always have high profile development. This is a rule that should also be applied asap to Maisonneuve/St-laurent, Jean-Talon/St-Laurent, and so on..

That gas station looks like ass on that corner.

MolsonExport · #**755** Posted **May 10, 2011, 1:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by big T

Now you're talking! this is a pretty high profile corner, and 23 floors would be just about perfect in this spot given the natural elevation.
Next step: blow up the gas station and make the corner of st laurent more appealing to foot traffic.

I couldn't agree more. I hate that gas station. If I had a nickel for everytime a friend vomited on said gas station...

big T · #**756** Posted **May 10, 2011, 2:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I couldn't agree more. I hate that gas station. If I had a nickel for everytime a friend vomited on said gas station...

You're right, I almost forgot - it does have a tim hortons attached.

I couldn't think of many things less suited for this corner than the godawful Little Laval combo of a timmies and a gas station. I suppose we should be glad it doesn't have a drive through.

Rico, I agree completely re: Jean talon. About st Laurent, I think the most depressing part is the number of aborted projects we've seen for this block. At any given point there is at least one dead-on-arrival proposal floating around, which makes it hard to keep track of what's happening with this lot. I would say if it's going to take 20 years to figure out what to build on what has to be the most desirable vacant lot east of the main, at least make it a park or something in the meantime.
Then again knowing this city this may be a bad idea, we'd get stuck with goddamned shrubs forever.

Rant off.

GDS · #**757** Posted **May 10, 2011, 9:14 PM**

Building over the Notman house seems pretty unlikely. It was designated heritage in 1979 and we all know that in Montreal that means you can't remotely touch it. Even though the structure appears to be behind where the Societé St Margaret was, we all know the activists will kill this.

Fingers crossed though as it is definately quite interesting.

MARTY · #**758** Posted **May 11, 2011, 5:17 PM**

Dessau

Chaboillez Square

Client

City of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Scope of Work
Optimization study of the Chaboillez Square site for a 2.4 million sq. ft. real estate development.

This 194,000 sq. ft. site was chosen for the construction of 2.4 million sq. ft. of office space, distributed mainly in three towers (25+ floors each) built on a 10-floor podicum. The personnel at Plania, Dessau's urban planning and landscape architecture subsidiary, created several different development scenarios.

This allowed the team to select the option that best balanced development costs, profitability and urban integration issues, while minimizing impacts on local traffic.

Challenges

* Reconcile urban, economic and functional requirements.

© Dessau Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved

Rico Rommheim · #**759** Posted **May 11, 2011, 5:35 PM**

Cool! But is this a new proposal?

digitboy · #**760** Posted **May 12, 2011, 2:15 AM**

Allright, keep it coming Montreal !

MTLSkyline : Thanks for this scoop !