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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
This is the first time I've checked this thread since at least the beginning of the year (more like a whole year likely) and I can't believe how excited I am! Somehow I thought we were in a building lag with the economy and real estate bubble so I assumed most things were on hold, but then I started seeing all these towers I didn't recognise in the post pictures of your city thread and had to investigate. I almost feel like I won the lottery or something.
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It must be extremely satisfying to be caught off guard like that ! Here in Montreal downtown development rate went from zilch to picking-up-steam over the past few years, and in 2015 reached a fever pitch (by our standards at least) which should be sustained until 2018 at least.
skyscraper development comes in waves here; every 20-30 years a sizable new batch comes along and we're pretty much right in the midst of one such wave. As someone who only became very interested in urbanity and skylines around 2010, I feel like my timing couldn't have been any better. Many of the city's taller towers have either just been built (Altoria, Marriott, Deloitte), or are in the process of being built (Rocabella, TDC, Icone, Avenue, YUL).
5 years ago had I shown these photos to an Montreal SSP or a Mtlurb member, it would have elicited a pants-jizzing 'omg please let this happen' type of response without a doubt. Now we bicker over which of the new towers will be the least mediocre out of the bunch. It's a nice change of pace tbh.