Devimco, the embattled developer with big plans for the forlorn neighbourhood of Griffintown, south of Downtown, have finally unveiled their new, albeit considerably scaled-down plan for four new high-rise residential buildings, which they are now calling "District Griffin". The four buildings will be primarily residential with three condo buildings and one mixed 150 room, 3 star hotel/office building.  Stores will be located on the bottom floor but potential tenants and sizes remain to be seen.  The buildings will front rue Smith and will be bordered by Wellington to the north and west, ...

Image credits ― Google Maps Du Métro Montréal, le vendredi 16 avril : Le quartier Griffintown sera composé d'imposantes tours d'habitations, dont la hauteur maximale a été fixée à 75 m (20 étages). « Il faudra apprendre à vivre avec les hauteurs, a affirmé Richard Bergeron. Nous visons un quartier urbain et densifé. » D'après moi, le dimanche 18 avril : Avec plus de 26 000 habitants/km carré, Levallois-Perret (France), banlieue parisienne, compte parmi les communes les plus densément peuplées d'Europe. Ses « tours ...

Photo by Marketel After many weeks of waiting, this afternoon I finally had a chance to speak with Isabelle Hudon, chairperson of the board at the Société du Havre de Montréal (SHM) about her response to the Office de consultation publique (OCPM) report. Hudon spoke candidly in this audio interview and mentioned that the Bonaventure Project will move forward in the near future.

At the end of March, the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) plans to release it's report and recommendations from the Quartier Bonaventure consultation meetings in January. During this public consultation process, citizens voiced concern over the proposal to build a bus corridor on Rue Dalhousie in Griffintown. In this video I speak with Sami Hakim, an engineer and Griffintown property owner, as well as David Hanna, an urban planning professor at UQAM, who has studied this project ...

Breaking News: The three new buildings proposed by Société Dévelopment Angus on Boulevard Saint-Laurent will be smaller and longer in coming than originally planned,  Le Devoir reported yesterday. 2-22 Sainte-Catherine, the anchor building for arts organizations in the Quartier des Spectacles has shrunk from a 12-story flashy glass-fronted design, to a 5-story brick structure which promises to be more in harmony with the local architecture. Unsurprisingly, the artists for whom this project was conceived would not have been able to afford space in the building. Since this redesign actually fits within the area's urban plan, no further public consultations ...