Hi everyone, I'm new in this forum. Could anyone give me a recap of all the new proposals and under-construction buildings in Montreal?
ex:Quebecor Expansion, Ilot St. Antoine ........

Thanks alot!!

this thread might help

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=321788

Oh hey, thanks alot! It's exactly what I was searching for!

There are many great proposals; I hope they all get built; Montreal is such a magnificent city with a pretty dense downtown, and the skyline will greater with these, especially the taller ones.

There are many great proposals; I hope they all get built; Montreal is such a magnificent city with a pretty dense downtown, and the skyline will greater with these, especially the taller ones.

Yes! They are filling the parking lots by buildings!! And they really look good! Some are tall and some are beautiful!

I would love to see a Trump Montreal or Shangri-La Montreal...too bad there are the height restrictions. Just imagine this beauty at 70 stories:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/892/2865050lp.jpg

I would love to see a Trump Montreal or Shangri-La Montreal...too bad there are the height restrictions. Just imagine this beauty at 70 stories:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/892/2865050lp.jpg

YEah I know. Even if this tower gets built(at its original size, 28 floors), it'll be one of the best lookinig ones in the city.

Unfortunately, i haven't heard any news about this project in 2 years!

I'm afraid to say that this project might be dead!

I hope I'm wrong!

YEah I know. Even if this tower gets built(at its original size, 28 floors), it'll be one of the best lookinig ones in the city.

Unfortunately, i haven't heard any news about this project in 2 years!

I'm afraid to say that this project might be dead!

I hope I'm wrong!

Wow! It's already been 2 years since this building was proposed?? I'm affraid it's long gone. :bash:

June 29th, 2006
Montreal condo craze


Montreal's new high rollers
Richard Burnett


Who's buying all those new condos and will Montreal's condo boom go bust?

That sound you've been hearing in Montreal real estate circles the last couple of years is the sound of cold, hard cash. With each "ka-ching!" arrives yet another construction boom - and crane - the stuff of Montreal playwright David Fennario's nightmares, as sleek new high-rise condos rise up from downtown's dusty parking lots.
Real estate developers are building still more condos as American businessmen and foreigners jet in from overseas to snap up Montreal pieds-à-terre, downtown palaces like the historic Golden Square Mile's new deluxe 22-storey Roc Fleuri Condominiums on the corner of Drummond and De Maisonneuve, where penthouse units start at $2.8-million.

Across the street there's Le 1200, whose two monolithic 26-storey towers rise above its impressive faux-limestone arches. And then there's Le Crystal de la Montagne, an elegant 27-storey tower that boasts 131 "sumptuous" five-star condo-hotel suites and another 57 luxury condo residences.

But it's not just rich out-of-town high rollers who are buying up downtown condos, it's West Island and South Shore baby boomers, as well as young 25- to 30-year-old young adults who are purchasing more affordable condos in surrounding neighbourhoods.

"The boom is being fuelled by baby boomers who are still working, former homeowers whose children have moved out and now want to live close to their jobs," explains Paul Cardinal, senior market analyst for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. "Younger professionals aged 25 to 35 are

buying more affordable condos at around $200-$250 per square foot, while the luxury units go from $350 per square foot and up."

That compares to an average of $600 per square foot in Vancouver and $385 in Toronto.

Cardinal continues, "The Montreal condo market didn't really exist 10 years ago and it wasn't profitable for developers to build such projects, or build luxury penthouses atop condo high-rises. But now luxury condos are very popular. We still don't know how deep that market is, though, and developers are now testing the limits of the market."

The CMHC warns Montreal's condo construction boom may just be about ready to go bust. In 2004, condo construction in Montreal peaked with a record 10,503 new units, accounting for 35 per cent of all housing starts - up from 13 per cent in 1990. That number slipped to 8,758 in 2005, and the CMHC predicts condo construction will decrease further, to 8,000 units this year and to 7,000 units in 2007.

Meanwhile, the more telling number is the number of unsold new condos - it continues to increase, from just over 500 in 2001 to a whopping 2,000 unoccupied units this year.

"I'm not surprised the Montreal market has been able to sustain this kind of development since 1998, but the building cycle of new condos is now in a downturn," says Cardinal, quickly adding, "Construction has peaked, but prices haven't."

In other words, young Montrealers looking for a good deal won't necessarily find one in this market.

"Young Montrealers want to live downtown, but downtown is still the most expensive condo market," Cardinal says. "So they may want to look outside the downtown core in older neighbourhoods. Their first criteria is not to beat the market, but to buy what they want and what they can afford. This is still a good time to buy, there is a lot of choice, and because of the number of condos available out there, there is still the possibility to negotiate."

this is handy

http://i2.tinypic.com/24cfi8k.jpg

What happened with the new soccer stadium? Will it be built?

What happened with the new soccer stadium? Will it be built?

Ya, but Saputo wants to build it in the East. Close to the Olympic Stadium!! :bash: He still doesn't get it. If a franchise wants to succeed, it's gonna have to be in downtown!