Almost three years after its announcement, the transformation of the former municipal road yard of the Multimedia City into an energy-efficient building with 250 apartments has just started.
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Ivanhoé Cambridge, Caisse de dépôt’s real estate arm, is piloting this project carried out in consortium.
When it was announced in 2019, the project, called “Demain Montréal”, consisted of 250 housing units, including 50 social housing units. There was a place dedicated to the circular economy, including a collaborative workshop (fab lab), a grocery store and zero-waste restaurants. It was also about “an urban forest, an orchard and an aeroponic farm for local food production”. The whole thing was aimed at a carbon neutrality objective.
According to our information, the works will last 33 months and will cost a minimum of 120 million. Up to 150 workers will participate in the construction site under the direction of Pomerleau.
Last March, Excavation ESM kicked off the preparatory civil engineering works worth 8 million.
The building is located at 987, rue de la Commune, at the southwestern limit of Old Montreal.
“This 9,382 square meter lot benefits from an exceptional exposure, being located at the entrance to the city via the Bonaventure Expressway. It also benefits from good accessibility by public transport, with two metro stations located less than 1.2 km away and three bus lines circulating in the area. The site is also connected to the network of bike paths in Montreal”, we read on the site www. c40reinventingcities. org/.
PHOTO FROM C40REINVENTINGCITIES WEBSITE
The land of the former municipal road yard near the Cité multimedia.
This organization held a competition putting the cities of the world into competition on an innovative neighborhood project. The consortium made up of Ivanhoé Cambridge, developer Cogir and builder Pomerleau won.
In June 2019, the City of Montreal, owner of the land on rue de la Commune, gave the consortium four years to complete construction.
Last September, Nathalie Palladitcheff, President and CEO of Ivanhoé Cambridge said that the schedule still held. At Ivanhoé Cambridge, on Monday, we were content to say that an announcement will be made soon.
With William Leclerc, The Press