2,000 housing units planned for old CBC building in Montreal!
19 Feb 2020
Construction on housing units at the old CBC/Radio-Canada building will begin this year, according to an announcement made on Tuesday.
Developers MACH and Devimco are teaming up to build at least 2,000 housing units in Maison Radio-Canada — a 4.5-million-square-foot site that will be called the Quartier des lumières when it is vacated by employees of the public broadcaster. The investment is being made in conjunction with the Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ. Employees will move to a new building being built nearby by January 2021.
The MACH and Devimco project will be made up of condo units, rental apartments, social housing units and office space. There will also be 54,000 square feet of green space as part of the project.
The condos will be situated in the western part of the building, at the corner of Wolfe St. and René-Lévesque Blvd. It will be called the Auguste & Louis project, a nod to the Lumière brothers who were among the first filmmakers in history, based in Paris.
This is the first of several phases to be developed as part of the project, with completion slated for the summer of 2022 and the spring of 2023. The project will be marked by rooftop terrasses, a chalet on the roof and a pool with a panoramic view of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge and the downtown core.
