Montreal’s de la Commune service yard to be transformed into green neighbourhood!
27 Jun 2019
A little sliver of Montreal near the Lachine Canal will be transformed as part of a larger plan to build a sustainable community in the area.
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced the winner of the Reinventing Montreal award Tuesday as the team behind Demain Montréal, a collaboration between Pomerleau, Ivanhoé Cambridge and Cogir.
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The De la Commune service yard, which is located between Old Montreal, Griffintown and the city’s downtown core, is at the heart of the project.
The proposal includes redeveloping the land at the entrance of the Bonaventure Expressway into a sustainable neighbourhood. This includes building a zero-waste grocery store, restaurants, educational services, an urban forest with an orchard and a garden for local food production.
The project — which was among 15 submissions for the Reinventing Montreal award — will overhaul the area with a mixed-used green development that will help fight climate change, according to Plante.
