Plans have been submitted to transform the site of the former Montreal Children’s Hospital into a $400 million mixed-use, seven-building development project that would include a community centre, social housing and new green spaces.
“This is another large-scale project for the city that we are especially pleased about because of its potential to create a true living environment, but also because of the pledge to integrate social, affordable housing,” said Normand Bélanger, president and CEO of Fonds immobilier de solidarité (FTQ).
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The site’s oldest building, a three-story heritage site, will also be restored.
City council will review the plan by developer Devimco Immobilier during the Dec. 19 meeting; if approved, public hearings will then be held in early 2017.
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The former hospital, located at the intersection of Atwater Avenue and René-Lévesque West Boulevard.
WATCH BELOW: Plans for the old Montreal Children’s Hospital
Highlights of the project include:
- 1,400 rental, condominium and social housing units
- Seven buildings: six varying in height from 20 to 32 storeys and one three-storey heritage site
- Space for neighbourhood stores on the ground floors of the buildings
- Office space and a hotel with approximately 250 rooms
- Peter McGill Community Centre, housing a multipurpose performance venue, library, spaces for cultural and recreational activities, a community hall and more
- Green spaces, including a public park, expected to cover more than 30 per cent of the project’s total footprint
- Expanding Henri Dunant Square, converting part of Lambert-Closse Street to a park
- Restoring and integrating the original nurses’ residence
- Creating a new view to Cabot Square
The sale comes after the Children’s Hospital was relocated to the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)’s super hospital at the Glen Site in May 2015.
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Developers hope the project will play a role in the economic recovery of Sainte-Catherine Street West.
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