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A Pointe-St-Charles community group is expressing concerns about the real-estate boom in neighbouring Griffintown, where condo towers are under construction and a baseball stadium may be built.

Action-Gardien says it deplores the fact that the Griffintown development is being carried out with no consideration of the effects it will have on Pointe-St-Charles, one of Montreal’s oldest neighbourhoods and home to about 15,000 people.

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The group notes that the Peel Basin, touted as a possible site for a baseball stadium, is being depicted as having no connection with Pointe-St-Charles. They argue, however, that the area — which they refer to as Bridge-Bonaventure — is part of their neighbourhood and it’s time to involve residents in any plan that will affect it.

A partnership between promoters Claridge and Devimco to develop the Peel Basin is under study. It has been praised by Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante. Claridge head Stephen Bronfman has said he would like to see a stadium built at the site to lure Major League Baseball back to Montreal, while Serge Goulet’s Devimco is looking at developing real estate in the area.