I made a quick stop downtown yesterday to see the progress of some projects going on. Seeing the cranes in the sky, watching machinery dig the ground to ready the foundation made me happy. This is a followup to my previous post about future projects, not only to follow the work going on but also due to enthusiasm showed by people who have read those posts. Many people, including new and old readers, are fascinated by the number of new buildings going up in Montreal, and always ask me for progress on some. So this update is for those who want to see progress!

Centra condos, 16-floors. The digging continues and should be done soon. I must also mention that behind and to the left of this site, a proposed 37-floor tower might be making a grand entrance in the near future and a 23-floor condo to the left of this project is proposed as well.

1441 Rene Levesque condo, 16-floors as well, with YUL in the background. This project is interesting since it’s steel structure rather than concrete. It has 6 more floors to go and they started installing glass on the tower. The colour looked like a dark grey.

The new big boys on Rene Levesque. In this picture, we see Roccabella 1/2, Holiday-Inn, Tour des Canadiens phase 1 and YUL 1.

YUL continues to be one of my favourite new projects due to its design. Phase 2 has started recently, with them starting to dig earth for the foundations.

YUL townhomes with L’Avenue and TDC1 in the background.

Holiday-Inn tower. The skyscraper is slender and can pass as a design you see in Miami Beach. Recently, they added lights to the top of the building, illuminating green as the sun sets. The entrance also has lights installed, sometimes it’s green as well and sometimes it changes to multiple colours.

YUL 1 with 1441 in the background, soon to be gone by YUL 2.

Tour des Canadiens phase 2 is taking off! Already they’re at the 30th floor and have about 22 more to go. In the foreground is where TDC3 will be located, further densifying this area of downtown.

The tower will have a huge impact on the skyline.

More projects are going up not only downtown but elsewhere. I’ll be exploring those projects in the near future!

For previous updates on future projects and updates

https://the514lifeblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/future-downtown-montreal-projects/

https://the514lifeblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/future-montreal-projects-satuday-edition/

https://the514lifeblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/future-downtown-montreal-projects-part-3/

https://the514lifeblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/future-montreal-projects-part-4/