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A proposed new building expected to house Airbnb’s new Montreal headquarters is making waves on the Lachine Canal, raising concerns of neighbours and heritage activists about an area undergoing a building boom.

People who live next door in the Corticelli Lofts, one of the first 19th-century factories near the canal to be turned into condos, say the planned six-storey complex encroaches on their views and is too close to their residences.

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“The thing that they’re building is going to be so damn close, the people on the east side of our building are going to have office workers looking directly into their apartments,” said John Gutpell, a board member at the Corticelli.

The Sud-Ouest borough delayed a vote on a resolution related to the new six-storey building last week after asking the developer, Groupe Mach, to shift the location of the building.

On Friday, a spokesperson for the company told the Montreal Gazette that a revised plan, with the building set further back from the Corticelli, is in the works.