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The site where the Spectrum theatre once stood has been empty for a decade, a phantom place for those who recall the downtown corner’s storied past and a reminder that promises of an impending replacement project remain unfulfilled.

Now it turns out that discussions on what to do with the site at Ste-Catherine St. W. and Bleury St. started up once again last month after developer Canderel backed out of building a $150-million office complex that had been planned since 2013.

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However, a new project proposal may be announced soon, says the site’s owner, the Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ.

The real-estate investment arm of the FTQ union is in talks with different developers to find a new partner to build a mixed-use project that while still not fully defined would incorporate housing, commercial space and possibly offices, communications director Josée Lagacé said last week.

“There are announcements that will come very soon, announcements that will include, of course, a real-estate developer and a draft project,” she said. “So it’s coming soon.”