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Montreal is pledging more than $1 million to help Sun Youth in its move to a new location this fall, the city announced Wednesday.

The money, a total of $1,145,000, will pay for the non-profit’s rent at their new headquarters for the next three years, said a statement from the city. Their new location will be 6700 Parc Ave., 3.1 kilometres north from their current St-Urbain St. headquarters.

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Last spring, the Commission scolaire de Montréal, which owns the former Baron Byng High School that has served as the organization’s headquarters since 1981, announced it would be taking back the space, said Ernie Rosa, Sun Youth’s property management director.

Since then, they have been searching for a space that would meet all of the organization’s needs. Rosa said that has been particularly tricky considering their desire to stay in the pricey Plateau neighbourhood, where property rents for $60 to $80 per square foot. He said it was important that they remain close to Jeanne-Mance Park, where their football program is held. The bonus of the new location is that they are just one bus ride away from both the Place-des-Arts and Parc métro stations, Rosa said.