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The future Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, the cost of which is still unknown, will start to be built in August 2017 in anticipation of an opening in January 2020.

Senior management made the announcement Thursday at the current Maison Radio-Canada building, taking advantage of the opportunity to unveil the model of the new buildings, all glazed with glass and green spaces all around.

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Hubert T. Lacroix, CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO, noted that the cost would remain confidential as long as the file had not been processed by the Treasury Board.

The timetable is tight: executives must go before the board in April or May, receive approval in June, conclude the transaction in July, and then begin construction in August. This must be completed by the end of 2019 for an opening in January 2020.

Radio-Canada announced earlier this week that Broccolini will be given the mandate to build the future Maison Radio-Canada at the corner of René-Lévesque Blvd. and Papineau Ave.