No social units in Park Ex building
Spokesman for a new building going up in Park Ex says he thinks it’s reasonable to pay $1400 monthly for a studio apartment and as much as $2950 for a 5½ in the project, which began before the new law about social housing inclusion.
MtlWeb 09:51 on 2020-11-18 Permalink
Includes internet, hydro, and appliances, surprised he didn’t claim close metro access as the promoter’s doing….grew up in Park Ex, parents still there; who can afford to live in these residences….perhaps 6-7-8 university students splitting the rent?
Ephraim 11:11 on 2020-11-18 Permalink
It’s a marketplace. The prices will change if they are empty.
DeWolf 13:11 on 2020-11-18 Permalink
Given that you can still find a nice 5 1/2 for less than $2,000 (and sometimes less than $1,500) in Mile End, Outremont, Rosemont, Villeray and of course Park Ex, I really wonder who the target market for this project is. Gentrification enthusiasts?
Blork 14:35 on 2020-11-18 Permalink
Trying not to sound like a grumpy old man here, but supposedly there are many among the younger generations who grew up very coddled and helicoptered and who cannot handle the idea of living in a place that might not have all brand-new everything, or might need a repair now and then, or might have the occasional spider or (horrors!) cockroach or centipede stroll through. Such people pay extra for “shiny.” Also: soundproofing.
Uatu 14:45 on 2020-11-18 Permalink
Yeah and those are the kids who’ll get help with the down payment from Mom and Dad
CE 19:30 on 2020-11-18 Permalink
There are definitely people out there who absolutely must have a brand new apartment/house and are willing to pay for it.
Kate 22:28 on 2020-11-18 Permalink
That’s so odd. I love living in an older building. I once rummaged through the Lovell directories to find out who else had lived in my current apartment. Lovell used to list a person’s occupation and sometimes their employer (at least, for the man of the house). There was a guy who worked as a shipper at Eaton’s, then for some years a guy who worked security up north of Cremazie for the transit commission, which has had land there for a long time, and then a printer.
One day I heard some people talking outside, and there was a family group with an older man who told me he used to live in the other flat on the ground floor (this is a double triplex). When he was a kid he knew the security guy and was totally impressed the guy was allowed to have a gun!
Where I lived in the Plateau the building was even older, 1880s or so. One day the doorbell rings and it’s two old ladies, a man and a teenage boy. The women were sisters and had lived in my flat in the 1940s when the neighbourhood was mostly Jewish. The man and boy were kind of embarrassed but the old ladies were all giggly.
Makes you think – these flats, which seem seem about the right size for me, the computer, the books and the cat, were originally intended for, and lived in by, entire families.
You can’t get this stuff with a new building.
Blork 22:40 on 2020-11-18 Permalink
In the old days this was referred to as “the generation gap.” Now it’s just “goddamn millennials!” (said while shaking fist at the sky).