Shiller buys chunk of Chinatown
Brandon Shiller has bought a chunk of Chinatown. Some folks think the area should be protected from aggressive profiteers by being declared historic.
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Meezly 10:28 on 2021-04-26 Permalink
Shiller and/or Lavy keep getting called predators or parasites, but they’re more like a disease – a cancer that spreads and infects an entire society.
Matt G 10:53 on 2021-04-26 Permalink
Just think about the evil plans they’re plotting today (probably).
Bill Binns 12:21 on 2021-04-26 Permalink
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but someone has already turned this historic school building into a noodle factory.
DeWolf 17:24 on 2021-04-26 Permalink
I looked into the zoning of the properties in question and it seems like a 65-metre building (ie 20 storeys) would be permitted without needing a derogation. The one potential obstacle to redevelopment seems to be the block’s location near the Saint-Esprit church, which has heritage protection. In theory the city or the province could deny any demolition permits. (Unless I’m completely wrong – hopefully someone else here can shed some light on this.)
It wouldn’t be a bad thing if you could artfully insert some new building into the vacant lot on St-Urbain, but you don’t pay $20 million to build something modest that fits into the existing context.
david228 02:52 on 2021-04-28 Permalink
I’m probably in the 1% of pro-development types, but I just hate this guy. Anyway, there’s no way he could put the money and political capital together to flatten this area, and the main thing to worry about is just that he’ll continue his run of evicting long-standing commerces.