New venue to open at Royalmount
There isn’t a lot of news Saturday morning that isn’t about the Canadiens’ overtime win Friday night, but here’s a bit about a new venue planned for the Royalmount development. I like the reporter’s underwhelmed “most of what had been completed entailed a cement foundation.”
Faiz imam 11:01 on 2021-06-19 Permalink
If the pandemic and the death spiral of retail has done anything, I hope it has moved Royal Mount further from a big mall concept to more of a community.
Live event space is something the city really needs, and this will be one of the better amenities Royal mount can offer.
I’m not expecting a elementary school or anything, but the more residential and local uses the place has, the less of a traffic snarl it will be.
DeWolf 11:04 on 2021-06-19 Permalink
Even though this project is completely disconnected from the rest of TMR, the town seems very opposed to any sort of residential development. I’m not sure why they think a megamall would be more acceptable than condos.
There’s also a lot of opposition to a proposal to redevelop the parking lots around Rockland Centre into housing. That makes more sense given that it would have a direct impact on people living in TMR. But Royalmount?
Robert H 20:30 on 2021-06-19 Permalink
@DeWolf-Et si les affaires à Rockland souffrent après l’ouverture de Royalmount à seulment quatre et demi kilomètres de là, ne serait-il pas possible que les citoyens de VMR changeront-ils d’avis? Surtout si les commerces l’abandonnent pour la nouvelle boule brillante sur la route. Que va-t-il advenir de ce centre commercial en déclin? Espaces vides à l’intérieur et pas beaucoup de voitures dans le stationnement, il deviendrait peut-être un bon endroit pour un nouveau développement à usage mixte.
Joey 23:01 on 2021-06-19 Permalink
The people of TMR want the commercial tax revenue from Royalmount. They do not want to expand their population to include people who can’t afford TMR-priced homes who might consume more in public services than they contribute in municipal taxes. Same applies for the Rockland-adjacent undeveloped land. Moreover, new housing stock there would just drive down existing property values.