Demolitions around town
An office building built in 1984 on René-Lévesque is likely to be demolished so a developer can build a 24‑storey condo tower on the lot.
The old Delta Hotel on Sherbrooke is also for the chopping block. It was abandoned years ago – I remember stories of it being empty and full of rats. I never understood why it was a failure from the start, but it was.
The overall theme to this piece is that converting existing buildings to residential is often difficult or impossible.
Joey 16:07 on 2025-04-15 Permalink
Didn’t that Delta used to be the focal point of Just For Laughs?
Kate 16:18 on 2025-04-15 Permalink
I don’t remember that, but they used different sites during different years.
thomas 16:40 on 2025-04-15 Permalink
@Joey From what I remember, the Delta Hotel on President-Kennedy at City Councillors was the Just For Laughs spot.
DeWolf 09:39 on 2025-04-16 Permalink
The Delta has been operational for as long as I remember. You can still book rooms there today.
It was originally a condominium project that flopped before it was turned into a hotel. Maybe that’s the period when it was abandoned?
JP 09:45 on 2025-04-16 Permalink
yeah, this thread confused me a bit. It seems operational to me too, and I think my friend had her son get swimming lessons there with a private instructor a few years ago.
GC 20:13 on 2025-04-16 Permalink
Add me to the list of confused, because I thought it was one of the downtown hotels that was converted into a university residence. I must be thinking of another one on Sherbrooke…
CE 20:20 on 2025-04-16 Permalink
@GC, you’re probably thinking of this building.
GC 20:57 on 2025-04-16 Permalink
That’s one of them, yes. I suppose it was not a Delta before, though. Maybe a Holiday Inn?
CE 22:15 on 2025-04-16 Permalink
It was a Holiday Inn. It was converted to an Evo student residence around 2014 (the Delta next to the Tour de la Bourse was also became an Evo) and is now branded “Campus 1.”
Kate 22:23 on 2025-04-16 Permalink
I thought from the photo that the second project mentioned in the article was this building set back from the street, on Sherbrooke at City Councillors.
DeWolf 10:18 on 2025-04-17 Permalink
That is indeed the Delta that will be demolished. The demolition permit was issued last month. The new project will include both a 330-room hotel and a 498-unit apartment building:
https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/450-rue-sherbrooke-ouest-18-34-etages/6922
GC 17:53 on 2025-04-17 Permalink
Thanks, CE. I think my friends actually stayed at the President Kennedy Delta last year, so I knew what was still active. I just got mixed up!