Old Royal Vic: back to the drawing board
CDPQ-Infra, which I hadn’t realized was involved in the repurposing of the old Royal Vic site, has sent the plans back to the drawing board: the cost of bringing the old buildings up to modern standards are astronomical.
bob 16:57 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
Yes, and we all trust CDPQ-Infra to make such estimates because they are not connected grifters who look on such projects like vampires eying a young maiden’s slender neck.
If student residences don’t justify that price tag, what project does, I wonder?
This has nothing to do with the Quebec government’s twin policy of eliminating international students while destroying English higher education, does it?
Blork 18:50 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
It’s a lot of money. But for perspective, it’s 50 times less than what Elon M. paid for Twitter.
So if they did that renovation, then re-did it every year for 50 years, it would still be less money than one idiot paid for a social ruination platform.
Ian 19:19 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
Unless you’r e planning on hitting up ol’ Apartheid hairplugs for the bill I don’t think I understand the connection?
Blork 20:11 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
No connection, Ian. Just perspective.
Kevin 23:12 on 2026-02-08 Permalink
As someone who lives in an old building and has a tub and sink reclaimed from 19th century McGill hospital residences: just let it go. They built stuff terribly in the old days.