New digs for Radio-Canada in Montreal to be part of $1.6 billion real estate project

MONTREAL – CBC/Radio-Canada is planning to “modernize” its downtown Montreal offices and develop on-site real estate, the company announced today. The project, along René-Lévesque Boulevard at the eastern limit of downtown Montréal where CBC Montreal already sits, will cost $1.6 billion for 2,000 housing units, offices, and commercial and public spaces, according to the press release. Public information sessions will be held later this month in Montreal. The new buildings, reaching up to 44 metres in height, will be constructed around the existing tower, on the site of large parking lots to be relocated underground. The tower would be re-converted into...