MONTREAL – Construction on CBC/Radio-Canada’s new home in Montreal is officially underway after a ground breaking ceremony held Sunday.
Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Hubert Lacroix, Broccolini Real Estate Group president Roger Plamondon, and Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre (all pictured) took part in the ceremony which also featured the release of dozens of butterflies in a symbolic guesture of transformation and innovation.
The new Maison de Radio-Canada (MRC) will have a total footprint of over 418,000 square feet and consist of a seven-storey tower and a four-storey tower connected by an atrium that is open to the public. The facility is scheduled to be completed by late 2019, with the official opening in 2020.
"The new Maison de Radio-Canada will reflect who we are – more digital, closer to Canadians, and at the heart of their conversations," said Lacroix, in a statement. “The future Maison de Radio-Canada will continue to be a place where CBCers get together to create fascinating things – things that move us, inform us, make us think, and make us smile. Canadians will also see themselves reflected in the new facility and be able to make this open, modern, attractive and dynamic public space their own."
