{"id":23302,"date":"2013-07-18T09:49:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T13:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=23302"},"modified":"2013-07-18T09:49:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T13:49:49","slug":"photo-du-jour-construction-around-the-bell-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/07\/18\/photo-du-jour-construction-around-the-bell-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du jour: Construction around the Bell Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Corner of Blvd Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque \/ rue de la Montagne<\/p>\n<p>Date of photo:\u00a0July 17 2013<\/p>\n<p>Photographer:\u00a0Martin New at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/montrealinpictures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal in Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the next 2 years the area surrounding the Bell Centre will undergo some major changes with the construction of 5 new towers. Today&#8217;s image shows the space which used to be a car parking lot that is now under development and will be the site of L&#8217;Avenue 50-storey condo tower and the two 40-storey condo towers called Roccabella.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23304\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23304 \" alt=\"L'Avenue\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-9.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-9.jpg 276w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-9-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L&#8217;Avenue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23305\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23305 \" alt=\"Roccabella\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-8.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-8.jpg 420w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-8-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roccabella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The other 2 developments currently under construction are the 50-storey Tour des Canadiens (which boasts being the fastest selling condo development in Montr\u00e9al&#8217;s history) and the 26-storey\u00a0Deloitte Tower (the first\u00a0privately owned and financed commercial office tower to be built in Montreal since 1992).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23306\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23306 \" alt=\"Tour des Canadiens\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-7.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-7-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tour des Canadiens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23307\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23307 \" alt=\"Deloitte Tower\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-10.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-10.jpg 420w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/17-10-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deloitte Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More shots of the current construction sites can be seen over on <a href=\"http:\/\/montrealinpictures.com\/2013\/07\/17\/construction-fever-around-the-bell-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal in Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Corner of Blvd Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque \/ rue de la Montagne Date of photo:\u00a0July 17 2013 Photographer:\u00a0Martin New at\u00a0Montreal in Pictures In the next 2 years the area surrounding the Bell Centre will undergo some major changes with the construction of 5 new towers. Today&#8217;s image shows the space which used to be a car parking<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/07\/18\/photo-du-jour-construction-around-the-bell-centre\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Photo du jour: Construction around the Bell Centre&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8129,"featured_media":23303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7839,7845,29,7842],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-neighbourhoods","category-photos","category-streetscape","category-urban-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Photo du jour: Construction around the Bell Centre - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/07\/18\/photo-du-jour-construction-around-the-bell-centre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photo du jour: Construction around the Bell Centre - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Location: Corner of Blvd Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque \/ rue de la Montagne Date of photo:\u00a0July 17 2013 Photographer:\u00a0Martin New at\u00a0Montreal in Pictures In the next 2 years the area surrounding the Bell Centre will undergo some major changes with the construction of 5 new towers. 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