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Last month, the STM announced that it would start selling off some of its property for development<\/a>, following the lead of many other transit agencies around the world, including Toronto’s TTC<\/a>. It has already announced that the bus depot it owns at Fullum and Mount Royal, on the Plateau, will be redeveloped. Now comes word of another major development will take place at the depot on the corner of St. Denis and Rosemont. <\/p>\n

According to La Presse, STM has signed an agreement with the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d’habitation et de d\u00e9veloppement de Montr\u00e9al to develop the land. The SHDM is now investigating its potential. Andr\u00e9 Lavall\u00e9e, the mayor of Rosemont-Petite-Patrie, says that the borough will incorporate the STM land into a complete reconfiguration of the area between the Van Horne Viaduct, Bellechasse St., St. Denis St. and St. Laurent Blvd, all of which is within easy walking distance of Rosemont metro. It will, in effect, become an entirely new neighbourhood: “It will have small businesses, housing and local shops,” Lavall\u00e9e told La Presse.<\/p>\n

When you consider that a similar mixed-use development is already slated for the city-owned land just east of St. Denis, this project has the potential to radically transform the area around Rosemont metro. Does Montreal have what it takes to ensure that the new neighbourhoods built on these publicly-owned lands will be of the highest quality? <\/p>\n

I’m reminded of what Larry Beasley, Vancouver’s former director of planning, said when he delivered a lecture at McGill’s School of Urban Planning last month<\/a>: “The cities we want don’t just come about — we have to ask for it to make it happen.” So far, Montreal’s track record at large-scale land redevelopment is abysmal. The Faubourg Qu\u00e9bec project just east of Old Montreal is bland, disconnected from the city around it and lacking in public amenities and, just as important, retail and commercial space. Same for the redeveloped lands along St. Gr\u00e9goire in the north end of the Plateau. The challenge at St. Denis and Rosemont will be to both integrate the new development into the existing neighbourhood and to enhance the quality of life in the surrounding area. <\/p>\n

With a highly politicized, opaque planning process — exactly the kinds of things that Beasley criticized in his lecture — I’m not entirely optimistic that the STM land redevelopment, as promising as it may be, will result in high-quality urban design. I hope I’m wrong. <\/p>\n

Photo by R\u00e9mi Lem\u00e9e, La Presse<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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