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A certain segment of the population seems hard-wired to scoff at any mention of the word “condominium.” It’s certainly true that most new condo projects don’t do themselves any favours with humdrum architecture and crass lifestyle marketing. But there are indeed good condo projects out there that can serve as models for new real estate development in Montreal.<\/p>\n

One of these is Louis Boh\u00e8me<\/a>. Despite the somewhat ridiculous name, this 28-storey apartment tower, currently under construction at the corner of Bleury and de Maisonneuve, is a good example for new downtown development to follow. Most impressive is the way it adapts to its surrounding environment<\/a>. Built on top of Place-des-Arts metro, Louis Boh\u00e8me will integrate a station entrance into its ground floor. Architecturally, its podium reflects the adjacent Gordon Brown Building, maintaining its roofline and 1950s design aesthetic, while the tower manages to avoid the blandness of some other recent downtown buildings, like the 1009 de Bleury<\/a> and the Mosa\u00efque Southam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are some nice green touches, too, including energy-efficient appliances, low-flow showerheads and recycling chutes on every floor. Taking advantage of its location on the de Maisonneuve bike path, each apartment in the building will have a dedicated bicycle parking spot.<\/p>\n

When it was first proposed, Louis Boh\u00e8me attracted a fair bit of criticism<\/a>, especially from festival mogul Alain Simard, who worried that it would interfere with the operation of the Jazz and Francofolies festivals. Some grumbled about the impact it would have on Place des Arts, which I find a bit strange, since two nearby, less architecturally inspired condo towers, Le Concorde and 400 Sherbrooke West, elicited no such opposition.<\/p>\n

If anything, though, the area just west of Place des Arts, along de Maisonneuve Blvd. and President Kennedy Ave., is an ideal spot for new residential development. A fairly quiet office district with limited amounts of retail, few existing residents and streets that grow eerily quiet outside of business hours, it’s as close to a blank slate as you can get in the middle of downtown Montreal.<\/p>\n

Besides, it’s clear that downtown needs more residential development. It will be hard to check Montreal’s sprawl unless city living is made attractive to middle-class consumers. With nearly 300 condominium units priced between $176,000 and $570,000, projects like Louis Boh\u00e8me are the best chance it has of doing that.<\/p>\n

Drawing more people into the downtown core is especially important, since living in a central location, within walking distance of jobs, shops and cultural attractions, is the only proven way to get people out of their cars.<\/p>\n

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