{"id":880,"date":"2008-05-07T13:16:07","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/05\/07\/st-michel-smart-center-goes-to-public-consultation\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:24:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:24:44","slug":"st-michel-smart-center-goes-to-public-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/05\/07\/st-michel-smart-center-goes-to-public-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"St-Michel Smart Center goes to Public Consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/05\/quarry-saint-michel.jpg\" title=\"quarry-saint-michel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/05\/quarry-saint-michel.jpg\" alt=\"quarry-saint-michel.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pattern is increasingly familiar: undeveloped urban land is a beacon for commercial developers, developers who inevitably demand changes in the urban plan to accommodate suburban-style, plunk-&#8217;em-down-anywhere malls.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the development of a SmartCenter shopping mall in St-Michel&#8217;s abandoned quarry has gone to the <em>Office de Consultation Publique de Montr\u00e9al<\/em>, a democratic step that has been skirted by the city in other recent developments. The proposed SmartCenter would require changes to the urban plan&#8217;s density, zoning, building height and parking regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Of course even the best democratic planning hardly guarantees enlightened urbanism, especially in a area that is desperate for economic development. The St-Michel\/Park-Ex\/Villeray borough has the lowest average household income in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Smart Centers claim to specialize in &#8220;large-scale, value-oriented shopping centres,&#8221; and typical tenants include the likes of Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Winners and Best Buy. The proposed development would include 74,320 sq meters of commercial floorspace on 3 levels, 3,200 parking spaces, green spaces and a bike path. The architectural drawings, which incorporate glass towers against a backdrop of sheer rock walls, are kind of sci-fi cool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/05\/quarry-saint-michel-mall.jpg\" title=\"quarry-saint-michel-mall.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/05\/quarry-saint-michel-mall.jpg\" alt=\"quarry-saint-michel-mall.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Images from:  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca\/ocpm\/pdf\/P27\/3a.pdf\">Carri\u00e8re Saint-Michel &#8211; Quartier Villeray \u2013 Saint-Michel \u2013 Parc-Extension &#8211; Concept, DCYSM Architectes, 30 avril 2008<\/a>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Public consultation will be held on May 20th and 21st, and citizens can voice their opinions on June 5th.  A vast collection of documentation on the project is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca\/ldvdm\/jsp\/ocpm\/ocpm.jsp?laPage=projet27.jsp#documentation\">Montreal&#8217;s Public Consultation Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two immense and abandoned limestone quarries, Carri\u00e8re Miron and Carri\u00e8re Francon, take up nearly half of St-Michel&#8217;s territory. The mines closed in the 1960s, and the open pits were turned into a ready-made dump. The dump closed in 1999, although a recycling plant and a power station that captures methane gas from the site are still present (Spacing visited the complex last fall and reported <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/10\/25\/touring-the-tohu-recycling-complex-at-st-michel\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Other parts of the quarry are occupied by National Circus School, the <em>Cirque du Soleil<\/em>&#8216;s residence buildings and the TOHU circus museum and theatre. A large area is to be turned into a municipal park and camping site by 2020. The section slated for development is currently used to dump snow during the winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pattern is increasingly familiar: undeveloped urban land is a beacon for commercial developers, developers who inevitably demand changes in the urban plan to accommodate suburban-style, plunk-&#8217;em-down-anywhere malls. 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