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“Condo conversions aren’t allowed in many Montreal boroughs, so apartment owners are using another tack to sell their properties - and renters want the city to make sure they’re protected against sudden eviction.

Condo conversion is out and co-op conversion is in as the new battleground for tenants and landlords in Montreal, tenant advocates say.

Several tenants of a 300-unit apartment building on Mountain St. that was transformed from a rental building into a co-operative last fall attended a Ville Marie borough council meeting last night to demand a moratorium on that type of building conversion.

The tenants of Club Sommet at 3475 Mountain want municipal and provincial authorities to block such conversions until they can legislate the same kind of protection that exists for tenants whose buildings undergo condo conversion.

Some of Club Sommet’s tenants are facing eviction as the building manager proceeds with major construction work to combine some units to make larger dwellings and breaks up other units to sell.

The first evictions will be heard at the Quebec rental board in June.”

Source: Montreal Gazette. Read the complete article

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The administration of Mayor Gérald Tremblay announced last friday, their plans to make sections of St. Paul and Notre Dame Sts. pedestrian-only each day in the summertime.

Starting from June 15 to September 15th, Rue St. Paul, between Bonsecours Market and St. Laurent Blvd., would be closed to vehicles between 11 a.m. and 6 a.m. every summer. Also Notre Dame, in front of Notre Dame Basilica, at Place d’Armes, would be closed to vehicles during the same hours and months.

• Read the full article at the Montreal Gazette.

First it was the Château Royal Hotel, then became (after a much needed renovation) the Château Crescent Apartments, located at 1420 Crescent, right in front of Winston Churchill’s . The word out (via tipster) is that they are planning to do a condo conversion. We haven’t yet checked if the rumors are actually true, since no tenants seem to have a clue about it.

Right now the building is advertised for rent and according to the Montreal Gazette ad, the rental prices are between $785 to $1245/month- we’re not sure what’s included.

They have also a few rental ads on CraigsList:

• $895 / 1br - RENOVATED APT HEART OF DOWNTOWN MTL
• $940 Apartment on Crescent Street.