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‘City within a city’: Montreal announces new plan for 20,000 housing units - The Globe and Mail

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The City of Montreal has announced its ambitious plan to construct a new neighbourhood in the city's heart of the city. CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/THE CANADIAN PRESS Log in or create a free account to listen to this article. After several false starts, the City of Montreal announced on Friday a new vision to redevelop a former horse racing track into a neighbourhood for up to 40,000 people. Calling the project a “city within a city,” Mayor Valerie Plante said half the 20,000 units planned for the site in and around the old Hippodrome will be reserved for affordable housing. For years city officials have tried to build on the site – the most recent failure was in the fall in 2022, when Plante couldn’t get a single company interested in submitting a bid to construct housing on the land, most of which isn’t connected to the city’s water infrastructure. But this time is different, Plante said, “because the city is not alone.” Seized with a national housing crisis, the federal government has joined

Open this photo in gallery: The City of Montreal has announced its ambitious plan to construct a new neighbourhood in the city's heart of the city. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account After several false starts, the City of Montreal announced on Friday a new vision to redevelop a former horse racing track into a neighbourhood for up to 40,000 people. Calling the project a “city within a city,” Mayor Valerie Plante said half the 20,000 units planned for the site in and around the old Hippodrome will be reserv

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