Montreal confirms plan to build a park in the Quartier des Spectacles

Montreal is moving ahead with a plan to build a new downtown park.
The location — a parking lot in the Quartier des Spectacles — had been promised to the McCord Museum, which is looking to build a new $150-million home.
Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration decided to build a park there instead to make up for the loss of nearby Jardin Domtar, a green space that Domtar has sold to Groupe Canvar, which plans to build a condo/hotel tower there.
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