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First specific details about Les Cours Marc Chagall

Developers Gerald Issenman and David Brown have reached out to one of the top real estate agents in the West End, Anita Benabou Rozenblatt, to sell their new 21 unit town house development on Marc Chagall Avenue. Pending some more approvals by city council, work is expected to begin on the project this summer.

Here is the information Anita sent me about the newly dubbed Les Cours Marc Chagall:

Architectural Specifications

AMENITIES

• 3 bedroom design with optional room In basement or open concept floor plan
• Member of the new Home Warranty Program – APCHQ
• Visitor parking provided

FEATURES INCLUDED IN EACH TOWN HOME

-Individual front entrance from a landscaped courtyard. 

- Individual rear backyard and patio.

- Two interior parking spaces within heated garage.

- Ventilated garbage/recycling room in the area.

- Forced air gas heating and air conditioning system including air exchanging unit.

-  Separate hydro electric meter and gas meter (where applicable). 

-  Underground Hydro electric infrastructure. 

-  150 amp Electrical entry with a 40 circuit breaker panel in each home.

-  Copper wiring throughout the town house.

-  Pre-wiring for telephone, cable.

- Fully sprinklered fire prevention system includes  semi recessed sprinkler heads and three in – line smoke detectors

-Standard electrical fixtures installed by builder

1. All rough-in for five (5) appliances
2. Red brick
3. Front doors (black)
4. Frame around Windows light taupe
5. Gutters and drain-spout taupe
6. Small roof over bay window black metal
7. Stone trimming grey/sand concrete
8. Shingles (shadding black, 2 tone)
9. Top floor skylight
10. Pre-wiring (considering videotron)

 

 

STRUCTURE

- Concrete foundations containing reinforcing steel bars.

- Asphalt shingles (25 YRS manufacturer guarantee) includes three feet of ice water shield roofing membrane at the roof perimeter. 

- Roof structure built with pre-engineered factory trusses, with 1/2 “plywood.

 - Roof:  R40 Insulation for thermal rating

- Walls: R20 Insulation for thermal rating

-  Exterior walls built in 2 x 4 studs at 16” c.c with an additional R10.5 of urethane insulation 

-   Interior walls built in 2 x 4 studs at 16 “ c.c  (Separation walls provide proper fire rating and above standard sound proofing)

-   All floors are built with pre-engineered floor joist system, covered with factory fabricated high performance subflooring.

EXTERIOR

-   Town houses are clad in clay brick with a stone and brick facade

-   Pre-cast stone trim around windows on facade 

-  Windows: PVC frame, double thermal panes and low – E argon glass.

-   Patio doors off basement to 12 foot X 12 foot rear terrace

-  Sliding patio doors off family room to treated wood balconies,

-     Insulated metal doors with side light, mail box and door knocker. 

-      Bay window off living room.

INTERIOR

-    “Coloniale or Modern” style interior doors and trim, paint grade.

-  One (1) coat of primer and two (2) coats of off-white throughout the town house.

- Pre finished ¾” oak strip flooring on the main and bedroom level.

-  Pre-finished oak staircase and railing from ground floor to bedroom level.

-   Pre-finished oak staircase  and railing from main level to basement.

-    Carpeted basement

-    Ceramic floors in vestibules entrance, master en-suite and family bathrooms, powder room, basement bathroom, kitchen and laundry closet

-  Ceramic tile backsplash in the kitchen.

-  Kitchen cabinet doors are in “regal style wood” or “woodshaker”, with a granite counters

-    Double stainless steel sinks with vegetable spray and levered faucet in kitchen.

-Master bathroom will include shower with prefabricated glass door frame, sink with 4 “c.c, faucets and elongated toilet.

-  Family bathroom & basement bathroom include bathtub (shower head and temperature controlled faucet) 4 c.c, sink faucet and elongated toilet.

-  Pedestal sink and elongated toilet included in the powder room.

-   Granite top vanities will be included in the master en-suite and family bathrooms.

-    Rough in Central Vacuum.

-Fire rated wall separating basement from garage area.

-Double glazed clear acrylic skylight.  

 -8 foot 9 3/4 inches ceiling clearance on the ground floor and 8 foot ceilings at bedroom and basement level.

  - Finished basements with choice of utility room ( 10 foot by 6 foot) or bedroom of 10 foot by 10 foot 6 inches. Bedroom includes window.  

-Approximately 2300 square feet living space – Open Concept floor plan

  21 Townhouses

6 Corner Units with an additional bay window offered at $495,000 tax in

 15 Attached Units offered at                                         $485,000 tax in

For more details about Anita, who is one dynamo of an individual, go to www.anitabenabou.com or call her at 514-502-6627. A sales trailer is expected to go up once the proper permits are in place.

                      

 

 

 

Multi-million dollar Intergenerational/Aquatic complex announced for CSL

Today I was proud to be in attendance at a press conference at Côte Saint-Luc City Hall where city council's wish to build an intergenerational/aquatic centre became a reality thanks to an investment of $11.5 million from the federal and provincial governments. We will make up the remainder of the cost.

Provincial Minister of Municipal Affairs Lauren Lessard made his first visit to our community. He was accompanied by D'Arcy McGee MNA Lawrence Bergman. Senator Judith Seidman represented the federal government. Côte Saint-Luc Mayor Anthony Housefather gave Mr. Bergman a lot of credit for pursuing this file. Councillors Allan J. Levine and Ruth Kovac were also on hand. Ms. Kovac will co-chair the new project with Councillor Mitchell Brownstein. Below is a group photo after the announcement and the full press release.

 

Senator Judith Seidman, acting on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of State for Canada Economic Development, today joined Laurent Lessard, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy, and Lawrence S. Bergman, Member of the National Assembly for D’Arcy-McGee and Chair of the Government Caucus, in announcing that the City of Côte Saint Luc will receive $11,571,880 in joint government financial assistance under the Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund – Quebec for the construction of an intergenerational/aquatic centre.　

The project involves the construction of an intergenerational/aquatic centre covering a total gross area of about 5,456 square metres in the City of Côte-Saint-Luc. This new complex will comprise a 25-metre swimming pool, a wading pool, an indoor terrace adjacent to the aquatic pools, portable bleachers for about 200 people, multifunctional community halls, a physical fitness room and dance and warm up studios.　

The new complex will bring sport and recreational facilities under one roof and boast modern equipment tailored to contemporary indoor leisure and fitness activities as well as suite of activities for persons aged 55 and over. Students from nearby schools and residents from surrounding cities and boroughs will also be able to benefit from the activities and services on offer at the new centre.　

"Côte-Saint-Luc’s construction of a new intergenerational/aquatic centre will serve the interests of its residents and businesses. In supporting this project, we are seeing to it that the population enjoys the high quality of life for which our country is famous. Indeed, the Government of Canada is committed to equipping every community with modern facilities and equipment to ensure citizens’ health and safety. The renewal of public infrastructure is part of a broad action plan that will enable us to thrive and prosper in a healthy environment," stated Senator Judith Seidman.　

"By participating in this project, the Government of Quebec is moving forward to ensure the province’s municipalities have infrastructure that meets their unique realities while fostering sustainable development. By injecting new capital into the Quebec Infrastructure Plan, our government is looking to accelerate the execution of numerous infrastructure projects throughout the province, like this one in Côte Saint Luc, in an effort to improve Quebecers’ well-being, create jobs and promote a high-performance economy. In this way, we are leaving the municipality a legacy of quality infrastructure with which to face the challenges of the future," said Minister Laurent Lessard.　

"Côte-Saint-Luc is the Island of Montréal’s third largest city and its population is growing faster than that of Quebec as a whole. It is important that the City have all the necessary infrastructure to meet the needs of its increasing number of residents," added MNA Lawrence S. Bergman.　

Completion of this project will necessitate an overall eligible investment of $17,357,821. The governments of Quebec and Canada will each contribute $5,785,940 toward the work, for a total of $11,571,880 in combined government funding, while the City of Côte Saint Luc will assume the remaining third, or $5,785,941, of the project’s costs.　

The Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund – Quebec is a cost-sharing initiative aimed at funding infrastructure projects in communities with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants. These communities are thus able to use this assistance to improve infrastructure that is in major need of revitalization, including water treatment plants, water supply systems and cultural and sports centres.　

For provinces, like Quebec, that have committed all of their funding under the Communities Component, the Government of Canada’s Economic Action Plan provides for up to $500 million in additional funding for projects that will be completed by March 31, 2011.　

In Quebec, a joint federal-provincial contribution of $232 million will be used to fund 106 infrastructure projects.　

The contribution from the Government of Canada has been awarded through Canada’s Economic Action Plan. To learn more about this plan, visit　

www.actionplan.gc.ca.　

For further information on the Government of Quebec’s Quebec Infrastructure Plan, see　www.infrastructures.gouv.qc.ca.　

Aussi disponible en français :　www.dec-ced.gc.ca.　

Marc Chagall Town Houses Back On

I am very pleased that a majority of city council has agreed to move forward with the 21-unit town house complex on Marc Chagall Avenue. A notice of motion to waive the reading of a bylaw and adopt a first draft to change the zoning from commercial to residential was placed on the agenda for the Mon. July 14 meeting. Provided everything goes according to plan, on Mon. Aug. 11 we will have a public consultation on the project prior to our public meeting and then adopt a second draft of the bylaw. Following this meeting public notice will be given asking those in the concerned and contiguous zones if they want a register. On September 8 a final version could be adopted.

This project has been in the hands of council, initially via the Planning Advisory Committee (PAC), for more than a year. Once the PAC gave its approval I held a special information meeting for residents of District 2 last December at City Hall. We had strong representation from the three highrise condominiums on Marc Chagall Avenue. By a wide majority they approved of the town house proposal, principally because the alternative would have been a strip shopping mall.

When we went back to council later that month we did not have a majority of votes to change the zoning. It was therefore delayed. During this time the developer, concerned that the town house proposal was not going to move forward, announced that he would proceed with a strip mall. I believed him, but others did not. Last month he put up a billboard inviting potential tenants to sign leases. He also published newspaper ads. Residents of the Marc Chagall Avenue highrise condos were up in arms. Last week I received a petition, signed by people residing mainly in those three buildings, against a strip mall. I explained to my constituents that I agreed with them – a strip mall was not an appropriate fit for this street.

I want to thank Mayor Anthony Housefather for his undying support on this issue and for the members of council who voted in favor of the zoning change. I realize some of them had concerns about the nearby Hydro wires. But the fact is, if the town houses were turned down – a strip mall would have gone directly under those same wires.

I will not get into the debate about the Hydro wires except to say that no studies have been conclusive about their potential dangers. Dr, Joe Schwarcz, a resident of Côte Saint-Luc and a highly respected scientist, had told members of council he does not for one moment agree with the Hydro wire argument.

This all being said, I look forward to moving the town house project forward. It will be a nice addition to a growing street which will soon include the Beth Chabad Community Centre. Bialik High School is currently working on phase two of its building expansion. As for the twin towers project at the corner of Marc Chagall and Mackle, I have no reason to believe anything will be happening on that spot anytime soon.

By putting a town house condominium project on Marc Chagall we are removing the threat of a strip mall, which has hung over us for years.

Proposed Strip Mall on Marc Chagall

There has been a lot of concern expressed recently by residents of Marc Chagall Avenue over the proposed strip mall across the street from the snow dump and right next door to the Bellagio Condominium and across the street from the Marquise. Let me remind everyone that we had a beautiful town house proposal for the land last fall. I called a District meeting at City Hall, following which residents of the Bellagio, the Marquise and the Rotschild all expressed their support for the project - knowing full well that if it were to be rejected a strip mall could go up there since that is what the property is legally zoned for. We never did bring this to a vote though, since a majority of councillors indicated they would not support it. They cited the proximity of Hydro tension wires. I did not buy this argument. Mayor Anthony Housefather has supported the town house project all along. Ditto for two other councillors. We needed four votes in order for the mayor to break a tie. Sadly, one councillor who supported the project from the start and stood up in front of 60 people at my District meeting in December and said so changed his mind for no acceptable reason. I do not want a strip mall on Marc Chagall, nor do the residents. I am hopeful that at least one councillor will change their vote, allowing us to bring the town houses back online. Afterall, whether it is a residential or comercial project - the Hydro wires will still be there.

The Sales Shed Goes Down on Marc Chagall

The shed on Marc Chagall Avenue, which was supposed to serve as as a model home for a large highrise condominium project, has been torn down. I am sure this will make neighbouring residents very happy.

They have been lobbying for this, noting that the small building was infested with different kinds of animals including groundhogs, skunks and squirrels. A previous council zoned this land for 17 storey condos many decades ago. Residents of Marc Chagall and neighbouring Mackle were not happy about this, but there was nothing council could do in regard to rezoning. Years passed from the time a sales office was established at the Cavendish Mall. The project seems to be dead. We followed the letter of the law in waiting for the allowable time to demolish the shed. There are no guarantees this land won't be developed in the future. But nothing appears imminent.