What's that large sucking sound?
The mammoth griffintown project would be larger than anyone first thought
When city hall gave its preliminary approval to the Griffintown project in November, I wrote that the $1.3-billion project was the biggest private real-estate investment in Montreal's history. But such a description hardly does justice to the plan. The more I learn about it, the more I am surprised and concerned. Let me back up a minute. So far, downtown Montreal has had two "poles." The first consists of ...
