Feuer zerstört das 140-jährige Gebäude in der Innenstadt von Montreal

This is in a historic area that developers were trying to build condo towers. It’s already one of the densest nieghbourhoods of Canada.

> A fire has destroyed a 140-year-old building in downtown Montreal whose owner had for years been urging the city to rezone it for a new development. The building’s owner, Amcor Holdings, has at least twice urged the city to rezone it. In a scathing letter submitted to Montreal’s public consultation office in October 2020, the company lambasted the city for lowering the density of the area where the building is located. Surrounding areas had been rezoned years earlier to allow for higher buildings and increased density. But the area where the Amcor Holdings building was located remained in a lower density zoning, creating a barrier to development.