Olympic Village (Montreal)
Olympic Village | |
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![]() Aerial view of the Olympic Village in 2008 | |
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Alternative names | Le Village Olympique, Olympic Pyramids[1] |
General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Athletic residences (originally) Residential, Offices (present) |
Location | 5111–5333 Sherbrooke Street East Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Construction started | 1974[1] |
Completed | 1976[1] |
Cost | $80 million (1976)[3] |
Owner | |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 23 (each)[1][2] |
Floor area | 375,000 square feet (34,800 m2)[3] |
Design and construction | |
Architect | D'Astous & Durand[2] |
Developer | Groupe Lépine[2] |
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The Olympic Village is a twin-tower structure in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built as the athletes' residence for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Designed by architects Roger D'Astous and , it was built massively over budget by a consortium of architects, including Joseph Zappia, who was later convicted of fraud in connection with his involvement with the building.
Construction was overseen by René Lépine, Chairman of Groupe Lépine, and his associates through the company Zarolega Inc.
Construction overruns were so drastic that the Olympic Installations Board seized the complex after its original estimate of $30 million ballooned to $90 million.
The Olympic Village is situated in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, with the entrance on the northeast corner of Sherbrooke Street East and and the building extending along Sherbrooke Street as far as De L'Assomption Boulevard.
Its design was chosen by Mayor Jean Drapeau to imitate a similar structure in the South of France and was criticized for its exposed walkways, as some noted that they were unsuitable for winter climate.
All the athletes were housed there, except those participating in equestrian sports and sailing, who were housed in residences set up in Bromont, Quebec, and Kingston, Ontario.[6][7]
The Régie du logement has an office and court rooms on the ground floor.
In 1998, Metcap Living Inc. bought the buildings from the Régie des Installations Olympiques for $64.5 million.[4]
In 2004, El-Ad Group bought the buildings from Metcap Living Inc.
In 2012, El-Ad Group expressed their interest to sell the buildings.[4]
On August 6, 2012, it was reported that El-Ad had sold the buildings to CAPREIT for $177.5 million.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e The Olympic Village chooses natural gas and saves more than $65,000 a year Archived 2013-01-15 at archive.today, Canada Newswire, 24 January 2011
- ^ a b c Olympic Village on emporis.com
- ^ a b "Archived copy". groupelepine.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d Dubuc, André (2012-02-27). "Le Village olympic mis en vente". La Presse.
- ^ a b Shauly, Avi (2012-07-26). "Tshuva's Elad sells Montreal's Olympic Village". Globes.
- ^ The history of the Montréal Games, RIO Web site
- ^ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 94-105.
External links[]
Media related to Olympic Village, Montreal at Wikimedia Commons
- A view on cities: Village olympique
Coordinates: 45°34′07″N 73°33′17″W / 45.568571°N 73.554647°W
- Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Apartment buildings in Quebec
- Buildings and structures completed in 1976
- Buildings and structures in Montreal
- Olympic Villages
- Pyramids in Canada
- Roger D'Astous buildings
- Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie