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Downtown Montreal is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located in the borough of Ville-Marie, the district is situated on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal. According to the strictest definition, it is bounded by Sherbrooke Street to the north, Saint Hubert Street to the east, Guy Street to the west, and Notre-Dame Street to the south. Wider definitions may extend to Atwater Street to the west, Papineau Avenue to the east, and Avenue des Pins to the north. The downtown region houses many corporate headquarters as well a large majority of the city's skyscrapers — which, by law, cannot be greater in height than Mount Royal in order to preserve the aesthetic predominance and intimidation factor of the mountain. The two tallest of these are the 1000 de La Gauchetière and 1250 René-Lévesque, both of which were built in 1992. The Tour de la Bourse is also a significant high-rise and is home to the Montreal Exchange that trades in derivatives. The Montreal Exchange was originally a stock exchange and was the first in Canada. In 1999, all stock trades were transferred to Toronto in exchange for an exclusivity in the derivative trading market. Place Ville-Marie, an I. M. Pei-designed cruciform office tower built in 1962, sits atop an underground shopping mall that forms the nexus of Montreal's underground city, the world's largest, with indoor access to over 1,600 shops, restaurants, offices, businesses, museums and universities, as well as metro stations, train stations, bus terminals, and tunnels extending all over downtown. The central axis for downtown is Saint Catherine Street, Canada's busiest commercial avenue. The area includes high end retail such as the Holt Renfrew and Ogilvy department stores as well as Les Cours Mont-Royal shopping centre. Other major streets include Sherbrooke Street, Peel, de la Montagne, de Maisonneuve and Crescent. The skyline may be observed from one of two lookouts on Mount Royal. The lookout at the Belvedere takes in downtown, the river, and the Monteregian Hills. On clear days the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York are visible, as are the Green Mountains of Vermont. The eastern lookout has a view of The Plateau neighbourhood, Olympic Stadium and beyond. Downtown Montreal is also home to the main campuses of McGill University and UQAM and the Sir George Williams campus of Concordia University.〔("Campus Maps" ), "McGill University". Accessed May 17, 2008.〕〔("Campus map" ), "Concordia University". Accessed May 17, 2008.〕 ==Future projects== * Construction of the 50-floor, 175m meter tall L'Avenue residential tower started in 2013, right in front of the Bell Centre. The tower will be completed in 2016. * Construction of the 50-floor, 167 meter tall Tour des Canadiens started in 2013, right beside the Bell Centre. The tower will be completed in 2016. * Construction of the 40-floor, 147 meter tall Roccabella towers started in 2013. The first tower will be completed in 2016. * Construction of the 39-floor, 146 meter tall Icône tower has started in 2013. The tower will be completed in 2016. * YUL Condos, 2X 38 floor, 120 Metres, phase 3 townhouses (2017 first tower) * Holiday Inn, 37 floors, 120 metres (2016) * Tom condos, 42 floors, 122 Metres (2017) * Quad Windsor (new downtown neighbourhood to finish within 10-15 years, includes Tour des Canadiens (TDC) 2-3 (or 2,3,4) 750 Peel (2 office towers) and 600 Peel (3 condo towers, townhouses, etc.) * other proposals from PPU District stations/du Quartier des gares * proposed 120 Metre maison alcan tower (office tower of nearly 950,000 sq.ft) * Ilot Balmoral, 13 floors, place des arts (headquarters for national Canadian film board) * drummond towers (24.22 floor, 80M and 60M, eventually will get built) * 444 de maisonneauve ouest, 11 floors * AC hotels 110 or 120M hotel, 2017 * other approved/proposed towers (soon) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Downtown Montreal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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