Héritage Montréal welcomes the project to redevelop the site of the former Molson brewery, whose origins date back to 1786. This long-discussed project represents a unique opportunity to combine conservation and urban development in a perspective of balance between preserving heritage elements, opening up public spaces and windows onto the remarkable river panorama, and integrating contemporary uses into old buildings and new volumes.
This industrial complex is of exceptional heritage value, emblematic of the city's industrial and commercial history and landscape. Although the former brewery, one of the most important industrial heritage sites in Quebec and Canada, does not benefit from any protective designation, this vision of requalification within the urban planning framework of the sector provides an avenue to perpetuate the site.
We also welcome the dialogue initiated by the developers and their architects with organizations like ours. This project will make this site, once enclosed and closed, accessible to the public, while at the same time highlighting this heritage in its historical and landscape dimensions and in its architectural components, including the administrative building and the famous giant clock.
