- Cité Multimédia
Cité Multimédia is a
neighbourhood located in betweenOld Montreal ,Griffintown andDowntown Montreal . The area has undergonegentrification andurban renewal with the goal of turning it into an important center forinformation technology . Many high-tech companies are now located in the area, in addition to new residential buildings. The property values in this part of Montreal are very high.The neighbourhood has 6,000 workers, and an average salary of $73,000 per year. This figure is almost 25% above Montreal's average.
Controversy
The
Parti Québecois government ofBernard Landry upset members of Montreal real-estate community and some high-tech entrepreneurs when it forced companies to relocate to Cité Multimédia and nearbyCité du commerce électronique in order to receive tax assistance. [cite news |first=Don |last=MacDonald |title=Tax credit targeted at boosting e-business |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=58f5e20d-ebeb-46c6-9bf6-5b4933e06f50 |work=Montreal Gazette |publisher=Canwest |accessdate=2008-04-13 ]References
External links
* [http://www.citemultimedia.com/ CitéMultimedia.com]
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* [http://www.montrealbits.com/ville_marie/cite_multimedia/ Montrealbits.com: Cité Multimedia]
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