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Looks like Fairview Mall s parking lot is getting a facelift And Montrealers are unsure of how they feel about this new change.

During a nearly three-hour special meeting Tuesday night, three council members and many residents voiced their concerns about the development project.

The Pointe Claire city council meeting on April 5th had on the agenda a motion to exempt Cadillac Fairview from the interim development freeze the city recently imposed. Mayor Tim

The Pointe Claire city council meeting on April 5th had on the agenda a motion to exempt Cadillac Fairview from the interim development freeze the city recently imposed. Mayor Tim

Real estate giant Cadillac Fairview says it plan to transform part of a parking lot that is a "sea of asphalt' into pedestrian friendly district has been stymied by the city's "unexpected and abrupt about-face."

A citizens' group fighting to save one of the last remaining forests in the city is rejoicing now that the green space is temporarily protected. But a major developer who wanted to erect a project just east of it is speaking out against the measure.

Pointe-Claires city council voted to put a temporary development freeze in some sectors of the municipality.

The only reasons are laziness, complacency and a lack of imagination.

One year later, local environmental group remains undaunted in its quest to save every last tree in Fairview forest, no matter how small.

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