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A major rent increase by landlord Shiller Lavy forced the bookseller to close his Mile End store.

On the front lines of Mile End's chicken war WEEKEND READ | In a neighbourhood that "has changed a lot," the impending opening of two new restaurants has ruffled feathers. Author of the article: T'Cha Dunlevy  •  Montreal Gazette Publishing date: Apr 17, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  5 minute read  •  “I know everyone is looking to make money, but this will affect us,” says Elizabeth Saavedra, co-owner of Rôtisserie Serrano Bar-B-Q, which has been serving the neighbourhood faithful for over 40 years. "It’s worrying." Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette Articl...

Article content As a francophone who has lived in the Mile End for more than a decade, Stéphanie Bourbeau rarely visits the S.W. Welch bookstore. And yet, when the teacher saw the ‘For Rent’ sign recently in the window of the venerable independent business, she was determined to act, especially after witnessing the closing of the café venue Le Cagibi in 2018. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Mile End residents hold read-in protest over rising rents Back to video “The Mile End is a place where you meet people, fall in love, cry, meet st...

Article content One phone call ended a bitter battle pitting the citizens of Mile End against one of the city’s most prominent real-estate firms. On Friday, Danny Lavy, co-owner of Schiller-Lavy Realties, called up Stephen Welch, the 68-year-old owner of venerable Mile End bookstore S.W. Welch, and said: Let’s make a deal. Late last month, a For Rent sign went up in the window of S.W. Welch on St-Viateur St. and almost immediately locals were up in arms, angry that another small indie business was seemingly being pushed out of the ‘hood because a landlord was demanding a hefty rent incr...

"I went up a little and he went down a lot," the bookseller says of his deal with Shiller-Lavy Realties.