Royalmount mega-mall, unofficially dubbed 'Quinze40', to feature waterpark, outdoor cinema

Commercial real estate developer and managerCarbonleohasunveiled plans for its much-anticipated and controversial mega-mall, slated for the Town of Mount Royal.

• TMR mega-mall faces mounting opposition

Up until today, the $1.7 billiondollar centre had been unofficially dubbedthe "Quinze40"because it'snearwhereHighway 40 meets Highway 15and because it's being developed by the same company behind the South Shore'sDIX30.

ButCarbonleounveiled today that their latest project would be called theRoyalmountcentre, because its main entrance will be on Royalmount Avenue.

The mall, not far fromthe De la SavaneMetro station,will take up232,257 square metresan area almost the size of Parc La Fontaine.

The massive complex will feature a performing arts space with seating for 3,000 people, a water park, an indoor cinema complex and an outdoor cinema on the green roof. The mall will also house restaurants, terraces, two hotels, an outdoor skating rink and office space.

Plans for the complex show it being located southwest of the Dcarie Interchange, sandwiched between Highway 40 and Highway 15. The project has not yet received zoning approval.

If the project gets the go-ahead from the municipality, construction will begin at the end of 2017, with doors openingin 2021.

Opponents say mall will harm existing businesses

TMR's mayor, Philippe Roy, has publiclysupported the project. However, it hasdrawn the ire of the city's official opposition, Projet Montral.

Projet Montralleader,Luc Ferrandez,said the new complex will harm the environment and create atraffic nightmare.

"Do we want to develop our city on a human scale, or do we want another project like Dix30/Marineland?" he said.

Ferrandezis worried thenew complex will take business away from commercial streets such as St-Laurent Boulevard, Mont-Royal Avenue, and St-Hubert Street.

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre and Russell Copeman, the mayor of the borough of Cte-des-NeigesNotre-Dame-de-Grcehave both expressed reservations about the project.

Coderre said on Twitter he would need to hear more about the project's economic impact before giving it his support.