(rshsdepot) Windsor Station - Montreal, Quebec

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From Progressive Railroading.
 
Bernie Wagenblast
 
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CPR to sell former headquarters, station in  Montreal

_Canadian  Pacific Railway’s_ (http://www.cpr.ca/)  former headquarters and 
train station in downtown Montreal  is on the market. Today, the Class I 
announced it will sell historic Windsor  Station, which was built in 1887, through a 
request for proposals (RFP)  process.

The railroad also will sell the Windsor Station office building  and 
courtyard, Windsor Tower Parcel (a former accounting building) and its  interest in 
the parking garage at the Bell Centre hockey  arena.

Commercial real estate advisors will help CPR conduct the RFP,  which will 
take 12 to 18 months to complete because of Windsor Station’s  historical 
significance. The station is designated as a key structure under the  Railway 
Heritage Stations Protection Act and a natural historic monument under  the Historic 
Sites and Monuments Act. CPR plans to work closely with federal and  
provincial governments to protect the station’s heritage.

The railroad  currently employs 380 people at Windsor Station. After the 
sale, CPR will lease  79,000 square feet of office space in the station to 
maintain several  departments in the city.

Windsor Station served as CPR’s headquarters  until 1996, when the railroad 
moved to Calgary, Alberta, as part of parent  Canadian Pacific Ltd.’s 
restructuring. A passenger train station for decades,  Windsor Station was redeveloped 
into an office/hotel/retail/restaurant complex  in the 1990s.



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