On Wednesday, June 18, 2025 the City of Westmount’s public assembly at Victoria Hall attracted a capacity audience of concerned citizens. Go HERE for the slideshow presented by officials of the City’s Urban Planning Department.
There was a lengthy Q&A session in which many citizens called for alternatives to the PPU-Lemay Report 2.0 made public on May 28, 2025 on which a final vote is scheduled for early September 2025.
You can send your comments to the City of Westmount via an online form on their website (scroll down to the very bottom) or by contacting the mayor and councillors.
Below is the height restrictions diagram in the new document (page 54) with the addition of an arrow pointing to the Atwater Library.
As the diagram shows, a 20-storey building would be allowed on the corner lot (former McDonald’s) instead of the 25-storeys called for in the November report. Plus, three more 20-storey buildings to the west on the south side of Ste-Catherine opposite Alexis-Nihon. And a new tower (24 to 29 floors) at Alexis-Nihon.
The Atwater Library leadership has serious concerns and worries about this revised plan. We have advocated low-rise, human-scale densification, in accordance with the advice of the panel of experts we hosted on May 8, 2025. Four panelists made presentations that are on our YouTube channel.
For more info, go HERE for documents and details…

