Construction Magazine October 2017 | Page 114

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
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the high-tech centre of the country ,” Dubé says . Montreal , Dubé adds , is becoming one of the top cities in the world for the gaming industry . Many of the city ’ s old textile factories are being completely restructured to meet this new type of demand .
New trends On the industrial side , large spaces are still needed and given the lack of inventory of buildings 300,000 sq ft and over , it ’ s better to build new . Newer constructions might go up to 32 ft of clear height , but a new distribution centre being put up by Broccolini Construction on the outskirts of Montreal is 120 ft from floor to deck . Clearly , robots will have to do all the picking , as the building will be completely automated . This represents a transformation of the real estate market , specifically concerning employment .
In addition to brokerage , the firm has large property management teams as well as one of the largest project management groups in
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