Montreal tenant Carla White, after battling one of the city’s largest real estate developers for five years, has finally agreed to move out of her longtime apartment on Ste-Catherine Street.·For 11 years, Carla White has lived in a small one-bedroom apartment at the rear of the building which housed the former Da Giovanni restaurant, across the street from Place Émilie Gamelin.
"Maybe I'll finally have some peace with this, and a safe and comfortable dwelling," she said. "Was that too much to ask?" Owen said his company made a financial offer that was significantly higher than required by the province's rental board, and offered an apartment in another Mondev building. She refused at first, but with demolition of her current apartment finally approved this spring, she agreed to move into one of Mondev's new buildings nearby.WATCH | Carla White says housing is too expensive in Montreal:Developers want to demolish the building Carla White has lived in for nearly 11 years.
"She was able to find a lawyer to represent her and to fight back, but that's a rare situation," said Johnson, noting many people end up homeless. "We need to protect all tenants."The developer said the project includes demolishing the existing buildings and then constructing a 16-storey apartment complex with 176 units in the first phase.