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Former Montreal councillor lobbies for developer over controversial plans for iconic malthouse
A real estate developer has been quietly lobbying Montreal’s municipal government to authorize condo construction at the former Canada Malting Company site, and enlisting the help of a previous city councillor to that end.
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