![]() “Sherbrooke is a street people like walking on and it’s clear that we have to improve it. “I’m very sensitive to the fact that the merchants on Sherbrooke and the citizens want to maintain that unique identity, that they don’t want to become Monkland,” Kasoki Katahwa said. She noted that Sherbrooke has a very different identity than Monkland Ave. Kasoki Katahwa pointed to the success of café-restaurants like Café Toranj and Entre Deux. and Cavendish Blvd., down from 33 a year earlier. She said there are now 27 empty storefronts on Sherbrooke between Claremont Ave. Gracia Kasoki Katahwa, borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, said she is aware that the strip of Sherbrooke St. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf / Montreal Gazette The old Salvation Army store at Wilson Ave. “I know lots of bankers, doctors and dentists (who live in the neighbourhood) and they all complain about everything closing down and the lack of attention this street is getting,” Massaglia said. ![]() Park has sat empty and decaying for decades, an eyesore that hardly makes the neighbourhood more attractive. It doesn’t help matters that the former Empress Theatre across from N.D.G. Another popular café, Shaika, at the corner of Old Orchard Ave., closed last year and that space is still empty. that has been empty for years since the Salvation Army moved into smaller quarters several blocks to the west. that has several empty storefronts, notably the large space at Wilson Ave. The end result is one more closure on a strip of Sherbrooke St. ![]() ![]() and Sherbrooke St., closed last year and that space is still empty. “He was a good tenant, but he decided to leave.”Ī popular café, Shaika, at the corner of Old Orchard Ave. “We tried to explain it to him, but he wasn’t listening,” Taghavi said. Kasra Taghavi, the building manager, said the city taxes are going down this year but conversations between the landlord and Zampetoulakis did not progress to making a deal for the coming year. How am I supposed to make $75,000 a year (as the overall cost of running the business) with coffee?” This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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