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 "name": "La Station",
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 "state": null,
 "country": "Canada",
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 "before_notes": "Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: La Station was originally a 1969 modernist gas station on Nuns' Island, Montreal, and was converted into a community arts centre in 2012 after closing in 2008.",
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 "status": "built",
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 "developer": null,
 "architect": "Eric Gauthier",
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 "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
 "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Station_(community_center)",
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 "verified": "draft",
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 "last_updated": "2026-10-18",
 "created": "2026-10-18",
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   "grp": "strategy",
   "evidence": "community arts centre",
   "origin": "record"
  },
  {
   "slug": "use-civic",
   "name": "Civic and government",
   "grp": "use",
   "evidence": "new_use field",
   "origin": "newtypes-extraction"
  }
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   "retrieved": "2026-10-18"
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   "what_happened": "Former gas station (1969 Mies van der Rohe design, Imperial Oil commission) converted to community arts centre. Status: built. Strategy: reinhabit.",
   "why": "Matches 6 peer sites using 'reinhabit' strategy (e.g., 100 Oaks Mall, Buford Clairmont Mall). Located on Nuns' Island, Montreal, within 10km of 2 other sites (Complexe Les Ailes, Cavendish Mall).",
   "where_it_stands": "Modernist landmark on Nuns' Island; no current occupancy or financial data in record. Original use: filling station. New use: civic (community arts centre).",
   "for_a_planner": [
    "Reinhabitation strategy confirmed in record; 6 peer examples exist. Nearby mall cluster (2 within 10km) noted."
   ],
   "for_a_developer": [
    "No operational metrics or financials provided. Site is built, not under development. Strategy aligns with 6 similar conversions."
   ],
   "risks_and_unknowns": [
    "Conversion timeline unknown (closed for 'several years' before conversion). No data on community arts centre usage or funding. No details on parcel size or zoning."
   ],
   "data_quality": "partial",
   "one_line": "Gas station (Mies van der Rohe, 1969) converted to community arts centre via 'reinhabit' strategy; 6 peer examples exist.",
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     "why": [
      "same strategy: reinhabit"
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      "same strategy: reinhabit"
     ]
    },
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     "state": "PA",
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     "why": [
      "same strategy: reinhabit"
     ]
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     "city": "Bangor",
     "state": "ME",
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     "why": [
      "same strategy: reinhabit"
     ]
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     "state": "MA",
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     "why": [
      "same strategy: reinhabit"
     ]
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      "same strategy: reinhabit"
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