Back when Ivor Wynne stadium was built that was considered a suburban location. Across the street, they are building a new recreational, senior centre and a high school. Along that street is where the B-Line LRT will go along, so there's a lot of renewal happening in the neighourhood.
Here's a large aerial picture of central Montreal taken from a plane, 1 year ago (I looked and it has not been shared yet). You can basically see the whole built-up core of the city from the Old Montreal to Ahuntsic. Even though the plane hides a part of the CBD, there's still things to see.