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Prime Retail Location Downtown Montreal For Lease Prime Retail Location Downtown Montreal Jesse Provost The Dominion +1 514 905 5005 Square Building [email protected] Be next to Canada Goose Montreal The Second Best City to Live In. - The Economist A young and vibrant city with the highest proportion of students in North America. Every year, more than 100 festivals are celebrated in the city, attracting a variety of visitors from all over North America and the World. Downtown Downtown is home to more than 40 theatres, cinemas, and other entertainment venues, 17 museums. Easy access by public transit, the core is served by 8 subway stations, 5 bus terminals, commuter train from all surrounding suburbs of Montreal, as well as 2 future light rail stations (proposed opening 2021). A shopping destination with 2,000 boutiques and department stores. EVERYBODY SHOPS IN DOWNTOWN: YOUNG, UPSCALE AND SAVVY You will serve the second largest city in Canada and the 8th most populous in North America, with more than 4.3 million people living in the Greater Montreal Area (GMA). The island itself is home to 2.7 million people which is one of the most densely populated urban centres in North America. The average household income for the GMA is $80,000. The busiest corner (combined car and pedestrian) of the whole downtown core. More than 50,000 pedestrians are walking in front of the property. Everyday, more than 340,000 people live, work and play within a 15 minute walk from our corner street. On the path to Mont-Royal and the prestigious neighbourhoods of the Golden Square Mile and Westmount, and a stones throw away from the sizzling neighbourhood of Griffintown. Within minutes from the site, the neighbourhood has seen a radical transformation with the addition of more than 10,000 newly built residential units. At this time, over 25 major residential projects are underway. More than 9.2 million WHO SHOPS? visitors per year 30 million people per year 8 out of 10 customers are between the ages of 25 and 44 2,000 boutiques and department Highly educated with more than 80% stores having a College or University degree Over 50% of the office space in the GMA (over 47 million sq. ft.) within $80,000 average walking distance. household income DYNAMIC SECTOR IN TRANSFORMATION New Neighbours Coming: Canada Goose: Ogilvy/Holt Renfrew New LRT transit system with First to market location upgrade ($400M) 26 stations serving the GMA in the Province of Quebec New Four Seasons Hotel Montreal Eaton Centre New Manulife Regional ($250M) renovation ($200M) Head Office University Rue 12,000 residential units proposed, above average household incomeMcTavish Rue levels, variety of condominiums being built with pent-houses in the Peel Rue $4M to $20M range, an estimated 40,000 new residents to come in the neighbourhood within a 20 minute walk from the RedpathDominion Row Square Boulevard Saint-Laurent Boulevard Rue Sherbrooke Ouest Peel St. Peel McGill College Avenue College McGill Rue Saint-Urbain Rue Boulevard de Maisonneuve Rue De Bleury De Rue McGill Les Cours Mont-Royal Centre Eaton de Montreal 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 RUE STE CATHERINE O Place Montreal Rue Guy Rue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16 SITE Robert-Bourassa Boulevard Boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest Approx. 46,400 Students Over 7,000 Faculty & Staff Gare Central 49 Rue de La Gauchetière Ouest Avenue Viger Ouest Approx. 40,500 Students Lucien L’Allier Station Over 5,000 Faculty & Staff Place Bonaventure 1- Pharmaprix 11 - Lululemon 21 - MAC 31 - Arcteryx 41 - American Eagle 2 - Mc Donalds 12 - Oakley 22 - Addition ELLE 32 - Point Zero 42 - Lacoste 3 - Structube 13 - H&M 23 - BMO 33 - Apple 43 - Cineplex 4 - Naturalle 14 - Canada Goose 24 - Scotia Bank 34 - Ogilvy Holt Renfrew 44 - Simons 5 - Rudsak 15 - Lids 25 - Birks 35 - XXI 45 - The Bay St. Jacques Street 6 - Swarovski 16 - Club Monaco 26 - Burguer King 36 - A|X 46 - Foot Locker 7 - Aldo 17 - La Vie en Rose 27 - Best buy 37 - Browns 47 - A&W 8 - Urban Outfiters 18 - Love 28 - RBC 38 - Victoria’s Secret 48 - Universal 9 - Adidas 19 - Sports Experts 29 - TD 39 - Aritzia 49 - Bell Centre 10 - Reebok 20 - Aveda 30 - Icebreaker 40 - La Maison Simons THE DOMINION SQUARE BUILDING 1020, STE. CATHERINE WEST, MONTREAL, QUEBEC St Catherine West 3,670 sq. ft. Property Highlights Last two unique opportunities available: 3,670 sq. ft. on Ste. Catherine Street 6,011 sq. ft. on Peel Street Important Co-tenants (WITHIN A 5 MINUTE WALK) Apple, Aritzia, Banana Republic, Browns Shoes, Canada Goose, Cineplex, Club Monaco, COS, Foot Locker, H&M, Indigo, Lacoste, Little Burgundy, M.A.C., Michael Kors, Reebok, Roots, Simons, Sports Expert, Time Out Market Montreal, Victoria’s Secret, Zara. Jesse Provost +1 514 905 5005 [email protected] DISCLAIMER The material herein is intended as a guide only, no liability for negligence or otherwise is assumed for the material contained herein by Jones Lang LaSalle, its principal or its servants or its agents. No material contained herein shall form the basis of or be part of any agreement and no warranty is given or implied as to the accuracy of the whole or any part of the material. Prospective purchasers/ tenants should not rely on the material but should make their own enquiries and satisfy themselves of all aspects of the material. Any liability by Jones Lang LaSalle, its principal, its servants or its agents in any way connected with the brochure, whether or not such liability results from or involves negligence, will not exceed $1000.00..
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