Longueuil choisit Montoni pour 1,500-seat Espace Longueuil project
Longueuil has chosen the proposal from Groupe immobilier Montoni and Sid Lee Architecture for Espace Longueuil, its planned congress center, hotel and rental residential project in the metro station sector. The selection moves the city into the next contractual steps for the last lot it owns there, with construction envisioned for 2027 if final agreements are reached.
Catherine Fournier and Espace Longueuil
Catherine Fournier said the selection lets Longueuil “faire au moins trois pierres d’un coup.” She said the city lacks a large gathering space and described the project as a way to address several needs at once.
“En tant que cinquième plus grande ville au Québec, Longueuil ne peut compter sur aucun espace de rassemblement d’envergure et ce projet viendra enfin corriger cette lacune. Aussi, le volet hôtelier viendra combler le déficit de chambres d’hôtel disponibles sur la Rive-Sud; et le volet résidentiel répondra aux besoins en logements locatifs qui ne sont plus à démontrer,” she said.
Fournier also said, “Avec ce projet de l’Espace Longueuil, la vision de la Ville, c’est d’en faire un milieu de vie complet, où on peut aller au bureau, avoir accès à des commerces de proximité. C’est ce qu’on recherche depuis l’établissement de la vision dans le secteur du métro.”
Montoni proposal details
The selected project includes a congress center with a main room for 1,500 people and several adjoining rooms. It also includes a hotel of about 200 rooms and a residential building with about 620 housing units.
Twenty percent of those housing units are planned to be nonprofit. The proposal also includes about 50,000 square feet of commercial and office space, along with space tied to nearby sociocommunity organizations.
That last point still depends on financial parameters the city must agree on with Montoni and any future real estate partners for the use of part of the office spaces and meeting rooms by those organizations.
Saint-Charles and Charles-LeMoyne
Longueuil launched the call for proposals about one year ago for a flagship project on the last lot it owns in the metro station and regional bus terminal sector. The lot sits at the corner of Saint-Charles and Charles-LeMoyne streets, across from the office building where the University of Sherbrooke is located and next to the new Sir Charles residential building.
The city expects the conditions of sale for the lot at its fair market value to Montoni to be completed by February 2027. If that happens, construction is envisioned for 2027, and delivery is envisioned in a single complete phase by 2030.
For Longueuil, the selection turns a vacant municipal lot into a project built around three uses at once: a gathering hall, hotel rooms and rental housing. The sale terms and the community-space agreement now set the pace for what can actually be built there.
