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  "source": "Fashion Week Venues",
  "title": "Expansive Art Gallery for Rent",
  "description": "This spacious art gallery offers approximately 3,000 square feet of versatile space, featuring warm wood floors and abundant natural light from large windows and a skylight. Formerly a bistro, the venue includes a built-in bar and kitchen counter, making it suitable for openings, private events, or hospitality concepts. \n\nThe gallery's layout consists of multiple areas, including an upstairs section accessible via stairs, allowing for dynamic use of the space. It is fully equipped with bathrooms, a back entrance for easy loading and access, and an accessibility ramp. The venue is furnished with couches and tables, and artwork is already displayed on the walls, with an option to remove it for a fee, making it move-in ready and adaptable for various uses.\n\nThis is a unique opportunity to rent a bright, expansive venue with artistic charm and functional amenities.",
  "idealBrandProfile": "This space fits an established independent brand with a 5 to 30 person team, roughly 3 to 10 years of trading, and an existing wholesale book or a Montreal and Toronto DTC customer base worth gathering in one room. The 139 sqm footprint spread across a main floor and an upstairs section gives you a reception zone, a product zone and a quieter appointment area without needing a full build, and the 150 person capacity means a launch night reads as busy rather than thin. A one to seven day booking window suits brands running a collection preview, a press day or a short residency, not a season long retail lease. Where we see mismatches is when a very early stage label with under twelve months of trading books this scale of venue and cannot fill it with either product or people, and equally when a global house with a 400 guest list and a heavy scenographic build arrives, because the basement level, the stair access to the upper area and the fixed bar and kitchen counter limit how far the shell can be stripped back. Aesthetic Fit Warm, tactile and art adjacent brands work best here. Wood floors, skylight and large window light, existing couches and tables and hung artwork suit contemporary womenswear and menswear, knitwear, leather goods, ceramics and homeware, fragrance, jewellery and any brand whose identity leans gallery, atelier or slow craft rather than hard commercial retail. Because artwork can be removed for a fee, you can choose between a curated art context or clean walls for your own graphic system, which is where a considered approach to concept and direction pays for itself. What does not work is a high gloss, chrome and LED streetwear or sneaker identity, or a clinical beauty concept that needs white cube neutrality and even ceiling grid lighting. The room has character and warmth, and a brand identity built on cold minimalism will fight the floors, the bar and the bistro heritage rather than use them. Best Use Cases First choice is a press day and collection preview, because garment racks, fitting rooms, counters, stock room and a bookable single day make buyer and editor appointments straightforward with almost no build. Second choice is an exhibition style brand presentation or pop up exhibition, where the existing hung artwork and skylight give you a finished backdrop on day one. Third choice is a cocktail reception or opening night, since the built in bar, kitchen counter, sound and video equipment and 150 person capacity cover hospitality without external infrastructure. Fourth is a content studio or photo and video shoot, helped by natural light, multiple zones and a back entrance for loading gear. Fifth is a wholesale appointment residency across a three to five day window. Sixth is a sample sale or short pop up shop, workable with point of sale added through our activation service, though basement level positioning means you are driving traffic rather than catching passing footfall. Seventh is a creative workshop or intimate community programme. Budget Signal This sits in the upper mid tier for short term venues in Montreal and at the top of what Westmount typically commands, priced above a bare shell rental and below downtown hotel event floors. What you pay for is a move in ready room, so you are not absorbing furniture, lighting, bar build or basic AV as separate line items, and the Atwater metro connection five minutes away plus Greene Avenue and Sherbrooke bus stops two minutes away keep guest logistics simple. Against a prime Sainte Catherine commercial unit you lose street visibility but avoid a multi week minimum term and a full fit out. Against a hotel function room you gain a room with genuine character and no food and beverage minimum. Against co-working venues and shared pop up formats you pay more but keep the space exclusively branded. Run the full picture through our budget calculator before you compare offers, because the saving on build usually decides it.",
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Is Expansive Art Gallery for Rent available for pop-up shops?",
      "answer": "Yes — Expansive Art Gallery for Rent is a vetted pop-up ready space in Westmount, 139 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the day rate?",
      "answer": "CA$4,800 / day. Weekly and press-preview rates are quoted on request."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is staging, branding and fit-out permitted?",
      "answer": "Yes. Fashion Week Venues runs the full production build — signage, fixtures, lighting, sound, catering and staffing — subject to venue rules. Include your fit-out brief in the inquiry."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is included?",
      "answer": "Included on-site: Internet, Air Conditioning, Security System, Stock Room, Counters, Fitting Rooms, Garment Rack, Lighting."
    },
    {
      "question": "How far in advance should we book?",
      "answer": "Fashion week windows book 6–10 weeks out. Off-season activations can be secured in 2–3 weeks."
    }
  ],
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