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  "source": "Fashion Week Venues",
  "title": "Unique Coworking Space with Meeting Room in Montreal",
  "description": "This coworking space in Montreal offers a remarkable environment designed to inspire creativity and enhance productivity. The facility is equipped with essential amenities including high-speed internet and Wi-Fi, air conditioning, and a comprehensive security system to ensure a safe working atmosphere. It features convenient on-site parking, an elevator for easy access, and a well-appointed kitchen for your refreshment needs. The space also includes a stock room for storage, counters, fitting rooms, and garment racks, suitable for various professional activities. Additionally, the sound and video equipment caters to multimedia presentations, while the overall lighting and furniture create a comfortable and functional workspace. This modern space is ideal for collaboration and meetings, ensuring you have everything you need to thrive in your professional endeavors.",
  "tldr": "A 59 sqm (630 sq ft) basement showroom space for rent inside a mall building in north Montréal near the Pie-IX corridor, finished as a clean contemporary workspace shell with neutral walls, controlled artificial lighting and a separate meeting room. Best For Wholesale appointment showroom and buyer preview blocks first, then press days and collection previews with looped lookbook film, sample sale and private client shopping events using the existing fitting rooms, content studio and brand shoot days needing consistent light, and team offsites or small gallery showings. High footfall public pop-up store formats rank last given the basement position. Standout Features Retail infrastructure already installed and vetted by Fashion Week Venues: fitting rooms, sales counters, garment racks and a lockable stock room, plus sound and video equipment for multimedia presentations. On-site parking with elevator access to basement level makes rail and rig load-in straightforward, and the full kitchen supports catering setup for press hospitality. Location Pie-IX rapid bus corridor stops are roughly 5 minutes on foot, with the orange line at Henri-Bourassa and the Highway 40 and 25 interchanges a short drive, and parking available on site. The immediate streets are a wide car-oriented boulevard environment in the Saint-Léonard and Montréal-Nord area, functional for crew arrivals and grocery-run quiet for guests rather than ceremonial. Availability Day rate is CA$132 (approximately EUR 82) with a one day minimum rental, which makes single-day appointment blocks and short press moments viable. Book 3 to 4 weeks ahead in Montréal, and 6 to 8 weeks for the late August and February market and fashion week windows when production-adjacent spaces in this corridor tighten. How to Book Submit a brief with your dates and format and we reply within 24h with confirmed availability and a costed plan, no charge until confirmed. Permit paperwork, on-site staffing and fit-out coordination are handled by our team, so enquire now to hold your dates.",
  "activationIdeas": "This is the strongest use of the space, because the garment racks, fitting rooms and lockable stock room mean a showroom rental here needs almost no build. Across 59 sqm you can hang one full season, roughly 8 to 10 rails, keep a seated presentation corner for two buyers at a time, and hold backstock out of sight. In practice the on-site parking and elevator handle rail load-in without a crew or a van permit, which is why brands treat this as a working season base rather than a single-day booking. Buyer Appointments and Wholesale Previews Works well for back to back wholesale appointments because the separate meeting room lets one buyer review terms while the next is being walked through the rails. Realistically this suits 2 to 4 people per appointment slot rather than group previews, so build a schedule at 45 minute intervals. The kitchen covers coffee and water without external catering, and the basement position means no street noise interrupting a collection preview. Confirm your appointment addresses clearly, since Quebec and Ontario buyers will arrive by car. Sample Sale Adequate to good for an invitation-led sample sale, given that counters, fitting rooms, garment racks and a secure stock room are already installed. Comfortable flow is 25 to 30 shoppers inside at once with a queue managed at the elevator, so run timed entry slots across a two or three day window. What this space cannot do is generate walk-in traffic, so sell-through depends entirely on your CRM list and door discipline. Brands running sample sale space at this scale usually bring two floor staff plus one on till, which our retail staffing team covers locally. Press Day / Media Preview Credible as a press day venue for Montréal-based editors and stylists, mainly because the sound and video equipment loops a lookbook film while the rails stay open for handling. Plan for 15 to 20 attendees on a rolling two hour window rather than a single seated moment, since 59 sqm gets tight once trays and rails are both out. The kitchen supports light hospitality in-house. Be honest internally that international press will need a car and a scheduled reason to travel north. E-commerce Shoot Strong choice for e-commerce shoot days because the absence of daylight removes the colour shift that kills consistency across a 200 SKU run. Neutral walls, existing lighting and a power supply that takes strobes give you a repeatable setup, and the fitting rooms double as changing space for two models without eating into the shooting area. The stock room holds steamed product in sequence, and parking means the styling kit comes in by elevator rather than being carried from the street. Content Creation Day and Video Production Works for a controlled content studio day, and the basement level is the reason: no exterior noise bleed and no changing light through the afternoon. The included sound and video equipment covers talking-head interviews, product close-ups and social cutdowns without external hire, while 59 sqm comfortably supports a crew of 6 to 8 with one lighting setup. If you need a second set built alongside, plan on styling props and seating brought in through our furniture rental service. Creative Workshop or Masterclass Suits a hands-on workshop for 12 to 16 participants seated at tables, which is the honest capacity here rather than a 40 person lecture format. The AV handles slides and audio for a masterclass, the kitchen supports a break service, and the stock room stores materials between sessions on multi-day programmes. Air conditioning matters more than people expect at basement level with a full room. Repeat sessions are viable given the one day minimum, so a three day workshop series is straightforward to schedule. Art Exhibition or Gallery Showing Works for a focused gallery showing of prints, photography or accessories, since neutral walls and fully controlled artificial lighting let you light each piece without daylight interference. Realistic hang is 15 to 25 framed works across the perimeter, with a private view holding around 30 standing. Security system and elevator access make handling and overnight storage of work manageable. Treat this as a single-artist or collaboration showing rather than a group exhibition, because 59 sqm reads crowded past that point. Influencer Event Good for a small, tightly curated creator session rather than a large influencer party, with 15 to 18 guests the number that keeps rails accessible and the room shootable. The fitting rooms let creators try and film product on the spot, the AV runs a music bed, and controlled lighting means every corner of the room photographs consistently for content capture. Attendance here depends on outreach rather than location, so pair the booking with targeted influencer marketing and confirmed RSVPs.",
  "idealBrandProfile": "This space fits a small independent brand or studio with a 2 to 12 person team, roughly 1 to 6 years of trading, and an existing wholesale book or DTC customer base concentrated in Quebec and Ontario. At 59 sqm across a single basement level inside a mall building, it holds one collection, a fitting area, and a seated meeting or appointment corner without feeling crowded. The stock room, counters, fitting rooms and garment racks mean a brand arriving with a rail count rather than a full build crew can be trading or taking appointments the same day, which is exactly what brands at this stage typically need. Where we see mismatches is when a heritage house or a group-owned label books this for a public-facing seasonal launch: the basement position and the modest frontage will not carry the volume or the arrival moment those teams are measured on. Equally, a solo designer needing only a desk and a rail will be paying for amenities they never touch. If you need more scale or street presence, it is worth comparing against other browse all spaces options before committing. Aesthetic Fit Clean, functional and contemporary brands work best here: ready to wear, streetwear, athleisure, denim, accessories, jewellery and small leather goods presented against neutral walls with controlled lighting. The interior is a modern workspace shell rather than a characterful retail box, so it flatters brands whose identity lives in the product, the rail merchandising and the graphics they bring in, not in the architecture. Included lighting, furniture and sound and video equipment support a stripped-back showroom or content-led setup with minimal dressing. What does not work is a maximalist luxury or heritage aesthetic that depends on daylight, high ceilings, period detail or a window onto the street. Fragrance, fine jewellery and couture presentations that rely on natural light and an arrival sequence will feel compromised at basement level. Brands wanting a stronger scenographic identity should budget for branded store design rather than relying on the existing finish. Best Use Cases First choice is a wholesale appointment showroom or collection preview: fitting rooms, garment racks, a stock room and a dedicated meeting room make back to back buyer sessions straightforward, and parking plus elevator access removes the friction of moving rails in. Second is a press day or brand presentation, where the sound and video equipment supports a looped lookbook film and the kitchen handles light hospitality. Third is a sample sale or private client shopping event, since counters, fitting rooms and a secure stock room cover the operational basics of temporary retail. Fourth is a content studio day, using the controlled lighting and lack of daylight variability for consistent shooting. Fifth is a team offsite or internal corporate session, which the meeting room and air conditioning handle comfortably. Sixth is a small art exhibition or gallery showing for a print, photography or accessories collaboration. A high-footfall public pop-up shop ranks last, because basement positioning within a mall does not generate the passing traffic that format depends on. Budget Signal This sits at the accessible end of the Montreal short-term commercial market, well below prime Sainte-Catherine or Mile End street-level retail and below most hotel event floors of comparable capacity. The value case is straightforward: you are paying a workspace rate but receiving retail infrastructure, meaning fitting rooms, counters, racks, stock room, AV, lighting and furniture are already in place. A comparable co-working booking gives you a room and nothing else; a hotel function space gives you address prestige but no garment handling and usually a catering minimum; a shared pop-up format gives you footfall but splits your brand story with someone else's. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is a brand redirecting the saving from rent into product, staffing and outreach rather than into square metres. Run the numbers against alternatives with our budget calculator before you enquire, and factor in that the one day minimum lease makes short appointment blocks and single-day press moments genuinely viable here.",
  "neighbourhoodMood": "Costume workshops, streetwear labels, screen printers, casting agents and independent video crews make up the working population around this stretch of north Montréal, and they are here because the area rewards production over posture. TOHU and the Cité des arts du cirque on Rue Jarry Est anchor the creative side, and the Cirque du Soleil international headquarters keeps a constant circulation of pattern cutters, prop builders and freelance stylists moving along the Pie-IX corridor throughout the week. Langevin et Forest, a few minutes east, is where set builders and joiners from across the island buy hardwood, which is a fair signal of what the surrounding blocks actually do. Factor in the embroidery and heat-press shops threaded through the Saint-Léonard industrial strips, the Haitian and francophone music scene rooted in Montréal-Nord, and the Chabanel garment blocks a short drive west, and the ecosystem reads clearly. Brands that browse all spaces across the city tend to arrive here when they need functional square metres, storage and load-in access rather than a shopfront on a shopping street. Cost per usable square metre is the honest reason brand teams choose this address instead of Mile End, the Plateau, Griffintown or Vieux-Montréal, and the gap is wide enough to change what a campaign can afford elsewhere in the budget. A 630 sq ft unit that already contains fitting rooms, counters, garment racks, a stock room, on-site parking and elevator access, at roughly eighty euros a day, sits far below anything comparable on Boulevard Saint-Laurent or Rue Saint-Paul, and it carries none of the tourist overlay those zones bring in summer. In our experience placing brands in this neighbourhood, the formats that hold up are wholesale appointment blocks, sample sales, casting and fitting days, content shoots and community-facing pop-up shop moments where the audience is invited rather than found. What this area does not provide is walking distance to the downtown press and buyer hotel cluster, so visiting editors need a car, a ride share or a clear reason to travel. Running the tradeoff through our city compare tool usually makes that decision quickly. Arriving here feels operational rather than ceremonial, and teams should set expectations accordingly. The immediate blocks are wide boulevard territory built around cars, with a Maxi and an SAQ inside a five minute walk, morning traffic dominated by grocery runs and trade vans, a school pickup surge in the late afternoon and a quiet residential tone after six. The space itself is at basement level inside a mall structure, reached by elevator with parking directly on site, which makes moving rails, lighting and crates genuinely painless compared with a Plateau walk-up or a Vieux-Montréal loading restriction. What we consistently hear from brand teams who activate here is that the room performs strongly once guests have been directed to it, which is why we normally pair this kind of address with a firm appointment schedule and briefed retail staffing at the door. The honest limitation: this is not a location for high-volume tourist retail, spontaneous walk-in traffic, or any brand whose numbers depend on street visibility and a visible window.",
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Is this space available for pop-up shops?",
      "answer": "Yes, this 59 sqm Montréal space is available for pop-up shops, though it performs best as an appointment-led or invitation-led pop-up rather than a walk-in retail format. It sits at basement level inside a mall structure near the Pie-IX corridor, so passing footfall is limited and your audience needs to be directed there. The counters, fitting rooms, garment racks and lockable stock room mean the operational side of temporary retail is already covered, which is why brands running sample sales and private client shopping days here get the most from it. In our experience handling bookings at addresses like this in north Montréal, a pop-up shop with a published appointment schedule and paid social behind it consistently outperforms an open-door approach."
    },
    {
      "question": "What does Fashion Week Venues handle on my behalf for this booking?",
      "answer": "We handle the full path from brief to move-out, so your team only manages product and guests. At this address specifically we manage the temporary use agreement with the building, confirmation of basement load-in and elevator timings, parking allocation for your crew, permit checks with the borough where your format requires them, and coordination of lighting, rails and any additional fit-out. We also arrange retail staffing, payment terminals and on-site supervision, and every space we place brands into is vetted in person first. You can read how our process works"
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the day rate and is there a minimum rental period?",
      "answer": "The day rate is CA$132, roughly EUR 82, with a one day minimum lease. That one day minimum is genuinely useful in Montréal because it makes single-day press moments, casting sessions and short buyer appointment blocks viable without committing to a week. Multi-day and weekly bookings are quoted on request and usually attract a reduced effective daily rate, and we can also structure a longer short-term rental if you are running a full market period. Send us your dates and format and we reply within 24h with a costed plan."
    },
    {
      "question": "How big is the space and how many people does it hold?",
      "answer": "The space is 59 sqm, or 630 sq ft, arranged across a single basement level with a separate meeting room. In practice that comfortably holds one collection on rails, a fitting area and a seated appointment or meeting corner, which is why it works well for wholesale appointments and collection previews. For a seated press presentation or a team offsite you should plan around a modest group rather than a large launch crowd, and our estimate for working occupancy here is around 60 people at absolute peak with the layout opened up. If your guest list is larger than that, we can point you toward other spaces in Montreal"
    },
    {
      "question": "Does the space already have retail fixtures, or do I need to build?",
      "answer": "It is effectively move-in ready for retail: fitting rooms, sales counters, garment racks, a stock room, lighting and furniture are all already installed. That is unusual at this price point in Montréal, where a comparable coworking booking gives you a room and nothing else, and it means a brand arriving with a rail count can be trading or taking appointments the same day. Where brands do choose to build, it is normally to add a stronger scenographic identity over the neutral workspace shell, and our branded store design"
    },
    {
      "question": "What are the load-in and access arrangements?",
      "answer": "Load-in runs through on-site parking and an elevator down to basement level, which makes moving rails, rolling racks and lighting cases genuinely straightforward. Compared with a walk-up in the Plateau or a narrow entrance in Old Montréal, this is one of the easier load-ins we work with in the city, and the elevator also covers step-free access for guests. Because the unit is inside a mall structure, we confirm delivery windows and elevator booking with building management as part of your agreement rather than leaving your crew to negotiate on arrival. Tell us your truck size and rail count when you request availability and we will build the timings into your schedule."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is there parking for my team and guests?",
      "answer": "Yes, parking is on site, which matters more here than in most Montréal locations because the surrounding blocks are a wide car-oriented boulevard environment. Crew arriving with samples, lighting or catering can park and use the elevator directly, and guests driving from downtown or the West Island will not be circling for a spot. Buyers and editors travelling from the Vieux-Montréal hotel cluster will need a car or a ride, so we recommend confirming transport in your invitation copy. When we book this address for brands we allocate crew spaces in advance so your load-in is not competing with mall traffic."
    },
    {
      "question": "How do people get here on public transport?",
      "answer": "The Pie-IX rapid bus corridor is the primary route, with stops roughly five minutes on foot, and the orange line at Henri-Bourassa connects the wider network. Drivers reach the space quickly via the Highway 40 and 25 interchanges, which is why production crews and set builders work out of this part of north Montréal. It is honest to say this is not a downtown address, so for a press day or buyer preview you should send precise arrival instructions rather than assuming guests will find the entrance. Brands running this format in this type of space typically find that the rental saving comfortably covers a car for every guest they genuinely need in the room."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is it suitable for a wholesale showroom or buyer appointments?",
      "answer": "Yes, and this is the format we would recommend first for this space. Fitting rooms, garment racks, a stock room and a dedicated meeting room make back-to-back wholesale appointments practical, and the parking and elevator combination removes the friction of moving rails between sessions. Air conditioning and heating keep the room workable through a long market day, and the kitchen handles coffee and light hospitality for buyers between slots. For a showroom rental of several consecutive days we can add reception staffing and a booking system so your sales team stays with the product."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can I shoot content or run a press day here?",
      "answer": "Yes, both work well, and the basement position is actually an advantage for shooting. With no daylight variability you get consistent conditions across a full day, and the installed lighting plus sound and video equipment supports lookbook film, interviews and multimedia presentation playback. For a press day the neutral walls take graphics and branding easily, the kitchen supports catering setup, and the meeting room doubles as a one-to-one interview space. In our experience placing content studio days in Montréal, brands book this kind of controlled room precisely because they do not want to fight changing light."
    },
    {
      "question": "What permits do I need for a pop-up or sample sale at this address?",
      "answer": "For most short-term formats here you are operating under a licence to occupy or temporary use agreement with the building rather than a commercial lease, and your permit exposure depends on whether you are selling, serving food or altering the unit. Retail sales require you to be registered for Quebec and federal sales tax collection, and any temporary signage, alcohol service or structural fit-out triggers separate borough approvals in Montréal. We check each of these against your specific brief and handle the paperwork as part of the booking so nothing surfaces late, and our permit guide"
    },
    {
      "question": "What amenities are included in the rate?",
      "answer": "Included are high-speed internet and wifi, air conditioning, heating, electricity, a security system, a kitchen, lighting, furniture, sound and video equipment, the stock room, counters, fitting rooms and garment racks, plus parking and elevator access. That combination is why we describe this Montréal space as workspace pricing with retail infrastructure attached. What is not included is staffing, catering, payment hardware and any custom build, all of which we can add through our all services"
    },
    {
      "question": "Can my stock be stored securely overnight between days?",
      "answer": "Yes, the unit has a stock room and a building security system, so multi-day bookings can leave rails and boxes in place overnight rather than shuttling product back to a hotel or warehouse. For sample sales and multi-day showroom runs this is one of the practical reasons brands pick this space over a bare coworking room. We confirm overnight access hours and alarm procedures with building management as part of your agreement, and for high-value product we can arrange additional overnight security. Flag your stock value and volume in your brief so we set the right level of cover."
    },
    {
      "question": "How far ahead should I book, especially around market weeks?",
      "answer": "Plan on three to four weeks of lead time for a standard booking in Montréal, and six to eight weeks for the late August and February market and fashion week windows. Production-adjacent spaces in this corridor tighten during those periods because costume makers, casting agents and shoot crews are competing for the same square metres. If your dates are fixed, send them early and we will hold provisionally while your brief is costed, with no commitment until you sign. Mapping your build, install and trading days against our activation timeline"
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the neighbourhood actually like for guests?",
      "answer": "It is a working and producing quarter in north Montréal rather than a browsing destination, and your guests should be told that clearly in advance. Within a few minutes on foot there is a Maxi, an SAQ and a U-Haul, with Langevin et Forest around 500 metres away where set builders and joiners across the city buy hardwood, and TOHU and the Cirque du Soleil headquarters anchoring the wider creative ecosystem. Evenings are quiet and residential, and there is no tourist overlay or street-level retail crowd, which is exactly why the cost per usable square metre is a fraction of Mile End or Griffintown. What we consistently hear from brand teams who activate here is that the space delivers once an audience has been directed to it and an appointment schedule is in place."
    },
    {
      "question": "What happens after I enquire?",
      "answer": "You send your dates, format and rough guest numbers, and we reply within 24h with confirmed availability, a costed plan and any permit or building conditions that apply to this Montréal address. If it works, we issue the temporary use agreement and a deposit schedule, then move into logistics: load-in slots, parking, staffing, fit-out and payment setup. If it does not work, we propose alternatives at a similar day rate rather than leaving you to search again. Nothing is charged until your booking is confirmed, and concierge included support runs through your activation from install to move-out."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the day rate?",
      "answer": "CA$132 / 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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