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  "source": "Fashion Week Venues",
  "title": "Versatile Showroom and Creative Space Available",
  "description": "This bright and adaptable space features an industrial yet cozy atmosphere, enhanced by ample natural light. It includes a central kitchen that anchors the layout, a bright meeting room, and open areas suitable for use as a photo studio or a comfortable workspace. \n\nAmenities include fast Wi-Fi, a meeting room, a kitchen, and lounge areas. Located near Beaubien and Rosemont metro stations, BIXI bike stations, bike paths, and local services, this versatile space is ideal for showrooms, photo shoots, meetings, and special projects, whether for short or long-term use. Additional shared facilities, including other photo studios within the building, a loading dock, and large windows overlooking Bellechasse Street, further enhance its functionality.",
  "activationIdeas": "This works well as a seasonal showroom because the garment racks, fitting rooms and stock room are already in place, so a collection can be hung and merchandised on day one. Across 158 sqm you can hold roughly 80 to 120 looks on rail with clear circulation, using the bright meeting room for one-to-one presentation and the lounge areas as a waiting zone. Brands extending a showroom rental across a full market week often layer in additional rail and seating through furniture rental rather than building anything permanent. Buyer Appointments and Wholesale Preview Strong fit for back to back buyer appointments, mainly because the enclosed meeting room lets you run a private collection preview while the open floor stays set as the main rail. In practice the central kitchen handles coffee and light catering without bringing in a hospitality supplier, which matters when you are running six to ten wholesale appointments a day. Comfortable for two or three buyers plus sales agent per session, not for large group previews. Sample Sale Operationally this space is well equipped for a sample sale, with counters, fitting rooms, a stock room and a loading dock plus elevator for pallet-in, pallet-out delivery. The honest constraint is that the unit sits at basement level on Bellechasse Street, so walk-in traffic will be minimal and the sale needs to be driven by your own mailing list and social channels. Plan queue management outside the building and set up card-only checkout with point of sale and payments at the counters. Press Day and Media Preview A credible press day venue because the layout separates viewing from hospitality, which is what keeps a media preview moving. Brands running press days in spaces like this typically dress the open floor with the collection on rail, use the meeting room for embargoed one-to-ones with editors, and run drinks and pastries out of the central kitchen. Rosemont and Beaubien metro are both within walking distance, which keeps journalist attendance rates high for a mid-morning slot of 20 to 40 guests. E-commerce Shoot Purpose-suited to e-commerce shoot days, since lighting, furniture, fitting rooms and a stock room already exist and the building houses additional photo studios if you need overflow or a second set. On a full production day the open zone takes the shooting bay, the meeting room becomes styling and steaming, and the loading dock plus elevator handles rail delivery of 200 plus SKUs. Fast Wi-Fi supports tethered capture and same-day upload to the retoucher. Editorial Shoot and Brand Content Day Works for editorial and brand shoot work because the industrial finish combined with the large windows onto Bellechasse Street gives you two distinct looks in one booking, raw and daylit. A typical crew of eight to twelve moves comfortably here, with the lounge areas doubling as talent holding and the kitchen covering crew catering. Worth confirming daylight hours against your shot list, as window light on a lower level shifts earlier in the afternoon than a ground floor unit. Video Production Adequate to good for video, with sound and video equipment on site, controllable artificial lighting and air conditioning that can be cycled between takes. The 158 sqm footprint gives enough depth for interview setups, product tabletop and simple motion work in the same session. What makes this work specifically is the loading dock and elevator for grip and camera carts, though shared building activity means you should schedule sound-critical takes early in the day. Creative Workshop or Masterclass A practical workshop venue because the kitchen anchors the layout and the meeting room gives you a teaching room separate from the making space. Seated at tables the open area handles 25 to 35 participants comfortably, or around 20 if each station needs materials and elbow room. Fast Wi-Fi, air conditioning and accessible entry cover the basics, and the neighbourhood cafés along Beaubien give attendees somewhere to go during breaks, which keeps a half-day format relaxed. Influencer Event Suits an intimate creator event rather than a large launch party, with 40 to 60 guests standing being the realistic comfortable ceiling despite the higher stated occupancy. The industrial shell photographs well, and you can build two content corners against the window wall while the kitchen serves as the bar station and the lounge areas hold gifting. Pair the booking with influencer marketing so the guest list and content deliverables are locked before the space is dressed.",
  "neighbourhoodMood": "Photographers, independent Québécois labels, furniture and object designers, and small production agencies make up the working population of this stretch of La Petite-Patrie, and most of them are inside converted light industrial buildings rather than behind shopfronts. The Bellechasse corridor between Saint-Denis and Papineau has quietly absorbed the studio overflow that Mile End priced out, and the building this space sits in follows the same logic, with additional photo studios sharing the address, a loading dock, and freight access that tells you exactly who the neighbours are. Walk two minutes north to Beaubien Est and the ecosystem becomes visible at street level: Galerie COA and Galerie Erga, Inedit.e and Battaglia & Aly on the fashion side, La Fin du Vinyle for the record crowd, and a café rhythm around Bazar, Café Odessa and Moustache that doubles as the informal meeting circuit for freelance stylists and art directors. In our venue sourcing work across Montréal, this pocket consistently comes up for showroom rental, lookbook shoots and small-format brand activation where the client wants a working studio feel rather than a polished retail box. Brands choose this corridor over Vieux-Montréal and Griffintown because the square metre value is genuinely different and the audience arriving is professional rather than incidental. Rue Saint-Paul and the Old Port command premium rates and deliver tourist volume that means very little to a buyer appointment venue, while Griffintown reads corporate and Sainte-Catherine downtown is built for high-volume temporary retail rather than considered presentations. Mile End and Saint-Viateur remain the default creative quarter answer in this city, but availability there is tight, loading is difficult, and rates have climbed to the point where a 158 sqm floorplate becomes hard to justify. What we consistently hear from brand teams who activate here is that the tradeoff is straightforward: you give up spontaneous discovery and gain a controllable, appointment-driven environment with real infrastructure, parking, and an elevator. Beaubien and Rosemont metro stations sit within walking distance on the orange line, BIXI docks and the Bellechasse bike path handle the local creative crowd, and if you are modelling the cost difference against a Mile End or Old Montreal address, the budget calculator will show the gap quickly. Arriving here for a press day feels closer to visiting a production facility than a boutique, and that is the honest character of the block. Bellechasse Street at this point is wide, low rise and functional, with vehicle movement from the nearby Canadian Tire and trade suppliers in the mornings, delivery vans mid morning, and a quieter afternoon rhythm broken mainly by studio crews stepping out for coffee. The space itself sits at basement level with large windows onto the street, which means excellent controlled daylight for a content studio or fashion presentation space, but no shopfront presence whatsoever. Guests come because they were invited and because they have the address, not because they saw a sign. The street dynamic works particularly well for invite-only showroom appointments, sample sale space for a known mailing list, and multi day shoots that need the loading dock and stock room. It is not suited to walk-in traffic, tourist retail, or any pop-up shop strategy that depends on passing footfall, and for build-heavy concepts you should factor in the freight route early with our production and build team.",
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Is this space available for pop-up shops?",
      "answer": "Yes, this 158 sqm (1,700 sqft) studio on Bellechasse Street is available for pop-up shops and short-run temporary retail in Montréal. The layout already carries the pieces a selling format needs, including counters, fitting rooms, garment racks, a stock room and adjustable lighting, so you are not building a shop from zero. Because the floor sits at basement level with large windows onto Bellechasse Street, brands running this format here typically lean on invitation, newsletter and local press traffic rather than passing footfall, which suits members-only drops, community sales and collection previews. In our experience handling bookings in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, a pop-up here performs best when paired with an opening night that uses the kitchen and lounge areas for hosting."
    },
    {
      "question": "What does it cost to rent per day?",
      "answer": "The published day rate is CA$1,200 (approximately EUR 744) for exclusive use of the 1,700 sqft floor. That figure covers the space itself, including Wi-Fi, heating, air conditioning, electricity, the meeting room and access to the shared facilities in the building. Anything you add on top, such as fit-out, furniture beyond what is in situ, staffing or production crew, is quoted against your brief, and you can sanity-check a full budget with our budget calculator"
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the minimum and maximum booking length?",
      "answer": "You can book by the day here, with a one-day minimum and a maximum of 28 consecutive days. That window covers most Montréal formats we handle, from a single-day press day or shoot through to a four-week showroom season or a month-long temporary retail run. Brands using the full 28 days usually split the calendar internally, for example ten days of wholesale appointments followed by a public sample sale weekend. If you need longer than 28 days at this Bellechasse Street address, tell us in your enquiry and we will raise a longer-term option with the operator."
    },
    {
      "question": "How large is the space and how many people can it hold?",
      "answer": "The floor measures 158 sqm (1,700 sqft) with an estimated capacity of around 160 people for a standing reception. The plan is anchored by a central kitchen, with a bright meeting room to one side and open zones that flex between photo studio, workspace and display area. For a seated workshop or buyer presentation you should plan on far fewer, in the region of 40 to 60 depending on how much furniture you hire and how you zone the room. When we walk brands through capacity at addresses like this we always reserve part of the footprint for stock and back-of-house, because a Montréal showroom running wholesale appointments needs steaming and repacking room."
    },
    {
      "question": "Does a basement-level space actually get natural light?",
      "answer": "Yes, this is a lower-ground floor with large windows facing Bellechasse Street, and the room reads bright rather than enclosed. The atmosphere is industrial with warm finishes, which photographs well and gives you usable daylight through the middle of the day. That said, for consistency across a full shoot day you should treat the in-house lighting as your primary source and daylight as a bonus, which is how most content teams we book into this space work. If your brand presentation depends on a specific light direction, request availability for a site visit and we will time it to the hour you plan to shoot."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is it suitable for a fashion showroom and wholesale appointments?",
      "answer": "Yes, showroom rental is one of the strongest uses for this address, and the space is listed for showroom presentation. You get garment racks, counters, fitting rooms, a dedicated stock room and a separate bright meeting room, which lets you run a buyer preview in one zone while a second appointment reviews line sheets next door. The kitchen and lounge areas mean you can host agents and buyers properly across a multi-day market week without leaving the building. Brands running fashion showrooms in Montréal typically find that a quiet Rosemont side street works in their favour, because appointments arrive on time and the room stays private."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can I use this as a photo or content studio?",
      "answer": "Yes, the open areas are set up for photo shoots and the building contains additional photo studios you can draw on as shared facilities. Sound and video equipment, lighting, furniture and fast Wi-Fi are all in place, so a small crew can be shooting within an hour of arrival. The loading dock and elevator make it straightforward to bring in extra kit, backdrops or a rail of samples for a same-day content and e-commerce shoot. Many brands we book here combine a shoot day with a press day so the same set dressing pays for itself twice."
    },
    {
      "question": "Are there fitting rooms, rails and a stock room for a sample sale?",
      "answer": "Yes, fitting rooms, garment racks, counters and a stock room are all part of the space, which makes it close to move-in ready for a sample sale. You bring stock, signage and your payment setup, and the retail infrastructure that usually eats your budget is already standing. We can add point of sale, additional rails, mirrors and queue management to match the volume you expect. In our experience running sample sales in Montréal, the stock room is the deciding factor, because a sale without secure back-of-house turns into a logistics problem by hour two."
    },
    {
      "question": "How does load-in work, and is there a loading dock and elevator?",
      "answer": "The building has a shared loading dock and an elevator, so crates, rails and set pieces reach the floor without being carried down stairs. That combination is the reason we shortlist this Bellechasse Street space for brands shipping in from outside Québec, since a pallet can come off the truck and go straight down. You should book your dock window in advance because it is shared with the other studios in the building, and we coordinate that slot for you as part of the booking. Tell us your inbound schedule when you enquire and we will confirm timing against the operator's calendar."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is the space accessible, and how do guests and crew arrive?",
      "answer": "Yes, the space is listed as accessible and served by an elevator, and parking is available on site or nearby for crew vehicles. Beaubien and Rosemont metro stations on the orange line are both within walking distance, and there are BIXI docks plus dedicated bike paths on the doorstep, which matters for a Montréal guest list in summer. For an evening event we usually advise guests to arrive by metro and reserve parking for talent, deliveries and photographers. A security system and CCTV cover the building, which we flag to brands leaving stock overnight during a multi-day rental."
    },
    {
      "question": "What permit or paperwork do I need for a temporary activation here?",
      "answer": "For a temporary rental inside this building you will normally be operating under the existing commercial occupancy, but selling to the public, adding exterior branding or serving alcohol each trigger their own approvals in the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough. Exterior signage on Bellechasse Street requires a borough sign permit, and any bar service at a private event needs a licence from the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux. We check which of these apply to your specific format before you sign anything, and our permit guide"
    },
    {
      "question": "What furniture and equipment is included, and can you build a branded fit-out?",
      "answer": "Furniture, lighting, counters, garment racks and sound and video equipment are already in the space, and yes, we can build a branded environment on top of that. Because the room has an industrial shell with warm finishes, most brands work with the existing character and add a considered layer rather than boxing the whole floor. Our production and build"
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the neighbourhood like around Bellechasse Street?",
      "answer": "The space sits in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, a residential and creative pocket of Montréal with around 20 restaurants, 11 cafés and five fashion retailers within roughly 600 metres. Immediate neighbours include Zab Coffee Roaster, Buvette Beaubien, Elio Pizzeria and independent galleries such as Galerie COA and Galerie Erga, alongside fashion names like JP Grimard and Battaglia & Aly. That mix gives your guests somewhere to go before and after an event and gives your crew reliable coffee and catering options within a two-minute walk. It is a destination neighbourhood rather than a high-street footfall location, so the space is available for formats built on invitation and word of mouth."
    },
    {
      "question": "What does Fashion Week Venues handle on my behalf for this booking?",
      "answer": "We handle everything between your brief and your opening at this Bellechasse Street address, with concierge included as standard. That covers negotiating the dates and rate with the operator, drafting the temporary use agreement, confirming loading dock and elevator windows, checking borough permits and signage rules, and coordinating build, furniture, point of sale and retail staffing"
    },
    {
      "question": "How do I enquire, and how quickly will I hear back?",
      "answer": "Send us your dates, format and headline numbers through the enquiry form on this listing and we reply within 24h with confirmed availability and a costed outline. There is no charge until confirmed, so you can hold a conversation about this Montréal studio without committing budget. Once you approve the outline we issue the agreement, take the deposit and move into scheduling load-in, permits and staffing against your calendar. For a one-day shoot we can often turn a booking around inside a week, while a full showroom season or a build-heavy pop-up is more comfortable with four to six weeks of lead time."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the day rate?",
      "answer": "CA$1,200 / 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: fast Wi-Fi, meeting room, kitchen, lounge areas, accessible, BIXI, bike paths, local services."
    },
    {
      "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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