PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 8, 2006
A UNIQUE EVENT
TOO GOOD TO MISS:
BOMA QUÉBEC presents
'LE MONTRÉAL DU FUTUR'
in collaboration with
De Grandpré Chait Lawyers and Bell
From March 31 to April 4, 2006, BOMA QUÉBEC (Building Owners and Managers Association) is pleased to present ‘LE MONTRÉAL DU FUTUR’, a unique event showcasing commercial, residential and institutional real estate projects that will shape Metropolitan Montreal’s landscape over the next 20 years.
This event will gather several key business clienteles who contribute to the future development of Montreal, as well as the media and the public. This major event will feature a wide range of scale models from various promoters and organizations, including the City of Montreal’s urban planning department. It is a highly interesting event that will give exhibitors and partners the opportunity to demonstrate their leadership in contributing to the development of the Montreal area.
Scale models, drawings and plans will thus be grouped for the very first time on the Parquet of CDP Capital Centre (1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, located in Montreal’s Quartier International), recipient of several architectural awards.
At an official launch cocktail to take place on Thursday, March 30, the real estate industry and the business community will be invited to inaugurate the show, in the presence of dignitaries such as Mr. Benoît Labonté, the new Ville-Marie Borough Mayor. This very special evening presented by BOMA Québec will attract hundreds of special guests committed to Montreal’s urban and economic development.
To purchase tickets (limited quantity) at the cost of $100 each ($150 for the VIP section), please contact Teresa Carvalho at BOMA Québec: tcarvalho@affaires.com tel. (514) 282-3826 ext. 2008.
Public access to the show will remain free during the entire event, until April 4 inclusively. Thousands of visitors are expected. The show will be open:
Friday, March 31, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 1st, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday, April 3, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 4, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
De Grandpré Chait LLP is the main sponsor of LE MONTRÉAL DU FUTUR event. A leader in real estate law, with over 30 of its 70 lawyers specialized in this field of practice, De Grandpré Chait is one of the few firms in Canada to offer the full range of specialties in Real Estate Law. The evening of April 4, 2006, the event closing date, is reserved for De Grandpré Chait to organize, for its key clients and partners in the real estate industry, a private tour of the show and a cocktail, by invitation only, on the Parquet of CDP Capital Centre.
As of February 8, the promoters and organizations who have already confirmed their interest in presenting their project(s) during the event from March 30 to April 4 include: Société du Havre, Quartier des Spectacles, Concordia University John Molson Business School Tower, Montreal’s Quartier International, Hines’ major office tower on the corner of Mansfield & De Maisonneuve, Technopôle Angus, the City of Montreal and its major development projects, McGill University mega-projects including the MUHC, Complexe de divertissement du bassin Peel (Casino of Montréal project), Le Riopelle luxury hotel and condominium, SITQ, Le Concorde condominium, 333 Sherbrooke (phase 2) condominium, the Proment projects on Nuns’ Island, BUSAC’s Îlot Voyageur project, phase 2 of Westcliff International City, Beauxarts condominium, the Musée d’archéologie et d’histoire de Montréal (Pointe-à-Callière) expansion project, True North Properties’ Les Jardins Windsor, M9 Habitat Nouveau Montréal, Samcon’s 825 René-Lévesque (Manoir René-Lévesque), Socam’s Quai des Éclusiers (new phases), Holt Renfrew’s downtown expansion project, and Groupe Cardinal Hardy Architects.
Please note that several of the presentations are futuristic visions rather than officially approved projects. The show is aimed at giving an exciting glimpse of what Montreal will look like 20 years from now.
The partners who have confirmed their contribution as show sponsors (without necessarily exhibiting) include so far:
MAIN PARTNERS: De Grandpré Chait Lawyers, Bell, and BOMA Québec.
MAJOR PARTNERS: SITQ-CDP Capital Centre, Les Affaires weekly newspaper, Loto-Québec, Transports Lacombe, and Technopôle Angus/Aecon/Aedifica.
ASSOCIATE PARTNERS: GGA Communications (Gervais Gagnon & Associates), Revue Commerce, City of Montreal / Ville-Marie Borough, Le Riopelle condominium, Espace Montréal magazine, Christian Bélanger Design, Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, Speed Magazine and Hydro-Québec.
For more event details, please contact Mr. Robert J. Vézina, Chief Event Organizer and Senior Vice-President with GGA Communications (Gervais Gagnon & Associés), specialist in real estate public relations services: tel. (514) 393-9500 rvezina@gga-mtl.ca
FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION ON THE EVENT, PLEASE VISIT www.boma-quebec.org
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