Complexe comprenant 166 chambres et 18 condominiums, ainsi que l’agrandissement du magasin Holt Renfrew Ogilvy. Le projet a nécessité la démolition de
Informations
Nom complet: Four Seasons Hôtel et Résidences Montréal
Autres noms: Holt Renfrew Ogilvy
Emplacement: 1440 Rue de la Montagne
Hauteur: 18 étages - 66 mètres
Architecte:
Lemay
Sid Lee Architecture
Promoteur: Carbonleo
Début et fin de la construction: 2013 / 2019
Autres informations:
166 chambres et 18 condominiums
une salle de bal de d’une capacité de 500 personnes assise
**Agrandissement du magasin Holt Renfrew Ogilvy devant ainsi l’un des plus grands du réseau Holt Renfrew avec une superficie de plus de 220 000 pieds carrés
Moose Knuckles (awful name!) is a fashion and outerwear brand based in Montreal. They sell in upmarket stores like Nordstrom and Nieman Marcus in the United States and in Canada at Saks Fifth Avenue, Harry Rosen and Nordstrom. The company also has its own stand alone stores in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto, as well as pop-up and outlet locations. They compete in the same niche as Canada Goose, Mackage and Rudsak, and they are expanding with a concentration on opening branded locations such the one planned for the Four Seasons on Rue de la Montagne. This street has been very slowly developing into a luxury corridor of the type not seen in Montreal since the heyday of Sherbrooke Street West which used to have a strand of luxury boutiques from the Roddick Gates at McGill to Guy. The portion of de la Montagne or Crescent between de Maisonneuve and Sherbrooke is the closest Montreal gets to the kind of posh shopping district one finds in Toronto (Bloor-Yorkville), Vancouver (Alberni-Robson), New York, London, etc. The development of the parking lot across the street from the Four Seasons, a planned condominium tower marketed by Carttera and Canderel as “No1455” should enhance this tendency assuming it includes ground floor retail space. If it gets built and successfully attracts tenants, both commercial and residential, the only place left to mar the general ambience would be the notorious Wanda’s on the corner at de Maisonneuve.
When I look at the façade of the Four Seasons, I like the sleek, handsome glass curtain wall with its angled planes, but the building as a whole seems somewhat truncated. The vertical notch that runs down the front of the façade would be exactly symmetrical if the structure were extended to the corner at de Maisonneuve. Then, perhaps the north side would not be the windowless wall we see now. It’s as if that north wall were provisional and the Four Seasons were awaiting the availability of the lot now occupied by Wanda’s.
