Montreal launches international call for projects for site at 150 rue de Louvain Ouest

As part of the 3d participation of Reinventing Montréal in the C-40 Reinventing Cities competition, Montreal is launching an international call for projects for the site located at 150 rue de Louvain Ouest, in the Chabanel district of the city’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.

The vacant site is rectangular and spans 45,000 square metres. The call for projects aims to sell the land to the winner of Reinventing Montréal for the realization of the project, following the selection of the best project in accordance with the established criteria.

The international call for projects is open to local corporations and aims to provide an opportunity to create an innovative urban space meant to embody sustainable and inclusive development.

The project aims to strengthen and complete the Central district’s (District central) employment hub, favour mixed-use development for an entire neighborhood, mesh residential and commercial uses harmoniously, integrate green areas and appealing public areas, create pedestrian links throughout the bigger island, and implement ground-floor commercial spaces in buildings.

Reinventing Montréal is a platform that aims to facilitate the revitalization of one of the city’s underutilized sites, in a spirit of environmentally responsible and sustainable development, through creative proposals submitted by local and international multidisciplinary teams.

Through this call, the city shows its commitment to stimulating innovation and creativity, as well as promoting solidarity, equity, and inclusion, by allowing the site to transform into a more urban, diverse and integrated area blended into a residential living environment.

The theme retained for this 3d edition of Reinventing Montréal is “A neighbourhood of proximities – Imagine a mixed-use, zero-carbon, sustainable and resilient project for this site.”

The site will become a lively neighbourhood, where residential, commercial, and light industrial buildings will coexist with public areas.

For the first phase, Reinventing Montréal is launching a call for expressions of interest to multidisciplinary teams, aiming to rethink the use of the site.

Teams must submit their expression of interest proposal by October 16, 2025.

For more information or to submit a proposal, visit the Reinventing Cities website.