Ongoing development projects
The development of our territory is rigorously planned and guided by our urban plan and its bylaws.
This plan establishes the directives and orientations that guide the redevelopment of our town, while respecting its heritage, its unique architecture, the environment and vegetation and, above all, its human scale.
Each development project must therefore be carefully analyzed and must go through all the mandatory regulatory stages before being authorized by the municipal council. First and foremost, the developer must :
- submit its plan to the Urban Planning, Permits and Inspection Department, which will verify compliance with municipal regulations;
- submit the compliant plan to the Planning Advisory Committee (PAC), whose mandate is to make a recommendation (favorable or unfavorable) to the municipal council;
- submit its final plan for adoption by a majority vote of the municipal council.
To ensure that projects are properly integrated into the existing environment, the Engineering Division is also called upon during the process to verify and confirm the capacity of our underground infrastructure networks to absorb the demand generated.
We present here the major projects approved by the municipal council that are currently underway or soon to be implemented.
Projects presentation
The new building will be residential. It will have 5 floors and around 116 units. The first floor will offer a commercial area with a façade on Victoria Avenue. Landscaping will maximize the green spaces surrounding the building.
The project involved demolishing the buildings at 1101 and 1085 Victoria Avenue. The building at 1101, formerly a printing business, was only occupied to 5% of its capacity and presented numerous structural problems. The house at 1085 was unoccupied and also showed significant signs of disrepair. Neither building had any significant heritage or architectural value, which is why the demolition committee authorized their demolition as a prerequisite to launching the project. The committee did, however, require that reminders of the existence of these buildings be incorporated into the project design.
Taking place on the site of the former Dare cookie factory on Saint-Charles Avenue, this residential project will be composed of 15 rows of stacked townhouses and 4 multiplexes, for a total of 214 residential units, ranging from one to four bedrooms.
Buildings will reach a maximum height of three storeys. Occupancy is scheduled for summer 2026.
The Schéma d'aménagement et de développement de l'agglomération de Longueuil, which oversees the Saint-Lambert Urban Plan, prohibited the pursuit of industrial activities on this site. This prohibition, supported by the densification targets imposed on our city, is justified by the immense housing needs prevailing throughout the metropolitan region, which have been amply documented and publicized in the media.
Located at the intersection of Saint-Denis Avenue and Waterman Street, this project calls for the construction of a 4- floor residential building with mezzanine, comprising 89 units: 13 studios, 58 3½-room units and 18 4½-room units.
To allow the project to go ahead, the developer had to submit a demolition request to the city for five buildings on its property. Given the importance of the industrial heritage of two of the five buildings, but also given the evidence of soil contamination resulting from decades of industrial activity on the site, the demolition committee accepted the request. However, it was imposed that the facades of the two buildings in question be rebuilt in such a way that the Lambertois would recognize them as part of the new project. Several materials from the existing buildings will be recovered for this purpose.It's also worth noting that the city has sold the developer a portion of the alleyway between Saint-Denis Park and the project site, to optimize greening. The sale was conditional on the alley's asphalt being replaced by vegetation.
Although approved by the city council under the old urban planning rules, the project under construction at the corner of Elm Street and Lorne Avenue, where the former Anglican church (now a Masonic temple) once stood, is worth mentioning. The building under construction, whose architecture is reminiscent of Taylor's store on the diagonal, will be used for offices, including those of the owner himself.
Project benefits
In addition to the impact on our living environment, we cannot overlook the positive financial spin-offs of the projects taking shape in our town. Of course, the City has collected, or will collect, transfer duties and additional municipal taxes resulting from these projects and their operation. However, there is also a royalty of $4,395 per new unit built, payable by the developers. The City will be able to use these royalties, which are governed by Quebec law, to finance additional municipal infrastructure that will be required to expand the range of municipal services in line with the arrival of a large number of new citizens.