Published October 29, 2023

The Quartier Cartier building will look like this when finished next summer. It’s located on Chemin Sainte-Foy across Ave. de Bourlamaque from the La Passerelle building and the IGA grocery store seen at far right.Image from Appartements Urbains

Peter Black

Local Journalism Initiative reporter

Peterblack@qctonline.com

The rental office is now open for yet another upscale housing development in the Montcalm district. Quartier Cartier, now rising from the ground on Chemin Sainte-Foy at Ave. De Bourlamaque, joins two other major recently or soon-to-be completed residential projects within a block of each other.

The new structure, destined to be five storeys, is on the site of what was for decades the Bérubé auto repair garage. The garage closed in 2009 and the site remained abandoned until construction started in the spring.

The project manager is Appartments Urbains, which also manages about a dozen properties in various parts of the Quebec City region. In Montcalm alone, the company manages the newly built Le Watier on Grande Allée, 120 Boul. René-Lévesque, and La Passerelle, adjacent to Quartier Cartier on Chemin Sainte-Foy, connected to the IGA store.

Appartements Urbains spokesperson Alexandra Drolet-Blouin said, “There is keen interest and big demand” for the new units under construction. “We have other buildings in the area so we know what to expect. People have been waiting a long time for this project.”

The 69 units will cover a wide variety of configurations, from small studios to nine two-storey townhouses with individual entrances on Rue Dumont. Rents range from $1,500 for a studio to $3,500 for a townhouse.

Drolet-Blouin said they already have a potential tenant for the 8,000 square foot commercial space on the street level.

She would not divulge the name of the building’s owners, listed as Îlot Bérubé S.E.C. on the city’s municipal tax roll. The company has an address in the same building on Chemin Sainte-Foy as Appartements Urbains. The site had been acquired by investors associated with the Germain family hotel business.

One of the novel features of the Quartier Cartier is a cross-country ski waxing room, an addition Drolet-Blouin said reflects the interests of people in Montcalm who have ready access to the trails on the Plains of Abraham. It also has a room for bicycle storage and maintenance, a gym, a rooftop terrasse and a common space available to residents.

Drolet-Blouin said the building is expected to be ready for occupation by July 2024.

Across the street, the Le Vitrail complex, which incorporates two historic villas, was completed earlier this year and all but a handful of the 96 units have been rented.

Nearing completion on Chemin Sainte-Foy, west of Ave. des Érables, is the luxury building Le Cartier Rive Gauche. The new five-storey building is connected to the renovated former residence of the Holy Family of Bordeaux nuns’ order. The complex contains 60 condominiums, all but three of which have found buyers. The building features a roof-top swimming pool.

The last available of the 12 fifth-floor units is listed at $1.6 million plus taxes, with 2,500 in square footage. A 1,300 square-foot first floor condo is listed at $679,000 plus taxes.

It is a project of the Norplex company whose other holdings include the Domaine de Sillery and Les Lofts in Saint-Roch.

Drolet-Blouin, of Appartements Urbains, said the company has another project in the works in the Montcalm district but said it is too early to reveal where.

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