ville-marie 1 Square Phillips - 61, 21, 14 étages (Projet global)

[Pietro Lucas]

Un hôtel Shangri-La aurait amplement sa place à cet endroit et à Montréal. 

[MartinMtl]

il y a une heure, GIGI a dit :

It is not great to have a mixed projet. Why would you need a hotel in the place when there is already Birks in the front?

There are enough Hotels in Montreal downtown.

Actually there are already TWO hotels around the square (Birks and Le Square Phillips Hotel & Suites), in addition to he very nearby Renaissance Hotel. But this is the epicenter of Montreal, so we can have more hotels without a problem. A mix-use project with a hotel, condos and rentals is an excellent thing.

[IluvMTL]

The hotel is supposed to have about 150 rooms. By comparison the Four Seasons has 169 according to their site.

[man with the golden gun]

il y a une heure, Pietro Lucas a dit :

Un hôtel Shangri-La aurait amplement sa place à cet endroit et à Montréal. 

En effet ce serait bien d'avoir à Montréal un Shangri-La, mais je serais aussi heureux de voir la venue d'un Peninsula, d'un Mandarin Oriental, d'un Waldorf-Astoria, d'un Virgin Hôtels, ou même un Marriott Marquis.

[Rusty]

Well if we compare .... the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth and the Sheraton have just under 1000 rooms each 🤭

[Mondo_Grosso]

2 minutes ago, Rusty said:

Well if we compare .... the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth and the Sheraton have just under 1000 rooms each 🤭

The Queen Elizabeth actually lost some rooms after the renovations. People want more culinary experiences and banquet spaces. Hotels need to have something to differentiate then from AirBnB.

[Djentmaster001]

3 hours ago, GIGI said:

It is not great to have a mixed projet. Why would you need a hotel in the place when there is already Birks in the front?

There are enough Hotels in Montreal downtown.

Seriously? you've got to be kidding right? So there can't be another hotel downtown because there's a hotel across the street? The market is expanding, there is a demand for hotels and perhaps this means another high-end hotel. This means more rooms for tourists and it generates a lot of money for the city as well. Clearly, there aren't enough hotel rooms in downtown Montreal since they're building more and occupancy rates are always about 75-80%+, which means there's demand. 

[internationalx]

1 hour ago, man with the golden gun said:

En effet ce serait bien d'avoir à Montréal un Shangri-La, mais je serais aussi heureux de voir la venue d'un Peninsula, d'un Mandarin Oriental, d'un Waldorf-Astoria, d'un Virgin Hôtels, ou même un Marriott Marquis.

I'll take an EDITION Hotel!  

 

34 minutes ago, Rusty said:

Well if we compare .... the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth and the Sheraton have just under 1000 rooms each 🤭

The luxury hotel sector now limits room count to 150-200 max for new hotels unless it's a convention center hotel.  

[Mondo_Grosso]

[GIGI]

On 2019-05-04 at 11:32 AM, budgebandit said:

Mixed projects are actually a very good idea. They act as a catalyst for street-level activity with different types of people (owners, renters and tourists). 

The number of tourists is increasing every year (and China/Japan are just starting to discover our city) and vacancy rates continue to decrease. Just because there is a small hotel nearby doesn't mean that there isn't a need to increase the offer. 

Owner of the hair salon answering to the hairdresser:  you know what, i can rent you a chair but bring your own customers.

At the end, it is going to kill the business because you create an internal competition.