Author: Stéphane St-Amour
Since the beginning of the year, The residential construction industry has been operating at full capacity in Laval. Compared to the first quarter last year, housing starts have more than tripled, going from 241 to 814. That’s what comes out from the data compiled by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The rental market takes the biggest part, with 80 per cent of houses under construction, which is 668 new homes. The percentage rises to 96 per cent when we’re adding the condominium’s niche and its 114 units under construction. That leaves us with two market segments, which are…
The boat rental centre at Berge du Garrot has opened on June 4, officializing the start of the new summer season at Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles. For the first three weeks of June, it was possible to rend a boat on weekends, while since June 24, it’s possible every day. The Saint-Jean Baptiste Day also marked the opening of rental centres in Bois-des-Filion (669, Gérard Street) and Saint-Eustache (53, 25th Avenue). In collaboration with partner cities, Éco-Nature will operate this summer those three reception buildings on the North Shore, in the wake of the recreational tourism project ERRE écomobilité. Aiming…
Three years after its start of construction, the multifunctional complex Espace Montmorency is welcoming its first tenants. Partner with MONTONI and the Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ in this mega development project right in the centre of downtown, Groupe Sélection has delivered the first of the two residential towers on June 1. The second tower will follow this July. They can accommodate more than 700 rental condos. Commercial offer In May, the consortium unveiled 11 new commercial agreements, bringing to 16 the number of banners that will partially occupy the ground floor of a two-storey basilica. Those are the Sésame…
Located at the entrance of the Arthur-Sauvé bridge in Laval-Ouest, the tip of the berge des Goélands now belongs to the municipal public administration. The Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change sold the 5,400 square meters to the City for $1,108.73. Approved by the executive committee on April 27, the transaction was made public on May 3. “The berge des Goélands is a privileged place to take advantage of the gorgeous landscapes offered by the Rivière des Mille Îles,” said Yannick Langlois, local councilor, in a press release. “The protection and enhancement of this unique bank…
“All for one, one for all,” 17 Laval manufacturers have made it their slogan to counter the scarcity of workforce. Last winter, those manufacturers, members of the Prox-industriel community of interest, were gathering together to create a Web platform intended for job seekers. “It’s a promising project for manufacturers working together in the search for concrete solutions to meet the challenges of labour shortages, and it’s a facilitating platform for job seekers as well,” said on its launch on February 2, Marie-Christine Piedboeuf, Prox-industriel’s president of the board of directors and business process expert at Pelican International. Non-Specialized Jobs An…
In the last quarter of 2021, there were an estimated 11,965 positions to be filled in Laval. Here’s a direct impact of the labour shortage, which has “the effect of a steamroller” on all economic activity sectors in the province, to better reflect the thoughts of Quebec’s vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), François Vincent. Director of Laval économique, Lidia Divry pointed out in an interview with the Courrier Laval that the rate of vacant positions had practically doubled in two years, going from 3.7 to 6.5 per cent. In short, it means that of the 183,540…