A $15 million bill for Investment Quebec's new offices in Montreal

The government has paid nearly $15 million to develop new Investment Quebec offices in downtown Montreal, we've learned. News magazine.

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Of this amount, $11.2 million went to the “construction” of spaces in the building at 1001 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard, and $1.5 million to furniture.

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IQ 10^e and 11^e Owned by Toronto firm Allied, the building's floors total 66,000 square feet. About 500 of IQ's 1,200 employees work there when they're not at home.

The state-owned company will move to its new address in 2022, leaving the World Trade Center (CMM) and the premises it occupies at 600 de la Gauchetière in the Anjou district.

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His annual rent at 1001 Robert-Bourassa is $2.53 million while his previous three leases cost him $4.75 million — a $2.2 million discount.

However, IQ must continue to pay more than $400,000 per year from 2020 to the Montreal International Organization in CCM for premises that are sublet and never occupied.

Fit-out costs for new IQ offices

Construction cost $11.2 million

Furniture $1.5 million

Technology and infrastructure $900,000

Other $900,000

A total of $14.5 million

Source: Investment Quebec