Skip to navigationSkip to content

Assess risks of decline for the downtown area during the COVID pandemic and identify relevant stimuli to jump-start economic, cultural and urban activity

Case study
Cities

Assess risks of decline for

the downtown area during the

COVID pandemic and identify

relevant stimuli to jump-start economic,

cultural, and urban activity

Client

One of Greater Montreal’s foremost Trade Institution

The Big Question

Unveil the Invisible

How to reach informed decisions when lacking data and reputable resources

Learn more

The Actions

  • Analysis of risks impacting economic, residential, cultural, tourism and commercial functions in the downtown area
  • Reconciliation of real estate, economic, mobility and attendance data to characterize liabilities
  • Discussions with economic, real estate, cultural, institutional and municipal stakeholders to assess disengagement risks and upswing requirements
  • Worldwide benchmarking of best practices relating to downtown-area rebound after a systemic shock
  • Selection of key, short-listed leveraging tools to suppress regression risks and support recovery

The Results

A prospective action plan that enables the characterization of disengagement risks in the downtown area and underlines key upswing levers, all the while repositioning the urban sector as a strategic asset for an economic, cultural and social resurgence.

Publication

Espaces à bureaux au centre-ville de Montréal

How to foster synergies and attract new businesses downtown Montreal

Extract