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ROYALMOUNT, Montreal’s new shopping, dining, and entertainment destination, welcomes first visitors  – Industry News

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ROYALMOUNT is the new home of flagship stores and unique retail concepts from the likes of Louis Vuitton, Versace, Jimmy Choo and more.

  • The new Montreal district celebrates inclusive luxury and human connectivity with a unique shopping and dining offering, an immersive public art trail and urban green spaces
  • In its first phase, ROYALMOUNT will offer 170 stores including 60 restaurants and cafes, half of which will be new to market concepts

This week, ROYALMOUNT, Montreal’s new shopping, dining & entertainment destination, opened its doors to the public for the very first time. 

Starting today, visitors are able to enjoy a world-class district including unique retail concepts, an urban park, a year-long public art trail with over 60 artworks and Montreal’s most unique culinary offer. Spanning 824,000 sq ft of space, ROYALMOUNT is easily accessible by metro, via its unique skybridge, by bike, by bus, on foot, and also by car. 

“The doors are open at ROYALMOUNT and we are thrilled to welcome our first visitors. The vision for ROYALMOUNT has always been to foster human connections, create a center of community, and usher in a new era of inclusive luxury for the city. Over the coming weeks, we will welcome new brands, restaurants and concepts, making ROYALMOUNT one of the most exciting places to visit in Montreal where all generations will gather to celebrate life,” says Andrew Lutfy, CEO of Carbonleo and lead ROYALMOUNT investor. 

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ONE-OF-A-KIND RETAIL OFFER

With over fifty stores now opened, half of ROYALMOUNT’s array of boutiques are first to market and new to the city of Montreal. 

ROYALMOUNT is home to the highest concentration of international luxury flagship stores in the province, welcoming, for the first time in Quebec, the standalone boutiques of Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Versace, Saint Laurent, Jimmy Choo, Longchamp, RH and Moncler. The lifestyle district also features the largest concentration of watches and jewelry stores in the province, with names such as Tiffany and Co., David Yurman, TAG Heuer, Tudor, IWC, Omega, Montblanc and, for the first time in Canada, TimeVallée. Rolex also opens the largest boutique in Canada, operated by Raffi Jewellers, at ROYALMOUNT.

Every shopper can experience something for them, with a dynamic mix of local and international brands including Zara, Nike, Dynamite, Garage, Browns, Mango, Sandro, Maje, Anine Bing, Alo Yoga and Veronica Beard. Rennaï, a one-stop global beauty & self-care destination, will also open the doors of its very first boutique at ROYALMOUNT. New European food hall Le Fou Fou will offer 12 dining options, four bars and in-house catering.  

More than 170 boutiques, including 60 cafes and restaurants, can be discovered in phase one of ROYALMOUNT.

FOSTERING HUMAN CONNECTION 

ROYALMOUNT’s mission is to create and nurture human connections for everyone. To bring this mission to life, the district will be offering, among other things, an impressive public art trail showcasing temporary and permanent installations both inside and outside the premises. More than 60 murals, sculptures, photos and illustrations, curated in partnership with MASSIVart and made by more than 30 emerging and established artists, are accessible to all throughout the site. 

ROYALMOUNT also offers a variety of events open to all that includes wellness and movement sessions, live concerts and performances, cocktails at sunset, and even an ice skating rink during the winter.

URBAN GREEN LIVING

Sustainability is at the core of ROYALMOUNT, as the soon to be largest LEED Gold retail project in Canada. Entirely pedestrian, the site is easily accessible by bike, by bus, on foot, by car and also by metro, via a 200 metre skybridge that connects the site directly to the Montreal subway. 

Visitors can also enjoy an abundance of green space with a 77,000 sq ft urban park which will form the heart of ROYALMOUNT and become an open, welcoming space for all to enjoy.  

For more information, please visit www.royalmount.com

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