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Presentation
English Version September 30th, 2003
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Location

• Cité Multimédia, close to
• The Old Montreal
• The International Quarter
• The Business Centre
• The St-Lawrence River

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What is the Cité Multimédia?

• A project for the urban revitalization of an
  obsolete, abandoned industrial neighbourhood
  along the shores of the Lachine Canal
• Real estate development of a technology park
• A financial assistance program by government to
  attract businesses from the information
  technology sector to the technology park

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Corporate Assistance Programs

• Creation of CDTI program in March 1997
• Creation of Cité Multimédia program in June 1998
• Up until June 12, 2003 (date the program was
  abolished), over one hundred companies were
  accredited by the government
• Fiscal measures are provided for a period of 10
  years

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CDTI Program
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Cité Multimédia Program
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Private-public partnership

• Establishment of diversified and productive
  partnerships, aligning resources and competencies
  from the public, parapublic, and private sectors
• Represents an investment of more than CAN 400
  million for the revitalization of the area and
  construction of the technology park

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Partner Real Estate Developer Cité Multimédia

• Investment of over CAN 200 million
• Construction of technology park consisting of 8
  buildings
• Owners
• SITQ, 37.5
• SOLIM, 37.5
• and SDM, 25

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Partner The City of Montreal

• Investment of CAN 15 million in neighbourhood
  urban infrastructure
• By means of Montreals PROCIM (industrial
  cooperation) program, an investment of CAN 10
  million by way of subsidies for a property tax
  abatement program

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Partner The Government of Quebec

• Investment in fiscal incentive programs offered
  to tenant companies, managed by Investment Québec
• Investment of CAN 1 million in grants from the
  Ministry of Environment for cleaning up
  contaminated properties
• and an investment of CAN 4 million from the
  Ministry of Municipal and Metropolitan Affairs
  towards urban infrastructure

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Partner Non-profit Organizations

• CEIM, the business incubator of the Cité
  Multimédia, with an investment of CAN 1.2
  million for renovation of one floor
• Quartier Éphémère, with an investment of CAN
  1.5 million needed to convert the Darling Foundry
  (phase 1) into an arts centre

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Partner Private Residential Development
Corporations

• Have invested over CAN 100 million and offer 533
  residential units
• Groupe Gueymard, with 1 McGill
• Prével, with the Quai de la Commune
• Développement McGill, with 100 McGill
• and Europa projects

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Partner Companies Supplying Energy and
Communications

• Public and private corporations have ensured the
  supply of public services to the neighbourhood
• Hydro-Québec CAN 60 million
• Air conditioning and heating company CCUM CAN
  10 million
• Electrical services commission CAN 4.5
  million
• Bell CAN 2 million
• Telus CAN 100,000
• and VDN CAN 50,000

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Partner Private Tenant Companies at the Cité

• Tenant companies have contributed to the quality
  of life within this exceptional urban
  environment, most notably through their
  investment of some CAN 30 million for the
  layout of tenant space

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Profile of Employees

• 6,000 employees 5,439 of whom receive salaries
  subsidized by the Cité Multimédia program
• Average age of these workers is 32
• Average annual household income surpasses CAN
  73,000 - 50 more than the Montreal average

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Profile of Companies

• Around one hundred companies established at the
  Cité Multimédia
• Working in the information technology industry,
  comprising
• multimedia
• software development
• electronic commerce
• telecommunications
• From 5 to 1500 employees per company
• 15 are foreigners

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Awards of Excellence

• The Cité Multimédia development project has
  merited several prizes, amongst which those
  bestowed upon it by
• Quebec Order of Architects, for the building
  located at 31 Duke Street (2003)
• Metropolis, for the urban revitalization and job
  creation project (2002)

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Leasing Policy

• Lease from 5 to 10 years
• Competitive rental rates
• 24-hour security service
• Approximately one hundred security cameras
• Info Bentall Real Estate Services, tel.
  514-393-8820
• www.bentall.com

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Business Incubator

• The CEIM - Business and Innovation Centre -
  joined the Cité Multimédia in 2000
• Accommodates around ten small businesses at the
  start-up phase
• Offers a tailor-made program of management
  support and advice
• Proposes a tailor-made financing strategy

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Networking Activities

• Favour the integration of the Cité within the
  greater Montreal milieu
• Create and strengthen business ties between
  neighbourhood businesses

Breakfast discussions
Press conferences
Networking cocktails
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Social Activities

• Facilitate the integration of new arrivals to the
  Cité
• Development of a sense of belonging to the new
  neighbourhood

Corn roast
Bike Fest
Blood drive
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Artistic Activities

• Support the functions of artistic creation and
  expression, particularly in their exchanges with
  the world of new technologies, so as to
  contribute to the richness and quality of life in
  the neighbourhood

Montreal Biennial
Art Cité
Darling Foundry
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Synergy Between Companies

• Founded on
• Proximity of companies within the same technology
  park
• Complementariness of IT business activities
• Capacity to rally forces in order to develop
  partnerships and strategic alliances
• Ease in sub-contracting work to neighbouring
  companies located within the Cité Multimédia

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A Role Model

• A number of foreign delegations have visited the
  Cité Multimédia in order to gain inspiration from
  this model
• Ahead of its time the Cité Multimédia has
  succeeded in developing a private-public
  partnership, one which many countries strive to
  achieve

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A Value-added Project

• The Cité Multimédia has become a world-class
  address in terms of its
• Professional IT and multimedia services
• Urban rehabilitation
• Neighbourhood quality of life

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A Promising Future

• With the creation of the Société du Havre of
  Montreal in 2002, the Cité Multimédia
  neighbourhood can count on the following
• The corporation rallying all 3 levels of
  government
• Solutions to revitalize 27 kilometres of the
  St-Lawrence River bank
• Investments to the tune of CAN 3 billion over
  10 years, from private as well as public sectors
• New development projects which will consolidate
  the areas surrounding the Cité Multimédia