CDPQ reinvests in Lemay’s growth

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced an investment of $ 8,7M in the form of a loan to Lemay, one of Canada’s leading architecture and design firms, which shapes and reinvents living environments in Québec and around the world. This financing will enable Lemay to pursue its growth plan, which is focused on bolstering its capacity for innovation and its enviable position in the field of sustainable design.

Over the years, Lemay has stood out through its Net Positive program, which entails systematically assessing the impact of every project on health, the environment and carbon reduction, with a view to improving the quality of urban spaces. The investment announced today will help the firm continue to fulfil this commitment and to pursue its technology-based innovations. These will include using virtual and augmented reality and optimizing workspaces with data sensors and state-of-the-art analysis tools.

Lemay continues to capitalize on its wide-ranging, multidisciplinary expertise to benefit users and local residents through innovative projects, such as the Bellechasse transport centre, the redevelopment of Espace 67 on Ile-Ste-Hélène, the Humaniti Vertical Community project and the Quartier des lumières on the site of the Radio-Canada tower in Montréal, as well as the renovation of the Grand Théâtre de Québec and a number of corporate spaces, such as the Ray-Mont Logistics head office in Montréal, the Soprema plant in Woodstock, Ontario and ATB Financial branches in Alberta. 

The firm also has distinguished itself on the international scene through projects such as the seaside promenade for Casablanca’s Hassan II Mosque and the artistic direction of three unique digital pieces displayed on giant screens against the iconic building at One Times Square in New York City.