{"id":27222,"date":"2024-09-23T13:10:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T17:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/centre-ville\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:14:47","slug":"centre-ville","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/land-use-planning\/revitalization-projects\/centre-ville\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The City of Laval, through the objectives set out in its amended\u00a0Land Use Development Plan<\/a>, aims to stimulate and promote its dynamism, innovation and unique identity by creating a multipurpose downtown that is both attractive and people-friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location of Laval\u2019s downtown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While Laval\u2019s downtown is still relatively unknown, it occupies a clearly defined area. Located in the centre of the island, in the heart of Laval, it lies on either side of Autoroute 15 south of the Autoroute Jean-No\u00ebl-Lavoie (Autoroute 440) and extends all the way to the Boulevard de la Concorde and Boulevard Notre-Dame between Boulevard Chomedey, the Canadien Pacific railway, Boulevard Saint-Martin Ouest and Boulevard Le \u200bCorbusier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its location is explained by the concentration of jobs and transit activities and the diversity of its constituent parts, in complement with the intensity and shape of the development taking place there. The\u00a0Metropolitan Land Use and Development Plan<\/a>\u200b identifies the downtown area as a primary employment hub within the metropolitan area.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The area includes several well-known destinations in Laval and the metropolitan area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, the City of Laval and its partners have made efforts to turn the area into a thriving centrepiece and a leading cultural hub in Laval, where people can make the most of life in the city, study, work and have fun. The mixed-use downtown will thus feature numerous attractions, making it a destination with a metropolitan scope of influence, both for residents and for other clienteles frequenting the area (workers, students, tourists).\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A development vision in the image of Laval residents\u200b\u200b<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the summer of 2022, the City of Laval adopted a\u00a0Special Planning Program (SPP) for downtown Laval<\/a>\u200b (PDF, 120\u00a0MB\u00a0\u200b\u2013\u00a0in French). Marking an important milestone in the development of a place for exchange, innovation, growth and harmony, this planning tool makes it possible, notably, to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give the area a strong identity and a development vision, specifically in regards to the streets, the integration of active mobility, and public spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program actions by the City of Laval aimed at making this vision a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bOversee planned real estate projects in order to ensure that they play a part in the fulfillment of this vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little by little, the area will be transformed and:<\/p>\n\n\n\n