{"id":526,"date":"2026-02-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstsight.design\/linden\/demo\/?p=526"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:31:37","slug":"armoyan-family-nears-completion-of-one-of-montreals-largest-office-to-residential-conversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/armoyan-family-nears-completion-of-one-of-montreals-largest-office-to-residential-conversions\/","title":{"rendered":"Armoyan family nears completion of one of Montreal\u2019s largest office-to-residential conversions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.costar.com\/author\/00000185-1cdf-d00e-a9a7-3cffae1a0000\/kristian-gravenor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kristian Gravenor<\/a> . CoStar News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A major redevelopment project in downtown Montreal is entering its final stages as the Armoyan family approaches completion of one of the city\u2019s largest office-to-residential conversions. The transformation is part of a broader strategy to reposition older office properties for housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Le-Samuel-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Le-Samuel-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Le-Samuel-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Le-Samuel-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Le-Samuel-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Le-Samuel-1-2048x1364.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The project converts the former Standard Life office tower at <strong>1245 Sherbrooke Street West<\/strong> into residential housing under the name <strong>Le Samuel<\/strong>. The redevelopment represents a significant shift for the property, replacing traditional office space with new homes in downtown Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building\u2019s structure and layout helped make the conversion possible. Features such as large windows and a design that allows open interior spaces made it suitable for residential redevelopment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once completed, the project will mark a major milestone for the developers and reflects a growing trend of adapting older office buildings into housing as cities rethink how downtown spaces are used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A6708832-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A6708832-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A6708832-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A6708832-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A6708832-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A6708832-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.costar.com\/article\/951212573\/armoyan-family-nears-completion-of-one-of-montreals-largest-office-to-residential-conversions\">Read the full article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Major milestone for the Armoyan family&rsquo;s aggressive property repositioning strategy<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,8],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-investment","tag-real-estate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3560,"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions\/3560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.lesamuel.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}