Toolbox | I love working downtown

Check out our study entitled Downtown Montreal's transition to a green economy: accelerating the shift to sustainability in business practices, buildings, urban planning and mobility (in French only). This study proposes ten recommendations for making downtown Montreal a place where the green transition of the city and the province can be accelerated.

Check out our study entitled Downtown work organization: Approaches and incentives to optimize work organization for business productivity. This study documents the perceptions and intentions of companies and workers with regard to the organization of work, identifies the category of workers most reluctant to come work in the office, and sets out concrete and effective measures to be put in place to demonstrate the added value of the office.

Check out our study entitled Minimum traffic jams: Innovative management of public and private construction sites to make downtown Montréal more attractive and accessible. This study proposes various solutions to improve traffic fluidity, which has been impacted for years by the increasing obstacles to public arteries.

Check out our study entitled Office space in downtown Montréal: How to stimulate synergies and attract new businesses, which documents the amount of surplus office space and the opportunities in the real estate sector that can be leveraged to facilitate the transition to new ways of organizing work.

Check out our study entitled Relaunching downtown Montréal in an environment undergoing profound change – Strategies for leveraging new ways of organizing work and consumption downtown, which documents the effects of the rise in remote working and ecommerce on the private sector and on the commercial fabric of downtown.

Check out our study entitled Chefs and independent restaurateurs in Quebec gastronomy: a lever for the economic relaunch of Montréal and Quebec, a roadmap for the development of the gastronomy sector in Montréal and Quebec.

Be sure to read our reference guide, Boîte à outils destinée à la valorisation des fonds de commerce d’un restaurant gastronomique (in French only) which is designed to be a practical, day-to-day tool for capitalizing on the hard work, creativity and innovation of restaurant owners.

The guide covers five areas restaurant owners have identified as needing to be strengthened in order to manage their business on a daily basis. Study commissioned by the Table Ronde collective and powered by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal (CCMM) with the financial support of the Québec government.

Check out our How to plan a successful return to the office for employees reference guide that includes the full range of organizational strategies and tactics from the co-creation workshop to equip you for a successful return to the office.

Check out our 3 fact sheets that came out of the co-creation workshop held by the CCMM to equip organizations for a successful return to the office:

1. Download fact sheet 1: The benefits of in-person work, to learn how to promote in-person work.

2. Download fact sheet 2: Human resource management in hybrid mode, to learn about the process for managing human resources in hybrid mode.

3. Download fact sheet 3: Optimizing well-being, health and safety, to learn about the process for optimizing well-being, health and safety.

1. Shared workspace: Download the 10 Golden Rules for a Shared Workspace (security and cybersecurity)

2. Leasing checklist: Download this document to validate general information regarding your renewal or new office space lease agreement.

3. Directory of companies offering services relevant to office space leasing: Download this directory of companies offering services relevant to office space leasing and subleasing, such as legal services, financial services, commercial real estate brokerage, commercial moving, and office layout.

4. Commercial lease glossary: Download this commercial lease glossary to understand the various defined terms when signing an office lease.

1. Building a gradual return plan: View and download Building a gradual return plan. This guide aims to provide managers with the tools they need to develop a gradual, attractive and sustainable return plan by presenting best practices that can be adapted to all types of organizations.

2. Building a hybrid work policy: View and download Building a hybrid work policy, which provides guidelines to consider in your approach.

3. Building an internal communication plan: View and download Building an internal communication plan in a hybrid work environment. This guide helps you optimize and review the way your organization communicates with its employees.

Consult the highlights of the 5th CCMM survey: 81% of downtown workers are back in the office at least one day a week.

Consult the highlights of the 4th CCMM survey: The return of workers downtown is accelerating.

Consult the highlights of the 3rd CCMM survey: The return of workers to in-person work accelerated in downtown Montréal this fall.

Consult the highlights of the 2nd CCMM survey: Flexibility and safety are at the heart of the decision to work in person.

View the highlights of the 1st CCMM survey: Workers in Greater Montréal express their confidence in and expectations about going back to the workplace.

Rewatch the "I love working downtown" Strategic Forum entitled Successfully Reorganizing the Workplace and Enhancing the Downtown Experience, where the business community gathered to discuss winning strategies and challenges for businesses in the new reality of working downtown.

Rewatch the release of an exclusive analysis on the impact of work reorganization on downtown traffic and vitality entitled Relaunching downtown Montréal in an environment undergoing profound change: Strategies for leveraging new ways of organizing work and consumption downtown.

Check out the three-part webinar series: Successfully bringing your employees back to the office, which equips you for the return to the office with advice from experts in law, human resources and mental health.

Check out the Strategic Meeting entitled Successfully bringing workers back to downtown, which aims to equip your organization and your managers to plan a successful return to the office.

Check out the talk on best practices from mobilized employers. You will learn about the action plans already in place to ensure a safe, gradual, flexible and attractive return to the office towers.