Today was the official opening of Notman Campus, which is a hub for web and technology innovation in Montreal. Innovative start-up companies come to take residence in Notman Campus for 3-6 months to establish themselves, and then they move on with all the know-how and the necessary conference to succeed in the big business world.
The Notman Campus is located in a house which has been designated a historical monument on December 8, 1979. It is a former residence of a renown Canadian photographer William Notman, shown in the photographic self portrait below.
The Notman Campus (with a grey stone street front), along with a former hospital at the back of it (an all-red-brick building), have both been renovated and reconnected with new covered passage-way. The Campus is now specifically designed for business purposes: offices, conference rooms, and reception areas. Below are photos of two conference rooms.
On the following two photos are two under-the-roof large reception areas.
The following photo shows how both buildings are connected.
Under the over-path there is a large conference room with circular sky-lights which can equally serve for professional presentations and conferencesas well as receptions.
Notman House has started its activity already in 2011, before the renovations of the campus were completed. Judging from the success with this pre-inauguration test project, they are now estimating that in the following 10 years, having received only one-and-a-half million dollars for their project from the outside sources, the start-up companies that used their services will generate the value of one-and-a-half billion dollars, in other words, a 1,000% increase on the original investment.
To find out more about Notman Campus, visit their website.
