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Located in the Old Montreal, at 10, Saint-Jacques Street, the Themis throned since 1928. This heritage building of 11 floors named after the Greek Goddess of Justice who watched in that time on law offices – these being to the origin of the name of the building.Today, the Themis covers 54 luxury condominiums and it’s to Karl Fischer Architect and project manager, Module, that this building got its spectacular renovation.Module took more than just a challenge by accepting a project of this scale, especially so complex, a project requiring a team of entrepreneurs with muscular experience that would be able to manage a program spread over different levels and occurring in 3 parallel phases:The establishment of a garage parking on 5 storeys with access via an elevator and which can accommodate about 30 vehicles. This required the displacement of 4 main columns supporting the west side of the building to allow car traffic;The creation of condominiums on the 2nd to 9th floor, inclusively;The realization on the 10th and 11th floor with a private terrace, 5 penthouses (3 on two floors with a mezzanine and fireplace and 2 with an access to the roof via a spiral staircase that leads to an interior heated swimming pool).And that’s not all! Still Module had to keep the front facade of the Themis and reconstruct its original cornice on the 11th floor carried in 1966 by the wave of modernism of the 1960’s .To all this, add a lot of windows, a range of noble materials such as brass, stone, wood, granite and marble, and a mosaic of amenities, such as the concept of “turnkey”. The New York interior look, the Italian kitchen, the view of Chinatown on one side with the mountains as a backdrop and the St. Lawrence River on the other, that charm the curious and the less curious of all nationalities!At the 16th edition of the Gala Habitation organized by La garantie Qualité Habitation et Plans de garantie ACQ, the Themis won the 2nd prize of multifamily recycling project for an upscale building.
