Apartments For Rent in Ville-Marie, Montréal

Ville-Marie enables homeowners to move around by various methods of transportation. Thanks to various nearby rapid transit stations with access to the Gare Centrale - Brossard, Ligne 2 - Orange, Ligne 1 - Verte and Ligne 4 - Jaune, and over 50 nearby bus lines, Ville-Marie is an extraordinarily pleasant part of Montréal for travelling by public transit. Ville-Marie is also an extremely convenient part of Montréal for pedestrians; many daily needs are very easy to meet by walking, and there are also innumerable businesses in proximity. Ville-Marie will attract active house buyers because it is reasonably suitable for bicycling. More precisely, there are a good number of bike lanes, the topography is for the most part flat, and bike-share stations are seldomly more than a few blocks away.

It is a short walk to access daycares and schools from any location in Ville-Marie. Parents have the option of public and private schools at both the elementary and high school level. When it comes to food, it is especially easy to reach both a general and a specialty grocery store by walking from any location in Ville-Marie. Rue Peel is among the best streets for food stores. Furthermore, those who are fond of dining out won't have to go far in Ville-Marie, where over 700 restaurants and over 100 coffee shops are available.

Ville-Marie is a great borough for those who enjoy both indoor and outdoor activities. It is very easy to find vibrant streets in this part of Montréal. Numerous entertainment venues can be found nearby, there are usually masses of people around, and with its over 100 bars, there are options for nighttime activities. Rue Saint-Paul is among the most active streets in this borough. There is not that much greenery in this part of Montréal; more specifically, residents will find that few tree-lined streets are around. However, parks, like Parc Jean-Drapeau, are very well-spread out and there are over 100 of them close by for residents to enjoy, which results in them being very easy to reach from the majority of locations in Ville-Marie.

In Ville-Marie, the majority of buildings are large apartment buildings, while small apartment buildings are also present in the housing stock. This borough is primarily composed of two bedroom and one bedroom homes. About three quarters of the properties in the borough are occupied by renters and the remainder are occupied by owners. This part of the city did not experience a single building boom; the construction of new dwellings in Ville-Marie was spread throughout multiple decades in recent history.