{"id":11991,"date":"2022-02-23T20:34:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/?post_type=site&#038;p=11991"},"modified":"2025-07-09T19:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:19:48","slug":"former-bennett-fleet-factory","status":"publish","type":"site","link":"https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/en\/site\/former-bennett-fleet-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bennett Fleet factory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<header>\n\t\t<div data-header-site class=\"header-site\" style=\"--type-color: #c1c1c1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hmtl.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bennett-Fleet-1.png\" alt=\"header site background image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid site-info\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-md-1 col-md-10 back\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"back-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/carte-interactive\/\">Back to map<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-site-content class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-md-8 offset-md-2 col-lg-6 offset-lg-3 col-xl-4 offset-xl-4 content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"upper \">Archives<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title\">Former Bennett Fleet factory<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle\">2700, Bourgogne Avenue, Chambly<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"description\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub-box-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 offset-md-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3 sub-box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"views-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"views\">1491<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Views on this page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-medias-menu\" data-share-snippet>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"social-media-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site\/11991&#038;t=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" data-facebook-share><span class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"social-media-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?source=https:\/\/memento.heritagemontreal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site\/11991&#038;text=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet\" data-twitter-share><span class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Share this page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Fonction \u00e0 venir\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"button dark-version\">S'abonner aux mises \u00e0 jour<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"half-half-slider\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 order-md-0 offset-sm-1 col-sm-10 offset-md-1 col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"modified_date\">Published on  : February 23 2022<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"modified_date\">Last modified on  : July 09 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"submitted-by\">Alert submitted by: Louise Chevrier<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"long-description\">\n\t\t\t<p>Located between the Chambly Canal and the Richelieu River, the original building of the former Bennett Fleet factory was built in 1918. During the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, the city of Chambly was a popular site for industries because of its proximity to Montreal and the United States, but also because of the shipping lanes, the presence of the railroad and a hydroelectric dam.<\/p>\n<p>The factory, first known as Canadian Leatherboard, specialized in shoe components such as heels and soles. Before moving to its present site, it occupied the old Willet factories on the banks of the rapids, which today is the parc des Rapides.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"mb-4 mb-md-0 offset-sm-1 col-sm-10 offset-md-1 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-ctn\">\n\t\t\t<div data-small-slider class=\"small-slider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"small-slider-image\" src=\"https:\/\/hmtl.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bennett-Fleet-1.png\" alt=\"slider image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"image-title \">Vue d&#8217;ensemble de l&#8217;usine Bennett Fleet<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"caption\">Source: Vincent Lafrance, photographe<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-custom-prev material-icons \">keyboard_arrow_left<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-custom-next material-icons \">keyboard_arrow_right<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"single-big-col\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-xl-6 offset-xl-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\"><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The heritage interest of this building lies in its typical industrial architecture; the <a href=\"https:\/\/mouvementcitoyendechambly.org\/2021\/03\/28\/resume-de-la-contre-expertise-concernant-lusine-bennett-fleet\/\">website of the Mouvement citoyen de Chambly<\/a> accurately describes these characteristics: &#8220;The firm Pringle and Son was known for its efficient use of reinforced concrete for the structure and was distinguished by its more traditional architectural style, characterized by geometric entrances and the use of brick. Its interest also lies in the fact that it is the last witness of the industrial past of Chambly and the Richelieu Valley, which makes it all the more important, because industrial heritage is often disliked and misunderstood, while it contributes to the richness of the built environment and the development of the localities in which it is located. And the Bennett Fleet is no exception. It should also be noted that it is the last factory in North America to manufacture footwear components.<\/p>\n<p>However, the site is currently being coveted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ville.chambly.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/RSD-1821_Chambly-%C3%89mis-pour-CCU_2020-04-02_compress%C3%A9.pdf\">Selection Group, which wants to build two residential buildings on the site<\/a>, including a seniors&#8217; residence and family housing, on a piece of land that is wedged between the two waterways and Route 112, the only major road access. Furthermore, the Bennett site is far from the village core of Chambly, distant from all essential services and not served by local public transit, which will force future residents to be dependent on the automobile and which will add pressure on an already stressed road network. Traffic congestion is one of the concerns of the 1,300 citizens who signed a petition asking the City for a second opinion and received it.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the developer wishes to demolish the entire Bennett industrial complex in order to build his project, including the original 1918 building, which is listed in the inventory of buildings of heritage interest in Chambly and the Richelieu Valley MRC. The reasons evoked to justify such a demolition are the great complexity of building an underground parking lot if the original building is maintained and the potential deterioration of the structure, which would be incompatible for residential use because of the presence of too much mold.<\/p>\n<p>The counter-expertise commissioned by the City clearly demonstrates that the reinforced concrete structure of the original building would not only be in good condition, but could be decontaminated easily enough to allow residential use as proposed by the developer, Groupe S\u00e9lection. In addition, this study presents numerous precedents for the reuse of industrial buildings for housing, but unfortunately, the developer rejected the experts&#8217; proposals because of the high costs associated with decontaminating the site and upgrading the building&#8217;s structure, which, according to them, is in too poor a condition to ensure the profitability of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yXYKSGrAr3M&amp;ab_channel=VilledeChambly\">Chambly demolition committee authorized the demolition request submitted by Groupe S\u00e9lection on April 13, 2021<\/a>. Under the Act respecting land use planning and development, it was still possible to express opposition to the committee&#8217;s decision by writing to the City Clerk&#8217;s Office before May 12, 2021. After receiving at least one request to appeal the demolition committee&#8217;s decision, City Council had to decide the matter. The majority of Council voted against the decision, thereby cancelling the demolition permit previously granted. If Groupe S\u00e9lection or another developer wishes to submit a new project for the site, the process will have to start over again.<\/p>\n<p>The factory was later acquired by the Corev Immobilier Inc. group.<\/p>\n<p>On the night of October 21, 2023, the former factory\u2014regularly targeted by vandalism\u2014suffered a fire suspected to be arson.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the municipality initiated legal proceedings with the Superior Court to obtain a demolition order, as the building posed a danger to public safety. The order was granted in December 2024. The building was ultimately demolished in 2025. A new development containing 450 to 500 apartments is expected to be built on the site.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"text-items-list\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 col-md-8 offset-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"informations\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMunicipality or borough\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Chambly<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIssues\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Mechanisms for protection<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Urban Development<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOwner(s)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Private: company<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThreat(s)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Demolition<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Vandalism<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Vacant<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">No upkeep<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Lack of knowledge<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Demand for land, speculation<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Inappropriate\/incompatible use<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConception\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Pringle and Son Company, architects<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManager(s)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Owner<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCategorie(s)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Industrial<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConstruction year\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">1918<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"text-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRecognition status\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-text-item\">Listed in the heritage inventory of the city of Chambly and the Richelieu Valley MRC<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"cta-image-overlay\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-10 offset-sm-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-ctn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bg-image\" 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