Scalia Properties has leased its newly-developed 141,153 square foot, zero carbon and LEED Silver industrial property at 7300 Côte-de-Liesse Rd. in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent to footwear manufacturer Kamik.

Kamik, which was founded in 1898, has signed a 10-year lease and will consolidate its three manufacturing and head office facilities and move its close to 300 employees to the 2025-completed site, which is near Trudeau
International Airport.

“We’ve been speaking to Kamik for quite a few months, and we finally signed a lease in July,” said Sam Scalia, CEO and founder of Scalia Properties.

Kamik will move into Le 7300 during the first quarter of 2027. The site is along Highway 520 and close to Highways 13, 15 and 40.

“Having an air-conditioned warehouse was very important to them," Scalia said. The location is next to the highways and its existing labour force and being able to move all three locations into one made it an ideal choice for them.”

Scalia would not disclose the rent. Listing broker Avison Young listed the building at a semi-gross rent of $19.75 per square foot or for sale at an asking price of $51 million.

Developed in partnership with Sina

Scalia said the property, developed in partnership with Sina, was built to difficult-to-replicate institutional grade specifications and features a 36.5-foot clear height and 15 truck-level loading doors.

A zero carbon, LEED Silver industrial property “is quite rare anywhere in Canada," he said. "It’s a huge selling feature to have.”

Measured performance in the building includes a 58 per cent reduction in overall energy consumption and an estimated 187-tonne annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

The building has 47 underground parking spaces, which Scalia said is “exceptionally rare” for an industrial property. Having underground parking makes it more attractive for employees to come to work especially during Montreal’s cold winters.

There is also a green rooftop terrace that provides a direct view of a runway at Trudeau airport.

Scalia says the leasing of the property was slowed for several months in 2025 by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada and 51st state threats but the building started to see traction by summer 2025. 

Le 7300 was initially developed by Devmont, co-founded by Scalia and his brother Joe. The two Scalia brothers have since created two new companies, Scalia Properties and Devwah.

“We were developing mostly condo projects in the past,” Scalia said of Devmont. “Now that we’re building more long-term assets it was just a normal split.”

Scalia would like to develop additional industrial properties on the island, particularly close to Highways 40 or 520, but sites “are very hard to come by.”

Multi-residential developments

Scalia Properties is primarily involved in developing its Westwalk brand of multi-residential rental properties.

Its Westwalk Dollard des Ormeaux, a 393-unit development at 45 Brunswick Blvd. in Dollard des Ormeaux on the West Island of Montreal was delivered in July 2025 and is fully leased. Rents are at an average of $2.90 per square
foot.

“One of our differentiators in the West Island is that we have a lot of empty nesters, so we have a lot of three bedrooms of 1,300 to 1,600 square feet,” Scalia said of the development.

The 363-unit Westwalk Pointe Claire, also in the West Island, and 373-unit Westwalk Anjou, in the east-end, are both slated for delivery in July 2027.

The West Island developments are located near REM light-rail stations while the Anjou project will be close to new station on the upcoming Blue line extension of the Metro.

Westwalk Pointe-Claire, at 360 Labrosse Ave. and 980 Saint-Jean Blvd., has a pickleball court on the rooftop, coworking area, kitchen area for social events, outdoor terrace with gas barbecues, gym, wellness centre, cold shower and hot sauna and a game room with a golf simulator that also plays 40 games.

The Anjou site, at 7440 des Galeries d’Anjou Blvd., has similar amenities.

Both projects are in pre-leasing which is going well, Scalia said. Seventy units at Westwalk Pointe Claire and 54 units at Westwalk Anjou have been leased as of August.

Leasing for the two projects is progressing at the same rate as for the Dollard project, two years earlier, despite the recent drop of immigration to the city. “It’s challenging for some projects, but we don’t see it with our brand right now.”

That’s because Scalia took concepts from the condo projects it developed for 20 years and made them suitable for rental properties, Scalia says. “No other project is able to compete at our level in terms of pricepoint and initial lease- up,” he said. “We really have a nice product.”

Another Westwalk development, Westwalk Hazeldean in Stittsville, Ont., near Ottawa, is slated to start construction next March or April once financing is in place.

Scalia Properties also has a hotel and multi-residential project in development that is currently in the zoning and permitting process. Scalia would not disclose its location other than it is on the island of Montreal.