Place du Portage | Portage IV

Portage IV is the fourth and final phase of the Place du Portage Complex, constructed between 1977 and 1979. With it’s three official addresses: 140 Promenade du Portage, 150 Promenade du Portage and 9 Laurier Street, it is located in the heart of downtown Gatineau, Hull sector, across from Parliament Hill. Portage IV is managed and maintained by SNC-Lavalin ProFac. The building is a mixed-use office and retail complex having an architectural step-up design, with four storeys off of Laurier Street and up to seventeen storeys along the north face. The National Headquarters of the federal department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) occupies the full extent of the office space with the exception of a small pocket of space occupied by the PWGSC Conference Centre on the main floor. The estimated building population is between 3,500 and 4,000 employees. Place du Portage IV was the recipient of the BOMA TOBY Award for the Government Building of the Year in 2003 and the BOMA TOBY EARTH Award in 2007.

The grade level commercial space has sixteen non-federal tenants, a daycare centre and a fitness centre. Principal services consist of a restaurant, three food outlets, dental office, optometrist, floral shop, hair salon, suntan studio, gift shop as well as other various services usually found in high-density office buildings such as a bank branch, dry cleaner, travel agency and a Canada Post postal outlet.

The employees of Portage IV have access to green space with two exterior courtyard areas, one of which includes a fountain. The building is equipped with an interior loading dock, as well as an underground VIP parking garage consisting of 64 stalls. Public transit service is conveniently available nearby.