Santé Québec has purchased an 11-storey office tower in Gatineau for $66.9 million, a move tied to the province’s plan to build a new university-affiliated hospital in the Outaouais region.
The building, located at 70 Rue Crémazie in Gatineau’s Hull sector, had previously been owned through a partnership between Gatineau-based Groupe Heafey and Multivesco, and was primarily leased to the federal government. The 377,000-square-foot Class A tower will be partly converted into an ambulatory-care centre to offer hospital and clinical services to patients who do not need to stay overnight.
Clinical Services Planned for the Site
According to Santé Québec, the building is expected to house high-volume clinical operations such as blood collection, vaccination, primary care, and OPTILAB laboratory work. The approach allows the province to begin delivering some health-care services from an existing office building rather than waiting for the construction of a new hospital to be completed.
Santé Québec Outaouais has already started occupying the Crémazie property and has designated it as its head office.
Part of a Larger Hospital Redevelopment
The acquisition is connected to a broader redevelopment plan centred on the Asticou site, where Quebec intends to build a new 600-bed hospital. The purchase of the Crémazie tower gives the health system an existing, adaptable asset it can use for clinical purposes while the larger hospital project continues through its development stages.
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