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Centre des viandes F. Iasenza Stores

Eight butcher shops built and renovated by Groupe Venise for Centre des viandes F. Iasenza, across three regions of Greater Montréal: street-front stores, shopping-centre units, and standalone buildings, each finished to one brand standard.

The Project

Eight stores, one standard of construction.

Groupe Venise built and renovated all eight Centre des viandes F. Iasenza butcher shops, for a family business that has served Montrealers since 1981. The network reaches across three regions: five stores on the Island of Montréal, in St-Michel, Montréal-Nord, Tétreaultville, LaSalle, and Dollard-des-Ormeaux; two in Laval, including Vimont; and one in Longueuil on the South Shore. Every site started from a different building, from a two-storey brick corner store and a shopping-centre unit to large standalone buildings with their own parking lots, and every one now reads clearly as an Iasenza store, with the red signage and round logo that customers recognize.

Inside, the work is measured in long runs. Refrigerated butcher counters stretch the length of each store, with butchers at work behind the display and digital menu screens overhead. Full grocery aisles, rows of glass-door freezers, and checkout areas fill the rest of the floor under bright lighting, with high open steel structures in the larger stores. Checkered red-and-white floors, flag bunting, and a black-and-white photo mural from the company’s history carry the Iasenza identity from one location to the next. Groupe Venise also built the company’s distribution warehouse, which supplies the stores.

Client: Centre des viandes F. Iasenza
Scope: Construction and renovation of 8 stores
Locations: 5 in Montréal, 2 in Laval, 1 in Longueuil
Store formats: Street-front, shopping-centre, standalone
Category: Commercial Project, Retail

Gallery

Eight stores, inside and out.

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Eight Storefronts, One Brand

Street-front buildings, shopping-centre units, and standalone stores with parking, each under the Iasenza sign.

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Single-storey Iasenza store with a red facade, a large illuminated sign, a green metal roof, red bollards, and a parking lot

Iasenza store in a shopping centre with a long illuminated red sign, a glass entrance, and a sign listing the other branches

Street-front Iasenza store with a tan brick and stone facade, a red sign, and glass double doors

Iasenza store with grey brick walls, red metal upper cladding, large windows, and concrete stairs with black railings

Dark brick Iasenza building with a large botanical mural and two branded delivery trucks parked along the street

The Butcher Counters

Long refrigerated counters, digital menu screens, and bright, open selling floors.

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Long butcher counter under flag bunting, with a checkered floor and a large black-and-white photo mural from the company’s history

Long refrigerated meat counter with digital menu screens above and a butcher at work behind the display

Refrigerated counter running the length of the store under rows of international flags, with glass-door freezers at the back

Bright, open store with a long butcher counter, overhead screens, a branded chest freezer, and shopping carts

Aisles and Entrances

Full grocery aisles, glass-door freezers, and welcoming entrances.

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Shopping-centre entrance to an Iasenza butcher shop, with a large Boucherie sign and a life-size cow statue

Long grocery aisle with stocked shelving on one side and glass-door freezers on the other, over a checkered floor

Grocery shelving and a refrigerated display case on a red-and-white checkered floor, with the butcher counter behind

Grocery section under a high white open-web steel structure, with a tiled floor, shelving, and a checkout

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