1. Welcome to Ralia
Some places you visit. Others receive you.
Ralia builds spaces where you can arrive fully and leave restored.
La Maison Ralia.
Our flagship property at 4281 Saint-Laurent in Montreal. Ten bedrooms across four apartments. Sleeps up to twenty. A ground floor event and gathering space called Connections. A sauna. A terrace. A cafe.
Designed by Indee Design. Activated by a rotating cohort of Montrealers from our community. Operated by a team committed to wellbeing for guests, staff, and the planet.
Connection is our north star.
We are creating the future we want to see. We are building properties and operating places that house our values of inclusivity, joyful living, connection with nature, with self and with the moment.
We are building Ralia in public and we invite you into our journey as our esteemed guest. We know there are many reasons for humans to isolate and separate from each other, but well-being brings us back together. We cannot be our best human-self in isolation. Humans are wired to feel well and live healthier when we connect.
What sets us apart.
Guided by the 7 generations principle. Every decision considers seven generations ahead.
Led by women across both properties.
Regenerative by design. Locally sourced, ecologically conscious, intentional with every choice.
One ecosystem operating across two countries.
La Maison Ralia is our flagship. The Ralia Beachfront Villa on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast is our international presence and a nod to what the future holds for Ralia. Take note if you are an investor!
4281 blvd St-Laurent is the HEART of Montreal
In honour of our placement, we begin with a pause.
Before every gathering at Ralia, before every meeting, before every welcome, we stop. We recognize where we are.
You are on the lands known as Tiohtià:ke, “where the group divides.”
That is the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) name for Montreal. Traditional and unceded territory, where many nations have met, traded, and built communities for thousands of years.
Long before the city you are exploring, the village of Hochelaga was here with its longhouses and cornfields. A thriving community. Jacques Cartier arrived in 1535 and renamed the mountain. Ville-Marie (now our Montreal old port & downtown) was founded in 1642 on these lands. The colonial story begins there, but Montreal still holds the story of Hochelaga and you will see one of our boroughs still has its name.
The name for the greater Montreal and the island, Tiohtià:ke, has also not stopped being true. Montreal is a city of underlying divides. French and English. Settler and Indigenous. Third generation immigrants and new. Our Saint-Laurent blvd is in the middle. La Maison Ralia sits in the middle of the middle, which we call the HEART.
We honour the past so we can design the future with care.
We end with an intention for the future we formed in our HEART.
Our intention is to be a connector in our city.
*Fun fact: we first named our building CONNECTIONS (you will see the name in a sculpture out front!). We did this to encourage connection and build the future we want to be part of.
About La Maison Ralia: Built on an Intention
Before this place had a name, it was an idea.
Winter solstice, 2023.
Four Montrealers sat on a dusty floor inside the gutted building. Cacao in tiny tea cups, poured from a thermos. Four unique Montrealers. Two men. Two women.
One agenda. Plant an intention.
The word came to all four.
Connection.
Florence Charron, local designer and founder of Indee Design and Warren Von Pannier, local GC and founder of WVP Construction, carried the vision through the build. Ideas woven in French and English, landing in mutual delight. A year later, the doors opened. The intention had become the place.
The name Connections became permanently woven into our story by naming our events space Connections.
We invite you to take a minute on our Connections Bench out front to snap a picture and reflect on a moment during your stay when you truly felt connected to someone, a place or perhaps to yourself. We’d love to hear about it so feel free to share your picture and story with us by tagging @lamaisonralia.