780 Fort Street 

Building Info

Montrose Wintergarden Hotel 

• 20 storey hotel, 128 rooms, 35 parking stalls

Developer

• Merchant House Capital

Architect

• DAUStudio

• Architect Project Website

Context

• Formerly the location of Monk's Office Supply before closing; currently vacant and for lease

City of Victoria Development Tracker 

• Project Folder

Status

• 2026 status: Likely cancelled. The City issued a development permit of September 5, 2024. Development permits generally expire after two years and there has been no indication of a construction start on the horizon. News reports came out in October 2025 on Merchant House Capital's financial difficulties.

Media and Images

• October 23, 2025 Times Colonist story on the developer's financial difficulties

• October 31, 2025 CHEK News story