Complexe Desjardins

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Complexe Desjardins
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North tower and entrance to mall
Complexe Desjardins
General information
TypeOffice
Architectural style Modern
Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Address150 Saint Catherine Street west
Coordinates 45°30′27″N73°33′52″W / 45.5075°N 73.5644°W / 45.5075; -73.5644
Completed1975
Height
Roof152 m (499 ft)
Technical details
Floor count87 (12/18/23/31)
Floor area418,154 m2
Lifts/elevatorsAscenseurs Labadie inc.(Original) Thyssenkrupp(early 2000s)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Darling, Pearson and Cleveland
Website
www.complexedesjardins.com/en/
References
[1] [2]
Exhibition in the Atrium Complexe Desjardins, Grande Place 2005-10-22.jpg
Exhibition in the Atrium

Complexe Desjardins is a mixed-use office, hotel, and shopping mall complex located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Quartier des spectacles area of Saint Catherine Street. [3] [4] [5] The project was designed to develop the eastern end of downtown Montreal, it is located in the quadrilateral formed by Saint Catherine, Saint-Urbain, Jeanne Mance and René Lévesque Boulevard.

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Its architectural design consists of several towers housing offices of the Desjardins Group, Quebec Government offices and other companies, as well as a hotel, linked by an atrium shopping centre anchored by IGA. This design produces the effect of an indoor square. It is one of very few buildings in Canada to have its own postal code prefix, H5B.

The Complexe Desjardins is connected by the underground city to Place des Arts and the Place-des-Arts Metro station to the north, and the Complexe Guy-Favreau, the Palais des congrès de Montréal, and Place-d'Armes Metro station to the south.

The hotel in the complex opened as the Hotel Meridien Montreal in April 1976. It was later renamed the Wyndham Montreal, then the Hyatt Regency Montreal in 2003, [6] then the DoubleTree by Hilton Montreal in December 2018. [7]

On July 26, 1992, a man, whose body is still unidentified to this day, fell to his death fifty feet from the Complexe Desjardins. [8]

Structures

NameHeightFloorsYearNotes
Tour Nord (North Tower)108 m (354 ft)27 floors1975 [4] [9] [10]
Tour Sud (South Tower)152 m (499 ft)40 floors1975 [4] [11] [12]
Tour Est (East Tower)130 m (430 ft)32 floors1975 [4] [13] [14]
DoubleTree by Hilton Montrealca.60 m (200 ft)12 floors1975 [4] [15] [16]

Monument à Alphonse Desjardins

Yves Trudeau's Monument à Alphonse Desjardins was located outside at the corner of St. Urbain and St. Catherine from 1975 to 1995 but since relocated to Parc Catchpaw, in Orford, Quebec.

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References

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  5. "Quartier des spectacles | Complexe Desjardins". www.quartierdesspectacles.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  6. "CNL Hospitality Properties, Inc. Acquires Wyndham Montreal, Re-flags Property as Hyatt Regency".
  7. "Hyatt Regency Montreal Reflagged as DoubleTree in December 2018". LoyaltyLobby. 5 September 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  8. "Unidentified remains - Service de police de la Ville de Montréal - SPVM". spvm.qc.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  9. "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Nord". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  11. "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Sud". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Sud". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  13. "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Est". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Est". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  15. "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Est". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Est". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

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