Monarch Place

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Monarch Place
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The main tower of Monarch Place, as seen from Steiger Park
General information
TypeCommercial office
Architectural style Postmodern
Location1 Monarch Place, Springfield, Massachusetts 01144, United States
Construction started1987
Completed1989
Cost$120 million
(1989 USD)
OwnerPeter L. Picknelly
Height
Roof401 ft (122.2 m)
Technical details
Floor count26
Floor area400,000 sq ft (37,000 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Jung Brannen Associates
DeveloperMonarch Capital Group and Assoc.
Structural engineer Weidlinger Associates
Main contractorDaniel O'Connell Sons, of Holyoke
Website
www.monarch-place.com

Monarch Place is a commercial office tower with ground-floor retail spaces, located in Springfield, Massachusetts. Monarch Place is the tallest building in Springfield, the tallest building in Massachusetts outside of Boston, and the eighth tallest building in New England outside of Boston. [1] [2] Originally built by the namesake Monarch Capital Corporation, at the time of its completion in 1989 it was the largest mixed-use development in Massachusetts outside of Boston. [3]

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History

Monarch Place was built on the site of the Forbes and Wallace Inc. Department Store, commencing construction in 1987. [1] In a tribute to preserve the heritage of Forbes and Wallace, whose flagship store had stood at that site for decades, the architects Jung Brannen and Associates developed a replica of that building's facade, used in tandem with a fountain at a plaza at the corners of Main and Boland. [4] The building was originally constructed as a joint venture between the Monarch Capital Corporation's "Forge Springfield" subsidiary, Flatley Springfield of Braintree, and Sheraton Hotels at a cost of $120 million dollars. [5] After Monarch Capital's bankruptcy in 1991, the building was sold at auction for $24 million dollars to Peter L. Picknelly, of Peter Pan Buslines, whose company has managed it since. [6]

Since 1989, working with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, the building has on-and-off served as the site of a nesting pair of peregrine falcons, making it one of three reintroduction sites on buildings in Western Massachusetts, including the UMass Campus Center site which subsequently was moved to the W.E.B. DuBois Library in Amherst. [7] [8] [9]

Tenants

As of December 2021, tenants include: [10]

Argo Group

Bank of America

Catuogno Court Reporting Services

Community Legal Aid

Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy, P.C.

First American Title Insurance

Health New England

Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation

Kanzaki Specialty Papers

Mahoney and Associates

Manpower Temporary Services

Merrill Lynch

Michael D. Parker Law Offices

Moriarty & Primack, P.C.

Robert Half International Inc.

Schwerin & Boyle

Sinclair Insurance Group, Inc.

Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C.

Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn

The Travelers Indemnity Company

UBS Financial

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