Complexe Desjardins
| Complexe Desjardins | |
|---|---|
 North tower and entrance to mall | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Address | 150 Saint Catherine Street west |
| Coordinates | 45°30′27″N 73°33′52″W / 45.5075°N 73.5644°W |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 152 m (499 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 87 (12/18/23/31) |
| Floor area | 418,154 m2 |
| Lifts/elevators | Ascenseurs Labadie inc.(Original) Thyssenkrupp(early 2000s) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Darling, Pearson and Cleveland |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
| [1][2] | |
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.
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
[edit]| Name | Height | Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour Nord (North Tower) | 108 m (354 ft) | 27 floors | 1975 | [4][9][10] |
| Tour Sud (South Tower) | 152 m (499 ft) | 40 floors | 1975 | [4][11][12] |
| Tour Est (East Tower) | 130 m (430 ft) | 32 floors | 1975 | [4][13][14] |
| DoubleTree by Hilton Montreal | ca. 60 m (200 ft) | 12 floors | 1975 | [4][15][16] |
Monument à Alphonse Desjardins
[edit]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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Complexe Desjardins". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 112418". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016.
- ^ "Le Complexe Desjardins". Emporis. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Le Complexe Desjardins at SkyscraperPage
- ^ "Quartier des spectacles | Complexe Desjardins". www.quartierdesspectacles.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "CNL Hospitality Properties, Inc. Acquires Wyndham Montreal, Re-flags Property as Hyatt Regency".
- ^ "Hyatt Regency Montreal Reflagged as DoubleTree in December 2018". LoyaltyLobby. 5 September 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Unidentified remains - Service de police de la Ville de Montréal - SPVM". spvm.qc.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Nord". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Nord". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Sud". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Sud". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Est". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Est". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Est". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Le Complexe Desjardins, Tour Est". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
Further reading
[edit]- James Viloria (2011). "Complexe Desjardins". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- "Le Complexe Desjardin". La Technique des Travaux. 51 (11–12): 239–248. November 1975.
- "Le Complexe Desjardins". Images of Montreal. 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
External links
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