| Complexe Desjardins | |
|---|---|
 North tower and entrance to mall | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | Montreal,Quebec, Canada |
| Address | 150Saint Catherine Street west |
| Coordinates | 45°30′27″N73°33′52″W / 45.5075°N 73.5644°W /45.5075; -73.5644 |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 152 m (499 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 111 (12/27/32/40) |
| Floor area | 418,154 m2 |
| Lifts/elevators | Ascenseurs Design Inc. Les ascenseurs Labadie Inc. (Original) Montenay Service D'Ascenseurs M.S.A. Inc. Montgomery (Original) Thyssen (1996) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Darling, Pearson and Cleveland |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
| [1][2] | |
Complexe Desjardins is amixed-use office, hotel, andshopping mall complex located inMontreal,Quebec,Canada, in theQuartier des spectacles area ofSaint Catherine Street.[3][4][5] The project was designed to develop the eastern end ofdowntown Montreal, it is located in the quadrilateral formed bySaint Catherine,Saint-Urbain,Jeanne Mance andRené Lévesque Boulevard.
Its architectural design consists of several towers housing offices of theDesjardins Group,Quebec Government offices and other companies, as well as a hotel, linked by anatrium shopping centre anchored byIGA. This design produces the effect of an indoor square. It is one of very few buildings in Canada to have its ownpostal code prefix, H5B.
The Complexe Desjardins is connected by theunderground city toPlace des Arts and thePlace-des-ArtsMetro station to the north, and theComplexe Guy-Favreau, thePalais des congrès de Montréal, andPlace-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]
| 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] |
Yves Trudeau's Monument àAlphonse Desjardins was located outside at the corner of St. Urbain and St. Catherine from 1976 to 1995 but since relocated to Parc Catchpaw, inOrford, Quebec.
