1250 René-Lévesque

1250, boulevard René-Lévesque
General information
Type	Office
Architectural style	Postmodern
Location	1250 René-Lévesque Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45.497323°N 73.570381°W / 45.497323; -73.570381
Completed	1992
Owner	BentallGreenOak (Sunlife)
Management	BentallGreenOak
Height
Architectural	226.5 metres (743 ft)
Roof	199 metres (653 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	47
Floor area	95,237 square metres (1,025,120 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	28
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Structural engineer	LeMessurier Consultants
Website
bentallgreenoakleasing.com/building/7583901489388302059?search=
References
[1][2][3]

1250, boulevard René-Lévesque is a 199-metre (653 ft)^[4] (without spire), 47-story skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the second tallest building in Montreal and the province of Quebec, when the spire is excluded, as per the height definition used by the city of Montreal. For international comparison the spire is included as per CTBUH,^[5] which brings the height to 226.5m^[6] and becomes the tallest building in Montreal and the province of Quebec. The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates for IBM Canada and Marathon Realty, hence the former name "IBM-Marathon Tower". It is now named for its address at 1250 René Lévesque Boulevard West, in the Ville-Marie borough of Downtown Montreal.^[7] It is adjacent to the Bell Centre and Windsor Station to the south, and stands on the site of the former American Presbyterian Church. It is connected to the Bonaventure metro station and the underground city network.^[8]

1250 is currently owned and managed by global real estate investor, developer and owner BentallGreenOak.

Architecture

View from the North, right beside La Laurentienne Building.

1250 René-Lévesque's architecture is based on another skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the 51-story Westend Tower in Frankfurt, Germany.^[9] The design is partly dictated by the building's position at the former western edge of the downtown core, with its shape forming a boundary between the commercial center and the historically residential periphery (though since the building's construction the downtown area has advanced southwestward). As such it has a markedly rectangular footprint, being very elongated on a north-south axis. Like its Frankfurt counterpart, emphasis is given to the east and west façades, which have opposed yet complementary appearances that strongly relate to the urban area they face. The modern-style western façade, facing the historically low-rise residential periphery, is a straight granite-clad wall covered with square windows, with irregular setbacks creating the appearance of several superimposed slabs. Conversely the postmodern-style eastern façade, facing the commercial center, is dominated by an outwardly-curved glass curtain wall that extends past the southern edge, creating a suspended vertical "fin" that emphasizes the structure's impression of lightness and thrust. The narrow north wall recesses in a series of setbacks, allowing the building to keep its human scale at street level. At the lowest setback, the 4-floor atrium includes a bamboo-planted winter garden, and a food court on a mezzanine. At the building top, a spire is integrated to the north walls of the last few floors and extends 31 metres beyond the mechanical penthouse above the 47th floor.

Montreal's downtown area is now expanding southwest of the building (that formally was an unofficial downtown "boundary"), with the two towers of the Cité du commerce électronique in the west. The height of those towers increases towards the 1250 and the city center, creating a "staircase effect" in the skyline.

Tenants

• Air Liquide Canada^[10]
• Bayer^[11]
• BMO Harris Bank^[12]
• Canaccord Financial Inc^[13]
• Chubb Corp.^[14]
• CIBC Wood Gundy^[15]
• Credit Suisse^[16]
• Deutsche Bank^[17]
• EquiSoft Inc. ^[18]
• International Cospas-Sarsat Programme
• Insight Enterprises^[19]
• Langlois Lawyers LLP
• LASIK MD^[20]
• Lazard^[21]
• Macquarie Group^[22]
• McKinsey & Company^[23]
• Merrill Lynch Canada^[24]
• Michael Page International^[25]
• PSP Investments^[26]
• PricewaterhouseCoopers^[27]
• Richardson GMP Limited^[28]
• Wells Fargo Equipment Finance

Former Tenants

• Club Privé 47 Inc was located on the 47 floor (between 1995-2011) and was a swinger club. ^[29]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Montreal

References

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9. "Westendstraße 1". SkyscraperPage.
10. "Air Liquide Canada Locations > Air Liquide Canada". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
11. Contact Us | Bayer.ca
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13. "Canaccord Genuity - Contact Us". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
14. "Chubb Insurance Company of Canada". Archived from the original on 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
15. CIBC Wood Gundy - Montreal Rene Levesque
16. "Montreal Exchange - Approved participants list". Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
17. "Deutsche Bank - Contacts". Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
18. "Equisoft: Insurance Software Solutions". Equisoft. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
19. "Insight Enterprises".
20. Lasik MD Montreal
21. "Montreal - AM".
22. Contact - Macquarie Group Canada
23. Montreal|North America|McKinsey & Company Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
24. ML Canada - Branch Offices Archived 2012-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
25. Michael Page International | Montreal Recruitment
26. "Pension fund managers | PSP Investments".
27. PwC office locations in Canada (by city)
28. "Locate a Branch". Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
29. [1]

External links

• Oxford Properties datasheet Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Kohn Pedersen Fox datasheet