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2000 McGill College (IA Tower) File:2000 avenue McGill College.jpg 250px 1986 Office 2000 McGill College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 23 Schindler Elevator Corp. Postmodernism 282 ft (86 m) Tolchinsky and Goodz Industrielle Alliance
The IA Tower (Industriel Alliance Tower or Tour Industrielle Alliance), originally called Industrial Life Tower, is a 23 stories high rise building located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Inaugurated in 1986, it was one of the first postmodernist high rises built in downtown Montreal.https://www.emporis.fr/buildings/112442/tour-industrielle-alliance-montreal-canada Tour Industrielle Alliance, Montréal 112442 EMPORIS www.emporis.fr 2019-11-30 2022-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124061951/https://www.emporis.fr/buildings/112442/tour-industrielle-alliance-montreal-canada dead
History
The IA Tower was the result of a joint venture between the then Industrial Life Insurance Company and First Québec Corporation.http://www.newspapers.com/clip/20273285/2000_mcgill_college/ 2000 McGill College The Gazette 13 February 1985 62 2019-08-30http://www.architexgroup.com/ La Tour Industrielle Vie Architex Group Montreal based architectural design firm Architex Group 2019-11-30 Built on McGill College Avenue, the tower was designed to be a premium grade-A office buildinghttps://ia.ca/business/office-space/tour-industrielle-alliance Tour Industrielle Alliance – Montreal office space iA Financial Group ia.ca 2019-08-30
The original tenants included Industrial Life, Dominion Securities Pitfield, Ernst and Whinney, Quantum group and Rolland Inc. Following the 1987 merger between Industrial Life Insurance and Alliance Nationale, the tower was renamed with the Industrielle Alliance name.
Located between Boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest and Avenue du Président-Kennedy, the IA Tower is ornamented by city furnitures and the public artwork Le banc des secrets by Lea Vivothttp://ocpm.qc.ca/sites/ocpm.qc.ca/files/pdf/P99/3.1_mcgill_projet_ocpm_an-lr.pdf AVENUE MCGILL COLLEGE PROJECT 33 https://web.archive.org/web/20211130040434/https://ocpm.qc.ca/sites/ocpm.qc.ca/files/pdf/P99/3.1_mcgill_projet_ocpm_an-lr.pdf 2021-11-30 deadhttps://www.mtl.org/fr/quoi-faire/patrimoine-et-architecture/le-banc-du-secret-de-lea-vivot Le banc du secret de Léa Vivot Tourisme Montréal fr-CA 2019-12-02.
thumb|Night view of 2000 McGill College, taken in May 2019.
Architecture
Designed by the Montreal firm Tolchinsky and Goodz, the IA Tower is made of Quebec polished granite. The building is larger at the last three floors and is designed to provide a maximum view of the Mont-Royal. Due to its conception, every floor apart from the three top floors has eight corner offices.https://structurae.net/fr/ouvrages/tour-l-industrielle-vie Tour L'Industrielle-Vie (Montréal, 1986) Structurae fr 2019-11-30http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2403 Industrial Life Tower, Montreal - SkyscraperPage.com skyscraperpage.com 2019-11-30
Notable tenants
References
Category:Postmodern architecture in Canada
Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Montreal
Category:Towers completed in 1986
Category:1986 establishments in Quebec