Maison Manuvie

Maison Manuvie, located at 900 De Maisonneuve Ouest, in the heart of downtown Montreal, is a building completed in 2017. Developed by Ivanhoé Cambridge and co-owned with Manulife, Maison Manuvie is a $220 million, Class AAA office building.[1] The real estate project is part of a plan by Ivanhoé Cambridge to invest C$1 B into Montreal's downtown core. The building is the work of architectural firm Menkès Shooner Dagenais Letourneaux.

Maison Manuvie
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Office
Address	900 Boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest
Town or city	Montréal
Country	Canada
Current tenants	Manuvie, EY, Boralex
Construction started	2015
Completed	2017
Inaugurated	November 27, 2017
Cost	C$220 million
Owner	Ivanhoé Cambridge, Manuvie
Height	114 metres (374 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	27
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Menkès Shooner Dagenais Letourneux
Awards and prizes	WiredScore

Features

Located between Mansfield Street and Metcalfe Street, Maison Manuvie houses 27 floors [2] and is 114 meters high. The building offers services, including a café, a conference centre, an outdoor terrace, 360 parking spaces, more than 125 bicycle parking spaces and 45,200 square meters of office space. The building is connected to the underground RESO network and the Montreal Metro via McGill Station.

Distinctions and Certifications

Maison Manuvie is distinguished by the development of its timeless architecture and high-efficiency focus on sustainable development, which aims to achieve LEED® CS Gold certification.

The building is also the first one in Quebec to achieve WiredScore Platinum certification.[3]

In 2017, Maison Manuvie won an Americas Property Award in the Office Development, Canada category from the International Property Awards. [4]

Major Tenants

The building will consolidate some of the activities of Manulife and the Canadian sector of Standard Life, which was acquired by Manulife in the fall of 2014. The team moved into the building in 2017.

EY also announced in 2017 that it would move into Maison Manuvie.[2] Boralex, an international renewable energy company headquartered in Quebec, has also selected Maison Manuvie as its new home in downtown Montreal. The team moved into its new spaces in 2018.[2]

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  Construction site in September 2015
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  Construction site in March 2016

References

1. "Ivanhoé, Manulife unveil Montreal's $220M Maison Manuvie". RENX.ca. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
2. "Manulife says new office building a sign of its commitment to Montreal". Montreal Gazette. 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
3. "Manuvie inaugure son nouveau siège social au Québec : Bienvenue à la Maison Manuvie!". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
4. "Maison Manuvie wins Americas Property Award". www.ivanhoecambridge.com. Retrieved 2017-11-23.