E-Commerce Place, Office complex in Downtown Montreal, Canada
E-Commerce Place (Cité du commerce électronique) is a two-tower office complex on René-Lévesque Boulevard West between Mountain and Lucien-L'Allier streets in downtown Montreal. The first tower, at 1350 René-Lévesque West, has 27 floors and was completed in early 2003; the second, at 1360, has 17 floors and was finished in spring 2004. A glass-enclosed common area with a convenience store and fast-food restaurants links the two buildings, designed by the firm Béïque Legault Thuot.
The complex was developed around 2000 as a Quebec government initiative to support the information technology sector through tax incentives and job creation. Power Corporation subsidiaries acquired the towers in December 2016, marking a major ownership change.
The name comes from the Quebec grant program that required tenants to specialize in electronic commerce. The first tower was fully occupied by CGI, an IT consulting firm; the second housed IBM and CSC. A 2003 Université de Montréal study found that about 30% of the subsidies offset the higher rents in the cités.
The two towers face each other across a glass-enclosed common area on René-Lévesque Boulevard West, between Mountain and Lucien L'Allier streets. That hall holds a convenience store and fast-food counters, useful for a quick stop. Lucien L'Allier metro station and the commuter rail platforms are a short walk west.
Power Corporation subsidiaries purchased both towers of E-Commerce Place in December 2016 for 387.5 million Canadian dollars.
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