Maison Manuvie celebrates its grand opening
On Monday, Ivanhoé Cambridge and the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife) celebrated the official opening of Maison Manuvie, a class-AAA office building at 900 de Maisonneuve Ouest in the heart of downtown Montreal.
This video will give you a glimpse of the building, which was designed to meet tenants’ current and future needs and those of generations to come, as well as the highlights of the official inauguration ceremony.
Maison Manuvie
Grand opening
Those present for the official inauguration included Carlos Leitão, Quebec Minister of Finance; Roy Gori, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife; Kevin Adolphe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife Real Estate; Warren A. Thomson, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Manulife; Richard Payette, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife Quebec; Michael Sabia, President and Chief Executive Officer, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec; Daniel Fournier, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ivanhoé Cambridge; Anik Shooner, co-founder, Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes; and Julie Lafrenière, Vice President, Development, Retail, Ivanhoé Cambridge.
Maison Manuvie is co-owned by Manulife and Ivanhoé Cambridge. The building has 27 floors and a total area of 45,100 m2 (485,800 ft2), with more than 24,000 m2 (260,000 ft2) occupied by about 2,000 Manulife employees.
About Ivanhoé Cambridge
Ivanhoé Cambridge, a global real estate industry leader, invests in high-quality properties and real estate companies in select cities around the world. It does so prudently, with a long-term view to generate optimal, risk-adjusted returns. Founded in Quebec in 1953, Ivanhoé Cambridge has built a vertically integrated business across Canada. Internationally, the Company invests alongside key partners and major real estate funds that are leaders in their respective markets. Through subsidiaries and partnerships, Ivanhoé Cambridge holds interests in nearly 800 buildings, primarily in the residential, office, retail and logistics real estate sectors. Ivanhoé Cambridge held approximately C$56 billion in assets as at December 31, 2016. The Company is a real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (cdpq.com), one of Canada's leading institutional fund managers. For more information: ivanhoecambridge.com.
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