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Complexe Desjardins is an office and hotel complex and shopping mall located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (480x640, 255 KB) Summary Tower of Complexe Desjardins, Montreal. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (480x640, 255 KB) Summary Tower of Complexe Desjardins, Montreal. ... A shopping mall (or simply mall), shopping center, or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain stores, and has interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store. ... Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area    - City 366. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of...


Opened as part of a broad scheme to develop the eastern end of downtown, it is located in the quadrilateral formed by Saint Catherine, Saint Urban, and Jeanne Mance streets, and René Lévesque Boulevard (45°30′27″N, 73°33′52″W). The Bay on Saint Catherine Street next to the Christ Church Cathedral Place des Arts Saint Catherine Street (officially rue Sainte-Catherine) is the primary commercial artery of downtown Montreal. ... René Lévesque Boulevard (officially boulevard René-Lévesque) is one of Montreals main streets. ...


Its innovative architectural design consists of four towers housing offices of the Mouvement Desjardins, Quebec Government offices and other companies, as well as the Hyatt Regency Montreal Hotel, linked by a vast plaza overlooked by surrounding upper levels with shops and services and covered with a very high ceiling and skylights. This design produces the effect of an outdoor market and square indoors. The Mouvement Desjardins (Desjardins Movement or Desjardins Group in English) is the largest association of credit unions in North America. ... This is an article about the politics of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... This article is about the hotel chain. ...


The Complexe Desjardins is connected by the underground city to Place des Arts and the Place-des-Arts metro station to the north, and the Complexe Guy-Favreau, the Palais des congrès de Montréal, and Place-d'Armes metro station to the south. Montreals underground city (French: La ville souterraine) is the well-known underground city complex in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... View of the Place des Arts esplanade. ... Place-des-Arts Place-des-Arts is a station on the Montreal Metro Green Line. ... Place-Saint-Henri station The Montreal Metro is the main form of public transportation within the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Exterior open entrance to a metro station (Tribunal station in Madrid) A metro station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as metro and subway. It is often underground or elevated. ... Constructed over the Autoroute Ville-Marie. ... Place-dArmes is a station on the Montreal Metro Orange Line, located in Old Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie. ...


See also

The following is a list of malls in the region of Montreal. ... This is a list of the tallest skyscrapers in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada as of April 2005: (Source: Emporis) Although not a skyscraper, the Tour de Montréal on the Olympic Stadium reaches 175m/575ft, placing it between #5 and #6. ... Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area    - City 366. ...

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Transportation Montréal-Mirabel International Airport | Montreal Metro | Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | Windsor Station | Central Station

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Montreal Hotels: Complexe Desjardins (186 words)
Complexe Desjardins has many hotels located within 5 miles.
Since complexe Desjardins was inaugurated in 1976, its multifunctional design has made it a veritable keystone for the business and cultural communities, a gathering place for tourists and convention-goers and a busy shopping mall.
Place Desjardins Inc. is responsible for managing its activities.
Mouvement Desjardins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (263 words)
The Mouvement Desjardins (Desjardins Movement or Desjardins Group in English) is the largest association of credit unions in North America.
It was founded in 1900 in Lévis, Québec by Alphonse Desjardins.
Desjardins has been working in developing countries such as Burkina Faso and Cameroon, but in 1992 also opened Desjardins Bank in Florida to cater to southbound Quebecers.
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