Trust Pret et Revenu - Montreal, Canada
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N 45° 30.210 W 073° 33.509
18T E 612613 N 5039895
This building is currently vacant, being renovated.
Waymark Code: WM8YBN
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 05/30/2010
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This is a beautiful old building near the old town area of Montreal.
Laurentian Bank acquired Trust Prêt et Revenu du Canada in 1996 through the aquisition of its parent company.
A translation of (
visit link) tells us:
"In 1903 the company of trust National Trust purchased the property on which they built this building. At the time of the acquisition by the National Trust, the ground is occupied by the Standard Life Insurance building. In 1914 it was demolished to build this building. Kenneth Guscotte Rea was hired as architect for the construction of an office building meeting its needs specifically. The architect chose to offer to the frontage the building, wedged in a narrow section of the street Saint-Jacob, a maximum of luminosity by putting the accent on a rich person fenestration. He moreover sought to emphasize the main entrance thanks to a very elaborate ornamentation. In a concern with the integration, the architect respected the height of the pilasters and the width of the entablature of the close building, the Royal Bank. The construction of the building was completed in 1915. Primarily occupied by the company of trust, the building opens sometimes its doors with tenants. The National Trust sold the building in July 1966 to the Company Trust Loan. The new owner occupied the building until in the years 1990 when it was acquired by the Trust Laurentienne. In 1998, the Trust Laurentienne sold the building, but the activities of the occupants of this last remain always connected to the high finance.