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{{Infobox building
| name             = KPMG Tower
| status           = Complete
| image            = Montreal KPMG Tower.jpg
| image_size       = 215px
| caption          = 
| location         = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] [[Canada]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|45.5041|-73.5708|region:CA_source:frwiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| map_type         = Montreal
| completion_date  = 1987
| architectural_style = [[Postmodern architecture|Postmodern]]
| architect        = [[WZMH Architects]]
| floor_area       = 
| floor_count      = 34
| references       = <ref>{{skyscraperpage|1363}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/112410 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307084348/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/112410 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 112410 |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref>
| building_type    = Office
| antenna_spire    = 
| roof             = {{convert|146|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| elevator_count   = Otis Elevator Company
| owner            = [[BentallGreenOak]]
| website          = {{URL| https://www.groupemach.com/en/property/172-kpmg-tower.html}}
}}

The '''KPMG Tower''', formerly '''''Maison des Coopérants''''' or '''''Place de la Cathédrale''''', is a 34-storey [[skyscraper]] in [[downtown Montreal]], Canada, that was completed in 1987. It is at 600 [[De Maisonneuve Boulevard|de Maisonneuve Ouest]] and has an official height of {{cvt|146|m}}. The building is owned and operated by BentallGreenOak.

The KPMG Tower was built on a plot of land owned by the [[Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal|Christ Church Cathedral]], which lies directly in front of the building when viewed from [[Saint Catherine Street]]. It was designed by [[WZMH Architects]] and was styled to relate to the cathedral.

The tower incorporates an underground shopping centre, ''[[Promenades Cathédrale]]'', as part of the [[Underground city (Montreal)|underground city]] that is connected to the [[Montreal Metro|Metro]].

== Overview ==
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The building was originally called ''Maison des Coopérants'' for the then-anchor tenant, as can be seen on the inscription in the lobby; however, it was later named ''Place de la Cathédrale''. At the end of 2005 the tower was renamed to its current name for [[KPMG]], the new anchor tenant that occupies floors 6 to 15 and part of the 17th.

Part of its local claim to fame was that the [[Promenades Cathédrale]] shopping mall underneath the tower, built at the same time, was built beneath the existing Christ Church Cathedral. It was a sight to behold, as the cathedral was perched on top of cement piles with the soil removed from under it, resulting in a cathedral that seemed to be floating in mid air. From time to time, the building administration runs an exhibit in the shopping mall displaying the construction of the complex. A consequence of this arrangement is that the cathedral no longer has its proverbial basement. The functions traditionally done in the church basement are now performed in a space reserved for the church on the third floor of the tower's east side.

At the time of its opening, the shopping mall had three floors with a [[food court]] occupying most of the lower floor. Later renovations converted that shopping floor into a second floor of parking garage.

A memorial to [[Raoul Wallenberg]] stands in a small park between the office tower and church, where a bust of Wallenberg and a caged metal box (styled as a barbed-wire gate) stand beside each other.

The building features prominently during the [[Temptation of Christ]] scene in the 1989 [[Denys Arcand]] film ''[[Jesus of Montreal]]'', reflecting the tower's status as the most prominent and modern skyscraper built in Montreal during the late 1980s as well as its unique relationship with the church.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

==Tenants==
The building contains the private medical clinic [[TELUS Health]], the headquarters of [[Gildan Activewear]] and holds offices for the professional services firm [[KPMG]], [[Empire Life]], and the offices of the [[Anglican Diocese of Montreal]].

== References ==
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* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070423085043/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=tourkpmg-montreal-canada Emporis.com]}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101121022749/http://www.officespacemontreal.net/financial_core.php?subaction=showfull&id=1287170021&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& 600 de Maisonneuve - Technical Specifications]

== See also ==
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* [[Promenades Cathédrale]] shopping mall
* [[List of Montreal's 10 tallest skyscrapers]]
* [[List of malls in Montreal]]

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[[Category:Postmodern architecture in Canada]]
[[Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Montreal]]
[[Category:Office buildings completed in 1987]]
[[Category:Downtown Montreal]]
[[Category:WZMH Architects buildings]]
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