5505 St-Laurent Boulevard (Montreal, Quebec)

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Ubisoft Montreal
General information
Location5505 St-Laurent Boulevard
Montreal, Quebec
Opening1997

5505 St-Laurent Boulevard, also known as the Peck Building, is a building located on St-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal, Quebec. It was built in 1903. The building is currently the location of Ubisoft Montreal This is a link to a Wikipedia article.

History

The Peck Building was constructed in 1903, on a site of a former quarry. The building was opened in 1904, housing a textile factory[1] owned by Peck & Co. In 1913, the building was extended to the St-Dominique Street in order to house more employees. On May 26, 1920, John W. Peck, owner of Peck & Co., had died of heart disease. Ten years later, in 1920, the factory has closed. Since then, several other clothing manufacturers were occupying the space. The developer of animation software Discreet Logic were located at the top floor from 1993 to 1997, and since then moved to Griffintown.[2]

Since 1997, Ubisoft Montreal occupies the building.[3] The establishment of Ubisoft Montreal had a positive impact on The Mile End area of the city.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Where the Artists Are the Superheroes, The New York Times, April 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Who knows what building this was and is now? Then & Now Montreal, Montreal Times.
  3. ↑ Ubisoft Announces the Creation of 1000 Jobs in Montreal, GamesIndustry.biz This is a link to a Wikipedia article, February 1, 2005.
  4. ↑ Respawned: How video games revitalize cities, CBC, September 13, 2010.
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