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offices built in 1984. It is located at 200

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in Ville-Marie,

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and extends over a six-acre plot of land, formerly part of the

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. The complex is named after

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, a former MP, federal cabinet minister and briefly

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Justice. The building complex came about as a joint venture between the federal government, who served as the head of the project, as well as private businesses, the City of

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, and the

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.Clément Demers, ''Le nouveau centre-ville de Montréal'', 1983, p.215
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, commercial units, a daycare facility, and a small park at its center.

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