Sun Life Building

Sun Life Building
General information
Type	Office
Architectural style	Neo-classical
Address	1155 Metcalfe street Montreal, Quebec H3B 2V6
Coordinates	45°30′0.75″N 73°34′12.81″W / 45.5002083°N 73.5702250°W / 45.5002083; -73.5702250
Construction started	1913
Completed	1931
Height
Roof	122 m (400 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	24
Lifts/elevators	25
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Darling, Pearson and Cleveland Le Groupe Arcop
References
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The Sun Life Building is a historic 122-metre (400 ft), 24-storey office building at 1155 Metcalfe Street on Dorchester Square in the city's downtown core of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The building was completed in 1931 after three stages of construction. It was built exclusively for the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. Although the then-new head office of the Royal Bank of Canada at 360 Saint Jacques Street in Montreal was taller by several floors, the Sun Life Building was at the time the largest building in square footage anywhere in the British Empire. The Sun Life Building went through three different stages of construction, the first one starting as early as 1913, but it was not until 1931 that its main 24-storey tower was erected, thus completing the project.