Photo: Sun Life Building Montreal Quebec

The sun shines off the facade of the historical Sun Life Insurance Company building located across from Square Dorchester in Montreal, Quebec in Canada.

The historical Sun Life building located in Montreal, Quebec was built in three stages beginning in 1913 when the seven storey southern part of the base of the building was created. For another three years from 1923 onwards, an extension to the base was completed and in 1929 for another four years the sixteen story tower was constructed.The Sun Life building is a total of twenty-six stories high and 122 metres tall and is the seventeenth tallest building in the city of Montreal, Quebec. Three of the floors are basement levels, then there is a ground floor and a two story mezzanine with the remainder of the floors being for offices except for the top three which are all occupied by the maintenance and electrical systems of the building.In 1986, it was decided that many repairs were needed and the clientele was not as prestige as it once was. The Sun Life building was modernized with safety features, new windows and a major cleaning of the outside of the building. ... continue below the picture...

... Today when you visit Montreal, Quebec you will find that the architecture of the building is amazing and there are fascinating things on the inside of the Sun Life Building. Many of the attractions in the building are geared towards the public as you will find services such as a cafeteria, dining room, boardroom, medical centre, bowling alley, shooting range, gymnasium and pool rooms.Space for rent in the Sun Life building in Montreal Quebec is hard to get as most of the tenants are extremely satisfied with the overall service that they receive from the maintenance and management team. It is centrally located in the business region of Montreal and when the sun begins to call it quits for anther day before evening closes in, the rays glisten off the front of the Sun Life building.Sun Life Building across from Square Dorchester, Centre Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.