The Tour AXA is a 104.0 m tall skyscraper

Skyscraper

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 located in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

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It was built in 1974 and currently serves as the Headquarters for AXA Canada

AXA Canada

-History:AXA Canada was founded in 1905 as La Prévoyance insurance company. Although its head office is located in Montreal, AXA Canada has operations spread out all over Québec, Ontario, Western Canada and Atlantic Canada....

 which consists of a number of subsidiaries of French

France

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-based insurance and banking company AXA

AXA

AXA S.A. is a French global insurance group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run businesses, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. The AXA group of companies engage in life, health and other forms of...

. Other tenants include Posera Software Inc, T.E Wealth-Financial Consultant Ltd, a Dental Clinic and a law firm. It is located at 2020 University Street

University Street

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 between De Maisonneuve Boulevard

De Maisonneuve Boulevard

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 & President Kennedy Ave, in Downtown Montreal

Downtown Montreal

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The Building is directly connected to the McGill Station

McGill (Montreal Metro)

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 of the Montreal Metro

Montreal Metro

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's green line.

Other AXA buildings

The Tour AXA

Tour AXA

Tour First is an office skyscraper located in Courbevoie, a Paris suburb in the La Défense district....

, building which formerly housed the headquarters of AXA

AXA

AXA S.A. is a French global insurance group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run businesses, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. The AXA group of companies engage in life, health and other forms of...

, is in Paris

Paris

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 La Défense

La Défense

La Défense is a major business district of the Paris aire urbaine. With a population of 20,000, it is centered in an orbital motorway straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux...

. The building is currently 159 meters high, but a major renovation begun in March 2007 will take it to 225 meters.

There is also an AXA Center in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, Australia

Australia

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. The building is 75 meters (246 ft) high and has 20 floors. Its construction was finished in 1975 as well as AXA Center

AXA Center

The AXA Equitable Center is a 752-foot -tall skyscraper located in New York City....

 in New York City

New York City

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, New York

New York

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which was complete in 1986 and rises at 229.3 m.