Monarch Place is a commercial office tower with ground-floor retail spaces, located in Springfield, Massachusetts. Monarch Place is the tallest building in Springfield, the tallest building in Massachusetts outside of Boston, and the eighth tallest building in New England outside of Boston.[1][2] Originally built by the namesake Monarch Capital Corporation, at the time of its completion in 1989 it was the largest mixed-use development in Massachusetts outside of Boston.[3]
| Monarch Place | |
|---|---|
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 The main tower of Monarch Place, as seen from Steiger Park | |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial office |
| Architectural style | Postmodern |
| Location | 1 Monarch Place, Springfield, Massachusetts 01144, United States |
| Construction started | 1987 |
| Completed | 1989 |
| Cost | $120 million (1989 USD) |
| Owner | Peter L. Picknelly |
| Height | |
| Roof | 401 ft (122.2 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 26 |
| Floor area | 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Jung Brannen Associates |
| Developer | Monarch Capital Group and Assoc. |
| Structural engineer | Weidlinger Associates |
| Main contractor | Daniel O'Connell Sons, of Holyoke |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
editMonarch Place was built on the site of the Forbes and Wallace Inc. Department Store, commencing construction in 1987.[1] In a tribute to preserve the heritage of Forbes and Wallace, whose flagship store had stood at that site for decades, the architects Jung Brannen and Associates developed a replica of that building's facade, used in tandem with a fountain at a plaza at the corners of Main and Boland.[4] The building was originally constructed as a joint venture between the Monarch Capital Corporation's "Forge Springfield" subsidiary, Flatley Springfield of Braintree, and Sheraton Hotels at a cost of $120 million dollars.[5] After Monarch Capital's bankruptcy in 1991, the building was sold at auction for $24 million dollars to Peter L. Picknelly, of Peter Pan Buslines, whose company has managed it since.[6]
Since 1989, working with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, the building has on-and-off served as the site of a nesting pair of peregrine falcons, making it one of three reintroduction sites on buildings in Western Massachusetts, including the UMass Campus Center site which subsequently was moved to the W.E.B. DuBois Library in Amherst.[7][8][9]
Tenants
editAs of December 2021, tenants include:[10]
| Argo Group
Bank of America Catuogno Court Reporting Services Community Legal Aid Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy, P.C. First American Title Insurance Health New England Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation Kanzaki Specialty Papers Mahoney and Associates |
Manpower Temporary Services
Merrill Lynch Michael D. Parker Law Offices Moriarty & Primack, P.C. Robert Half International Inc. Schwerin & Boyle Sinclair Insurance Group, Inc. Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C. Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn The Travelers Indemnity Company UBS Financial |
Gallery
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The Monarch Place tower and ground structure seen from Main Street -
Forbes & Wallace plaza, modeled after the department store which once stood on the site -
With illuminated frustum crown at night -
Main entryway and logo -
Lobby and marble staircase
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b G. Michael Dobbs (2008). Springfield. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-0-7385-5677-2.
- ^ Berry, Conor (23 September 2015). "MGM's casino plan, minus 'skyscraper' component, means Springfield from I-91 will look like ... Springfield". MassLive. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Monarch Place". Emporis GMBH. 2019. Archived from the original on August 29, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Malley, Carol (June 16, 1987). "Converting Monarch plaza into inviting 'people place'; Opening of $118 Million project less than a month away; F & W old landmark facade reappearing with waterfall". Springfield Union-News. Springfield, Mass. p. 25.
- ^ Robbins, Carolyn (May 28, 1986). "$10 million Monarch Place grant wrapped up". Springfield Union. Springfield, Mass. p. 21.
- ^ "Retirree Buys Office Tower at Bargain Price". The Journal Record. Oklahoma City. June 24, 1993. Archived from the original on August 29, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ Contrada, Fred (July 23, 1988). "Young UMass falcons take wing but mallards don't need to duck". Springfield Union-News. Springfield, Mass. p. 4.
- ^ Malley, Carol (January 14, 1988). "Monarch 'receptive' to nesting plan". Springfield Union-News. Springfield, Mass. p. 2.
- ^ "Falcons". Monarch Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Monarch Place - Tenants".
External links
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Media related to Monarch Place at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website maintained by Peter Pan Properties
- Sheraton Monarch Place Hotel, Marriott Hotels