Place Ville Marie complex

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building complex mixed-use development office complex skyscraper

Place Ville Marie complex is a landmark modernist office and retail development in downtown Montreal, centered around an iconic cruciform skyscraper and an extensive underground shopping concourse.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Place Ville Marie	9
Place Ville Marie, Montreal	2
1 Place Ville Marie	1
Place Ville Marie complex canonical	1
Place Ville Marie plaza	1
Place Ville Marie tower	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5910684 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Place Ville Marie complex
Context triple: [Downtown Montreal, hasPart, Place Ville Marie complex]

A. Dominion Square Building (Montreal)
Dominion Square Building (Montreal) is a prominent early 20th-century Beaux-Arts commercial office building located in downtown Montreal, Canada.
B. Montreal City Hall
Montreal City Hall is the historic seat of municipal government in Montreal, housing the mayor’s office and serving as the central venue for the city’s political and administrative affairs.
C. Quebec City Hall
Quebec City Hall is the historic municipal government building of Quebec City, known for its distinctive architecture and central role in the city's civic administration.
D. Quartier des Spectacles
Quartier des Spectacles is Montreal’s premier cultural and entertainment district, known for hosting major festivals, performances, and public art events.
E. Notre-Dame Basilica
Notre-Dame Basilica is a historic and architecturally renowned Catholic church famous for its grand Gothic Revival design and richly decorated interior.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Place Ville Marie complex
Target entity description: Place Ville Marie complex is a landmark modernist office and retail development in downtown Montreal, centered around an iconic cruciform skyscraper and an extensive underground shopping concourse.

A. Dominion Square Building (Montreal)
Dominion Square Building (Montreal) is a prominent early 20th-century Beaux-Arts commercial office building located in downtown Montreal, Canada.
B. Montreal City Hall
Montreal City Hall is the historic seat of municipal government in Montreal, housing the mayor’s office and serving as the central venue for the city’s political and administrative affairs.
C. Quebec City Hall
Quebec City Hall is the historic municipal government building of Quebec City, known for its distinctive architecture and central role in the city's civic administration.
D. Quartier des Spectacles
Quartier des Spectacles is Montreal’s premier cultural and entertainment district, known for hosting major festivals, performances, and public art events.
E. Notre-Dame Basilica
Notre-Dame Basilica is a historic and architecturally renowned Catholic church famous for its grand Gothic Revival design and richly decorated interior.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building complex ⓘ mixed-use development ⓘ office complex ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
architect	Henry N. Cobb ⓘ I. M. Pei ⓘ
architecturalStyle	International Style ⓘ Modernist architecture ⓘ
architectureFirm	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ⓘ
buildingType	office building ⓘ
connectsWith	Central Station (Montreal) ⓘ Montreal Metro underground network ⓘ linked to: Montreal Metro
constructionStartDate	1958 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
developer	Canadian National Railway Company ⓘ linked to: Canadian National Railway
hasAmenity	food court ⓘ indoor public plaza ⓘ retail mall ⓘ
hasPart	1 Place Ville Marie ⓘ linked to: Place Ville Marie complex 2 Place Ville Marie ⓘ 3 Place Ville Marie ⓘ 4 Place Ville Marie ⓘ linked to: 3 Place Ville Marie 5 Place Ville Marie ⓘ Place Ville Marie office buildings ⓘ Place Ville Marie parking garage ⓘ Place Ville Marie plaza ⓘ linked to: Place Ville Marie complex Place Ville Marie retail spaces ⓘ Place Ville Marie tower ⓘ linked to: Place Ville Marie complex Place Ville Marie underground shopping concourse ⓘ
height	188 m ⓘ 617 ft ⓘ
locatedIn	Ville-Marie borough ⓘ linked to: Ville-Marie downtown Montreal ⓘ
location	Montreal ⓘ Place Ville Marie ⓘ linked to: Place Ville Marie complex
notableFeature	central plaza above underground concourse ⓘ cruciform skyscraper ⓘ extensive underground shopping concourse ⓘ
numberOfBuildings	5 ⓘ
numberOfFloors	47 ⓘ
openingDate	1962 ⓘ
otherUse	observation deck ⓘ restaurant ⓘ retail ⓘ
owner	Ivanhoé Cambridge ⓘ
partOf	Montreal Underground City ⓘ linked to: Underground City of Montreal
primaryUse	office ⓘ
roofFeature	public observation terrace (Au Sommet PVM) ⓘ rotating beacon ⓘ
shape	cruciform plan ⓘ
significance	key node of Montreal Underground City ⓘ major landmark of Montreal skyline ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Downtown Montreal → hasPart → Place Ville Marie complex ⓘ

subject linked to: downtown core of Montreal

Harry Cobb → notableWork → Place Ville Marie, Montreal ⓘ