History
Completed in 1962 only a few months before Place Ville-Marie, CIBC Tower was the tallest building in Canada and the entire Commonwealth of Nations when it was first built, until being surpassed later that year by Place Ville-Marie where a penthouse was added by the competing Royal Bank for that express purpose.
The Consulate of Israel was on the 26th floor of the building and as such, it was sometimes the site of demonstrations related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The consulate has since relocated to Westmount Square in Westmount.
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