Monarch Place
{{Short description|Building in Springfield, Massachusetts}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Monarch Place
| logo = Logo of Monarch Place (Springfield, Massachusetts).svg
| logo_size = 130px
| image = Monarch Place as seen from Steiger Park during day, Springfield, Massachusetts.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = The main tower of Monarch Place, as seen from Steiger Park
| location = 1 Monarch Place, Springfield, Massachusetts 01144, United States
| coordinates =
| map_type =
| roof = {{convert|401|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
| floor_count = 26
| floor_area = {{convert|400,000|ft2|m2|abbr=on}}
| start_date = 1987
| completion_date = 1989
| building_type = Commercial office
| architectural_style = Postmodern
| architect = Jung Brannen Associates
| main_contractor = Daniel O'Connell Sons, of Holyoke
| structural_engineer = Weidlinger Associates
| developer = Monarch Capital Group and Assoc.
| owner = Peter L. Picknelly
| cost = $120 million
(1989 USD)
| website = {{url|http://www.monarch-place.com/}}
}}
Monarch Place is a skyscraper 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.{{cite book|author=G. Michael Dobbs|title=Springfield|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5B7hd_sQuiIC&pg=PA59|year=2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-5677-2|pages=59–60}}{{cite web|last1=Berry|first1=Conor|title=MGM's casino plan, minus 'skyscraper' component, means Springfield from I-91 will look like ... Springfield|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/09/mgms_casino_plan_minus_skyscra.html|website=MassLive|date=23 September 2015|accessdate=21 September 2017}} 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.{{cite web|title=Monarch Place|url=https://www.emporis.com/complex/100467/monarch-place-springfield-ma-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829230116/https://www.emporis.com/complex/100467/monarch-place-springfield-ma-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 29, 2019|year=2019|access-date=August 29, 2019|publisher=Emporis GMBH}}
History
Monarch Place was built on the site of the Forbes and Wallace Inc. Department Store, commencing construction in 1987. 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.{{cite news|work=Springfield Union-News|date=June 16, 1987|location=Springfield, Mass.|page=25|title=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|last=Malley|first=Carol}} 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.{{cite news|title=$10 million Monarch Place grant wrapped up|last=Robbins|first=Carolyn|work=Springfield Union|date=May 28, 1986|page=21|location=Springfield, Mass.}} 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.{{cite news|via=|work=The Journal Record|location=Oklahoma City|url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-5622034/retirree-buys-office-tower-at-bargain-price|title=Retirree Buys Office Tower at Bargain Price|date=June 24, 1993|access-date=August 29, 2019|archive-date=August 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829224740/https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-5622034/retirree-buys-office-tower-at-bargain-price|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite news|title=Young UMass falcons take wing but mallards don't need to duck|last=Contrada|first=Fred|work=Springfield Union-News|location=Springfield, Mass.|date=July 23, 1988|page=4}}{{cite news|title=Monarch 'receptive' to nesting plan|last=Malley|first=Carol|date=January 14, 1988|page=2|work=Springfield Union-News|location=Springfield, Mass.}}{{cite web|title=Falcons|archive-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127044914/http://www.monarch-place.com/falcons.htm|publisher=Monarch Enterprises, LLC|url=http://www.monarch-place.com/falcons.htm}}
Tenants
As of December 2021, tenants include:{{Cite web|url=http://www.monarch-place.com/tenants.htm|title = Monarch Place - Tenants}}
| class="wikitable"
|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
MonarchPlace.png|The Monarch Place tower and ground structure seen from Main Street
Forbes and Wallace memorial facade at Monarch Place, Springfield, Massachusetts.jpg|Forbes & Wallace plaza, modeled after the department store which once stood on the site
Monarch Place as seen from Steiger Park during night, Springfield, Massachusetts.jpg|With illuminated frustum crown at night
Monarch Place main entryway, Springfield, Massachusetts.jpg|Main entryway and logo
General lobby of Monarch Place, Springfield, Massachusetts.jpg|Lobby and marble staircase
See also
External links
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- [http://www.monarch-place.com/ Official website] maintained by Peter Pan Properties
- [https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bdlsm-sheraton-springfield-monarch-place-hotel/ Sheraton Monarch Place Hotel], Marriott Hotels
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Category:1980s architecture in the United States
Category:Postmodern architecture in the United States