Peck Building
| Peck Building | |
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Édifice Peck | |
View from Boulevard Saint-Laurent | |
Interactive map of the Peck Building area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Repurposed textile factory |
| Location | Mile End, Montreal, 5505 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC H2T 1S6 Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°31′34″N 73°35′54″W / 45.52611°N 73.59833°W |
| Current tenants | Ubisoft Montreal |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Cost | $50,000 (equivalent to $1,879,063 in 2025) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
| Floor area | 251,000 square feet (23,300 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
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The Peck Building is a repurposed textile factory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Completed in 1904, the five-story brick building initially housed John W. Peck & Co., Montreal's second-largest clothing manufacturer at the time. The company oversaw the Peck's expansion, completed in 1913, and remained the sole occupant of the building until it was subdivided in the 1930s. Textile manufacturing remained the main practice amongst its tenants until the 1990s, when the industry deserted Montreal as a result of globalization.
The workshops were gradually repurposed. The animation software designer Discreet Logic occupied the top floor between 1993 and 1997, during which time it produced technology for blockbuster films like Titanic. When it moved out, the French gaming company Ubisoft took over the space for its recently opened Montreal branch. Ubisoft Montreal, becoming the largest video game studio in the world by workforce, rapidly grew into occupying the entire building.
The presence of the Peck Building in the heart of the Mile End, at the corner of Boulevard Saint-Laurent and Rue Saint-Viateur, played a major role in the development of the neighbourhood. With John W. Peck & Co. and Ubisoft Montreal, it has twice housed the largest employer in the Mile End over the span of more than a century.