BMO Halifax Celebrates Grand Opening at Nova Centre
- BMO Halifax Main Branch, Divisional office, recently relocated to the new BMO Nova Centre
- Move brings all BMO lines of business together under one roof
HALIFAX, Feb. 23, 2018 /CNW/ - BMO Bank of Montreal today announced that it will celebrate the grand opening of its Halifax headquarters at the new BMO Nova Centre, the largest commercial project in Halifax ever, on Thursday, March 1. The office is located at the corner of Prince St. and Argyle St.
With this move, BMO has consolidated all its lines of business under one roof, including BMO Nesbitt Burns, BMO Private Banking, commercial and retail regional credit, the commercial community team, Corporate Finance, Special Accounts Management, the investment lending team and the auto finance team. BMO's Halifax headquarters has more than 200 employees occupying two office floors and 36,000 square feet. A 4,200 square foot retail branch is also located on the ground floor of the complex.
The grand opening will take place on Thursday, March 1, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Ballroom Salon, Halifax Convention Centre, 1800 Argyle Street, Halifax. RSVP required: [email protected]
Grand tours will be organized throughout the evening for those who would like to see the BMO premises.
"We are thrilled by the move to the new Nova Centre, which has enabled us to bring together under one roof a team of more than 200 BMO professionals and experts, supported by state-of-the-art technology and design, to offer diversified expertise to meet all our customers' banking, investment, wealth management and business needs," said Lynda Taylor, Senior Vice President, Atlantic Canada. "At BMO, we are One Bank for all our customers' needs. Here in Halifax, we'll be able to meet all these needs in one building, in a superb setting."
"We are making history with this move into a prestigious new address. We take pride in taking a team-based approach to assist our clients through their long-term wealth planning needs and our team of professionals is energized by the new space. Having all of our BMO partners with us in the same location strengthens our ability to draw the simplicity out of complex financial and emotional conversations," added Jamie Loughery, Senior Vice President, BMO Private Banking Atlantic Canada.
"Our team of Investment Advisors at BMO Nesbitt Burns in Halifax are thrilled to be in the new BMO Nova Centre and to be able to leverage the presence of retail banking services to complement our offering of comprehensive wealth and investment services to our clients through partnerships across BMO Financial Group," said Marc Champoux, Branch Manager, BMO Nesbitt Burns, Atlantic Canada.
About BMO Financial Group
Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider – the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $710 billion as of October 31, 2017, and more than 45,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.
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