The students sometimes use the expression "Bunker" to refer to it due to the use of concrete for the exterior façade and the absence of windows.
[11] Under the presidency of Pierre Harvey, the 75th anniversary of the school was celebrated in 1982 with René Lévesque, then Premier of Quebec, in attendance.
"[13] The building was designed by Dan Hanganu and Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte, and Associates[14] and is situated at 3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine (Map[15]), next to the Université-de-Montréal Metro Station.
[16] The trading floor of the school was inaugurated in 1997, and it was conceived to be usable in case the Montreal Stock Exchange ever had significant engineering problems.
Now known as the Salle des marchés Financière Banque Nationale, it was renovated in 2007 to remain technologically current.