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General Information

Beginning of works: 1966
Completion: 1968
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Office building

Location

Location: , ,
Address: 401 Bay Street
Coordinates: 43° 39' 6" N    79° 22' 53" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 144 m
number of floors (above ground) 33

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Simpson Tower, located at 401 Bay Street, is the 38th-tallest building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1968 by architect John B. Parkin, as the headquarters of the Simpsons department store company, it has 33 floors and is 144 m (472 ft) high. In 1978, as part of a corporate takeover, the Simpson Tower became the property of the Hudson's Bay Company. The building today remains the head office of HBC and also houses the head office of subsidiaries Hudson's Bay and Home Outfitters. It is adjacent to the historic Simpsons store at Yonge and Queen, which includes Arcadian Court. Today the store is the flagship for Hudson's Bay, is integrated with the Eaton Centre across Queen Street, and is the home of Toronto's comprehensive health centre.

In January 2014, Hudson's Bay Company announced it would sell the tower and adjacent store to Cadillac Fairview and lease the site for 25 years.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Simpson Tower" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20024359
  • Published on:
    27/10/2006
  • Last updated on:
    16/05/2015
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