Simpson Tower
Simpson Tower | |
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Simpson Tower in 2022 | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Location | 401 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M5H 2Y4 |
Completed | 1968 |
Height | |
Roof | 144 m (472 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 33 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | John B. Parkin |
The Simpson Tower, located at 401 Bay Street, is the 38th-tallest building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1][2] 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.[1] 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.[3] 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.[4]
The tower was reclad in 2017.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Simpson Tower". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
- ^ "Simpson Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
- ^ "Contacts". Hudson's Bay Company. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ Bradburn, Jamie (January 28, 2014). "From Simpsons to the Bay to Saks". Torontoist. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Recladding transforms John B. Parkin's Simpson Tower". Canadian Architect. 7 December 2017.
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