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title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">43°40′15″N</span> <span class="longitude">79°23′12″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">43.670724°N 79.386606°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">43.670724; -79.386606</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output 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For the mall anchored by Hudson's Bay in Victoria, BC, see <a href="/wiki/Bay_Centre" title="Bay Centre">Bay Centre</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Building in Toronto, Ontario</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">2 Bloor East</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HBC_Tower.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/HBC_Tower.JPG/200px-HBC_Tower.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="375" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/HBC_Tower.JPG/300px-HBC_Tower.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/HBC_Tower.JPG/400px-HBC_Tower.JPG 2x" data-file-width="543" data-file-height="1017" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="text-align: center">Exterior of 2 Bloor East, April 2005</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; 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-79.386606</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction started</th><td class="infobox-data">1972</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1974</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Height</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Roof</th><td class="infobox-data">135 m (443 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Technical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor count</th><td class="infobox-data">35</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor area</th><td class="infobox-data">535,000 sq ft (49,700 m<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architecture firm</th><td class="infobox-data">Crang & Boake</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>2 Bloor East</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an office and retail complex in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada, formerly known as the <b>Hudson's Bay Centre</b>. It is located in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Toronto" title="Downtown Toronto">Downtown Toronto</a> at the intersection of <a href="/wiki/Yonge_Street" title="Yonge Street">Yonge Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bloor_Street" title="Bloor Street">Bloor Street</a> at the east end of the <a href="/wiki/Mink_Mile" title="Mink Mile">Mink Mile</a>. <a href="/wiki/Brookfield_Properties" title="Brookfield Properties">Brookfield Properties</a> owns and operates the centre. The centre is composed of a 35-storey office tower and a retail concourse. From its opening in 1974 until 2022 it had a <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_(department_store)" title="Hudson's Bay (department store)">Hudson's Bay</a> department store as its anchor store. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_Bloor_East&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tower stands at 135 metres in height. It contains 35 floors and 535,000-square-foot (49,700 m<sup>2</sup>), and its address 2 Bloor Street East, at the northeast corner of the intersection of Yonge and Bloor Streets. The extensive retail concourse was anchored by a flagship store of Hudson's Bay/The Bay (known as the "Toronto, on Bloor Street" store at 44 Bloor Street East, the main brand of HBC. The mall contains over 45 specialty shops, boutiques, services and eateries. </p><p>The complex includes a hotel tower, opened in 1976 as the Hotel Plaza II, a sister hotel of the nearby <a href="/wiki/Park_Hyatt_Toronto" title="Park Hyatt Toronto">Park Plaza Hotel</a>. The hotel suffered a deadly fire in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later renamed the Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel. It closed in 2019 for major renovations and reopened in 2022 as the W Toronto Hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The complex also has an <a href="/wiki/RBC_Royal_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="RBC Royal Bank">RBC Royal Bank</a> branch, a <a href="/wiki/Jack_Astor%27s_Bar_and_Grill" title="Jack Astor's Bar and Grill">Jack Astor's Bar and Grill</a>, apartments, and condominiums. </p><p>The centre has space for 1,200 cars in its underground and above-ground parking lots, multiple entrances located on Yonge, Bloor Streets, Park Road and Asquith Avenue and is surrounded by several parks and the <a href="/wiki/Yorkville,_Toronto" title="Yorkville, Toronto">Yorkville</a> neighborhood which is known for upscale shopping. </p><p>The building is connected to the <a href="/wiki/Bloor%E2%80%93Yonge_station" title="Bloor–Yonge station">Bloor–Yonge</a> subway station, the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Transit_Commission" title="Toronto Transit Commission">TTC's</a> major east-west/north-south transfer point. There are also below-grade connections to the <a href="/wiki/Holt_Renfrew_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Holt Renfrew Centre">Holt Renfrew Centre</a> and Cumberland Terrace, which continues westward to 60 Bloor Street West and <a href="/wiki/Manulife_Centre" title="Manulife Centre">Manulife Centre</a>. The pedestrian tunnels stretches along Bloor Street West to the <a href="/wiki/Bay_station" title="Bay station">Bay subway station</a>, making this Toronto's largest <a href="/wiki/Underground_city" title="Underground city">underground network</a> after <a href="/wiki/PATH_(Toronto)" class="mw-redirect" title="PATH (Toronto)">PATH</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2_Bloor_East&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_Level_2_on_March_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_Level_2_on_March_2022.jpg/250px-Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_Level_2_on_March_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_Level_2_on_March_2022.jpg/375px-Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_Level_2_on_March_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_Level_2_on_March_2022.jpg/500px-Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_Level_2_on_March_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Yonge and Bloor department store before closure in March 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>Plans for the project were announced in 1969 by Berhold Investments Limited, a Swiss development company. Berhold had acquired the property from Canadian Interurban Properties Limited and Dollar Land Corporation Limited. Berhold was an affiliate of Fidinam Ontario Limited, the Canadian subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Fidinam" title="Fidinam">Fidinam</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lugano" title="Lugano">Lugano</a>, Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fidinam served as a consultant on the project. </p><p>In December 1971, Fidinam announced that the Hudson's Bay Company had signed as the major tenant of the office tower. The other main tenant in the office would be the Workmen's Compensation Board of Ontario.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Completed in 1974, the <a href="/wiki/International_style_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="International style (architecture)">International style</a> office <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper" title="Skyscraper">skyscraper</a> has served as the headquarters for the retailer <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a> (HBC). The company remained the main tenant until 2022, although the company relocated its head office to the <a href="/wiki/Simpson_Tower" title="Simpson Tower">Simpson Tower</a> in 1978. The department store opened with the tower and was the first location of The Bay within the <a href="/wiki/Old_Toronto" title="Old Toronto">former city of Toronto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It overtook the Winnipeg location to become the flagship branch of The Bay (despite being actually smaller in size than the former) and maintained this distinction until the conversion in 1991 of the larger <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Queen_Street" title="Hudson's Bay Queen Street">Simpsons</a> store also located in Toronto.<sup id="cite_ref-July_23,2011_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_23,2011-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, it was announced that the 342,000 square feet (31,800 m<sup>2</sup>) <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_(retailer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hudson's Bay (retailer)">Hudson's Bay/The Bay</a> store could undergo a <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_dollar" title="Canadian dollar">CA$</a>100 million</span> renovation to become the Canadian flagship location of <a href="/wiki/Saks_Fifth_Avenue" title="Saks Fifth Avenue">Saks Fifth Avenue</a>, the American luxury department store chain which is now also owned by Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).<sup id="cite_ref-wright_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wright-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was subsequently announced that HBC would instead be renovating its flagship Hudson's Bay store at Yonge and Queen to include a 150,000 square foot Saks Fifth Avenue, and would leave the Yonge and Bloor location as a Hudson's Bay store.<sup id="cite_ref-strauss_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strauss-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2014, the centre became the subject of controversy when its property manager, Brookfield Properties Ltd, admitted to regularly confiscating bicycles that were locked to a pole on a municipal right of way on Bloor St. outside of the mall. Many Torontonians accused the centre of theft and the City of Toronto assigned by-law officers to investigate.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, the iconic "The Bay" signage that was displayed on top of the office tower for nearly 50 years was removed.<sup id="cite_ref-July_23,2011_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_23,2011-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, the Hudson's Bay Company announced that the Yonge and Bloor department store would close at the end of May 2022, and the site is expected to be redeveloped in conjunction with a major overhaul of the <a href="/wiki/Bloor%E2%80%93Yonge_station#Future_expansion" title="Bloor–Yonge station">Bloor-Yonge TTC station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The store finally closed on May 13, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_in_Bloor_St_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Facade of the department store, with W Toronto Hotel towering behind it"><img alt="Facade of the department store, with W Toronto Hotel towering behind it" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_in_Bloor_St_2022.jpg/200px-Hudson%27s_Bay_Store_in_Bloor_St_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" 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