Hudson's Bay Centre, Office skyscraper in Toronto, Canada
Hudson's Bay Centre is a 135-metre, 35-storey office tower at 2 Bloor Street East, at the northeast corner of Yonge and Bloor in Toronto. Its International Style facade is a grid of light grey cladding and dark rectangular windows in even rows, with a flat, stepped top. A retail concourse and a separate hotel tower form part of the complex.
The building was completed in 1974 and marked a phase of intense commercial development in downtown Toronto during the economic growth of the 1970s. This period shaped the modern form of the city that remains today.
The building reflects how Toronto evolved into a major business hub where offices and retail spaces work together. The shops in the lower levels show how the city connects work and shopping in daily life.
The complex has entrances on Yonge and Bloor Streets, Park Road and Asquith Avenue, and links below grade to Bloor–Yonge station, the TTC's main east-west/north-south transfer point. Pedestrian tunnels run west along Bloor Street to the Bay station, forming Toronto's largest underground network after PATH. Parking holds 1,200 cars.
The "The Bay" sign stood atop the tower for nearly 50 years before its removal in 2021. The complex's pedestrian tunnels along Bloor Street West form Toronto's largest underground network after PATH.
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