CIBC 750 Lawrence, Office complex in Lawrence Heights, Toronto, Canada
CIBC 750 Lawrence is a two-tower office complex at 750 Lawrence Avenue West in Lawrence Heights, Toronto, built in 1981 by Bregman + Hamann Architects. The West Tower has eight storeys and the East Tower twelve, joined by a tree-lined courtyard with benches used for staff events. It is the main headquarters of CIBC Credit Card Services, including Visa call centres and Visa operations.
The complex opened in 1981 as a branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, replacing a smaller building that previously housed a CIBC stationery department. This expansion reflects the growth of financial services in the area during that period.
Visa call-centre staff at 750 Lawrence belong to United Steelworkers Local 8300, formerly the Union of Bank Employees Local 2104. During the 1986 strike, the Commerce Court mail room, stationery and mortgage departments and several downtown branches were also unionized; the mortgage and stationery departments later left the union. The Visa call centre is now CIBC's only unionized department.
The location sits across from Lawrence Square Shopping Centre and near Lawrence West subway station, making it easy to reach by public transit. The complex houses banking services and multiple businesses in one accessible location.
The 2001 fire at 760 Lawrence, the housing development directly west of the complex, cracked or broke every window on the West Tower's west wall except one. The building also keeps transit number 0002 from its former employee branch, a sub-unit of the Commerce Court head office branch.
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