The Simpson Tower, located at 401 Bay Street, is the 38th-tallest building in

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, Canada. Completed in 1968 by architect

John B. Parkin John Burnett Parkin (26 June 1911 – 17 August 1975) was a Canadians, Canadian architect. Parkin is best known as the principal of the firm John B. Parkin Associates, which he operated from 1947 to 1968 with partner John C. Parkin (no relation), ...

, as the headquarters of the

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company, it has 33 floors and is high. In 1978, as part of a corporate takeover, the Simpson Tower became the property of the

Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business di ...

. 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

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. Today the store is the flagship for Hudson's Bay, is integrated with the

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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

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and lease the site for 25 years.

References

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