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Winnipeg Walkway
The Winnipeg Walkway System, also known as the Winnipeg Skywalk, is a network of pedestrian skyways and Pedestrian tunnels, tunnels connecting a significant portion of downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba. The City of Winnipeg described the Walkway as a system of 14 skyways and 7 tunnels connecting 38 buildings and allowing for a maximum protected walk of 2 km. The system also provides year-round Climate control, climate-controlled access to over of space, including over 200 shops and businesses, 10 office complexes, 60 restaurants and snack bars, 700 apartment units, 2 hotels, 11 financial centres, and the Millennium Library (Winnipeg), Winnipeg Millennium Library, bringing together 21,000 employees. The walkway system has expanded since its initial construction. The Walkway is subdivided into four interconnected segments: its skyways chiefly cover Portage Avenue, Portage, Graham Avenue Transit Mall, Graham, and St. Mary Avenues; and its underground section includes Winnipeg Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shops In "Winnipeg Square" Underground Mall In Winnipeg, Manitoba
Shop or shopping may refer to: Business and commerce * A casual word for a commercial establishment or for a place of business * Machine shop, a workshop for machining *"In the shop", referring to a car being at an automotive repair shop * Retail shop, possibly within a marketplace * Shopping, e.g.: ** Christmas shopping ** Comparison shopping ** Grocery shopping ** Online shopping ** Window shopping Arts, entertainment, and media * '' The Shop'', an American television talk show * "Shops", an essay by the Hong Kong writer Xi Xi * The Shop, a fictional government agency which appears in various works by Stephen King, including '' Firestarter'' and '' Golden Years'' * The Shoppe, an American country music group * The Shopping Channel, a Canadian home shopping channel * "Shop", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game ''Undertale'' by Toby Fox * ''SHOP: A Pop Opera,'' a 2019 musical comedy short film created by Jack Stauber Brands and enterprises * SHoP Architects, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairmont Hotels And Resorts
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a global chain of luxury hotel that operates more than 70 properties worldwide, with a strong presence in Canada. The company originated from two hotel businesses established in the late 19th century, the Canadian Pacific Limited-owned Canadian Pacific Hotels, Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts, and Fairmont Hotels. In 1999, Canadian Pacific Hotels acquired a majority interest in Fairmont Hotels; with Canadian Pacific Hotels later renaming its entire hotel portfolio under the Fairmont Hotels & Resorts banner in 2001. Shortly after the hotel division was renamed, Canadian Pacific Limited was split into several smaller companies in a corporate spin-off, starburst move, with Fairmont becoming a separately-traded company. In 2006, Fairmont was acquired by Colony Capital, who subsequently entered into a joint partnership with the Kingdom Holding Company; consolidating Fairmont with their other hotel brands, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Raffles and Swissôtel to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC; ) is a Canadian Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at CIBC Square in the Financial District, Toronto, Financial District of Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was formed through the 1961 merger of the Canadian Bank of Commerce (founded in 1867) and the Imperial Bank of Canada (founded in 1873), in the largest merger between chartered banks in Canadian history. It is one of two Big Five banks of Canada, "Big Five" banks founded in Toronto, the other being the Toronto-Dominion Bank. The bank has four strategic business units: Canadian Personal and Business Banking, Canadian Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, U.S. Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, and Capital Markets. It has international operations in the United States, the Caribbean, Asia, and United Kingdom. Globally, CIBC serves more than eleven million clients, and has over 40,000 emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richardson Building (Winnipeg)
The Richardson Building is a 34-storey office tower at the intersection of Portage and Main in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The building forms the anchor of the Lombard Place development, and is connected to Winnipeg Square shopping mall via the Portage and Main Concourse. The thirty-four storey building stands 124 metres tall (407 ft), making it the (behind 201 Portage and 300 Main) third tallest building in Winnipeg. It is dressed in granite chip pre-cast concrete and solar bronze double-glazed glass. In 2011, the CBC moved its digital television transmitters for CBWT-DT and CBWFT-DT to the Richardson Building, on a new antenna that raised the pinnacle of the building to , once again making it the tallest structure in Winnipeg. Construction The current Richardson building is the second attempt at building a headquarters for James Richardson & Sons, Limited at Portage and Main. The original building was planned to stand 17 storeys tall and cost $3 million. Demolition had j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS) is a Canadian, Manitoba-based law firm with its head office in Winnipeg. The firm has three full-time regional offices in Brandon, Manitoba, Brandon, Portage la Prairie, and Pembina Valley. Along with six part-time satellite offices in Boissevain, Manitoba, Boissevain, Gladstone, Manitoba, Gladstone, MacGregor, Manitoba, MacGregor, Neepawa, Saskatoon, and Steinbach, Manitoba, Steinbach. On 27 May 2010, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman announced a merger with the firm Perlov Stewart LLP, which became effective June 1 that year. Both firms continued under the name Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP. On 14 January 2013, the firm announced a merger with the Portage la Prairie firm Christianson Law. On 7 January 2014, the firm announced another merger with the Brandon firm Roy Johnston & Co. TDS has lawyers who provide services to its clients in both Official Languages Act (Canada), Official Languages of Canada and also in Amharic (spoken), Cantonese, German, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto-Dominion Bank (), doing business as TD Bank Group (), is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The bank was created on February 1, 1955, through the merger of the Bank of Toronto and the Dominion Bank, which were founded in 1855 and 1869, respectively. It is one of two Big Five banks of Canada founded in Toronto, the other being the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. In 2021, according to Standard & Poor's, TD Bank Group was the largest bank in Canada by total assets and also by market capitalization, a top 10 bank in North America, and the 23rd largest bank in the world. In 2019, it was designated a global systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board. In 2023, the company was ranked 43rd in the Forbes Global 2000. The bank and its subsidiaries have over 89,000 employees and over 26million clients worldwide. In Canada, the bank operates through its TD Canada Trust division and serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canwest
Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate name Canwest, was a major Canadian media conglomerate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place (now called 201 Portage). It held radio, television broadcasting, and publishing assets in several countries, primarily in Canada. Canwest was founded in 1974 by Izzy Asper through the formation of CIII-TV in Toronto under the Global Television Network. The company expanded through the 1980s and 1990s, with the initial public offering in 1991 as a publicly traded corporation and the international expansion of its operations in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Turkey. Throughout the years, under Leonard Asper, who became its president and CEO in 1999, Canwest grew into a major media powerhouse by acquiring media properties such as Western International Communications and the Southam newspaper publishing. In 2007, with Goldman Sachs, Canwest acquired the bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
201 Portage
201 Portage (formerly TD Centre, Canwest Place, and CanWest Global Place) is an office tower at the northwest corner of the Portage and Main intersection in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. As of 2023, it is the second tallest building in Winnipeg since the completion of the Artis Reit Residential Tower at 300 Main Street. History Announced as TD Centre in November 1987, the 33-storey building was constructed between 1988 and 1990 by the Toronto Dominion Bank for $38,000,000. The construction of 201 Portage required the demolition of the Childs Building (also known as the McArthur Building) at 211 Portage. When the Childs Building was constructed in 1909, it was the tallest building in Winnipeg. The Childs Building had been 12 storeys above ground, and tall. A smaller twin building was planned but never built. Originally built by the Toronto Dominion Bank, the skyscraper was acquired by Canwest to serve as the company's main corporate headquarters. Global Winnipeg (CKND-DT) move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Bank Of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC; ) is a Canadian multinational Financial institution, financial services company and the Big Five (banks), largest bank in Canada by market capitalization. The bank serves over 20 million clients and has more than 100,000 employees worldwide. Founded in 1864 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, it maintains its corporate headquarters in Toronto and its head office in Montreal. RBC's Routing number (Canada), institution number is 003. In November 2017, RBC was added to the Financial Stability Board's List of systemically important banks, list of global systemically important banks. In Canada, the bank's personal and commercial banking operations are branded as ''RBC Royal Bank'' in English and ''RBC Banque Royale'' in French and serves approximately 11 million clients through its network of 1,284 branches. RBC Bank is a US banking subsidiary which formerly operated 439 branches across six states in the Southeastern United States, but now only off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
300 Main (Winnipeg)
300 Main (informally known as the Artis REIT Residential Tower) is a multi-family residential high-rise building on Main Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Standing at 141.7 metres and 42 storeys, it is the tallest building in Winnipeg as well as in Manitoba. Located near the intersection of Portage and Main in downtown Winnipeg, the building is connected to the Winnipeg Walkway System, as well as other buildings owned by Artis REIT, including 330 Main and the Winnipeg Square parkade. On its first floor is an Earls restaurant, which was previously located two blocks south, closer to The Forks. This building, together with 330 Main and 360 Main, now spans an entire city block. It is the first residential building to be located at the 300 block near Portage and Main. In March 2021, it reached the height of , passing 201 Portage, which had been Winnipeg's tallest tower since 1990. See also * 360 Main (Winnipeg) * List of tallest buildings in Winnipeg This is a li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
ICE Futures Canada (IFCA)—known as the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) until 2008—was a derivatives market based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was Canada's only commodity futures exchange. Prior to 2008, WCE was the subsidiary of WCE Holdings Inc., which also owned WCE Clearing Corporation, and Canadian Climate Exchange Inc. In 2007, WCE was purchased by the U.S.-based Intercontinental Exchange. In mid 2018, IFCA's futures and options contracts transitioned to ICE Futures U.S. (IFUS). Under the IFUS trading name, ICE continues to electronically trade Canadian contracts for milling wheat, durum, western barley, and canola ( rapeseed). ICE's operations in Manitoba are regulated by the Manitoba Securities Commission. In contrast, the Ontario Securities Commission has provided ICE an order that exempts it from the requirement to be recognized as a stock exchange and as a commodity futures exchange in Ontario. History The Winnipeg Grain & Produce Exchange was established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
