TD Centre is an office building home to the
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 ...
(TD Bank) in
downtown Halifax
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,
Nova Scotia
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,
Canada
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. The complex was completed in 1977 and substantially reconstructed in 2014.
The TD Centre originally stood at 73 metres with 18 floors. Its 2014 expansion added 10 metres to the building's overall height and three additional floors of office space. The building is adjacent to the
CIBC Building to which it is connected through the
Downtown Halifax Link
The Downtown Halifax Link system is a network of climate-controlled pedways ( pedestrian tunnels and skywalks) connecting various office buildings, hotels, parkades, and entertainment venues around downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is simi ...
system. On its remaining sides it is bounded by
Barrington Street
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on the west, George Street on the south and Granville Street on its lowest, eastern side.
History
Original development
The TD Centre originally opened in 1977, and was wholly owned by
Cadillac Fairview
The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, branded as Cadillac Fairview, is a Canadian company that invests in, owns, and manages commercial real estate, mainly in Canada and the United States. As of March 2017, the company had 73 properties, enco ...
. It originally offered approximately 104,000 square feet of net rentable area, composed of 94,000 sq. ft. of office space and the remaining 10,000 sq. ft. of retail space.
Expansion project
In 2010, TDB Halifax Holdings Limited announced its intention to enlarge the structure on its east side and to make substantial modifications to the roof (including an increase in height of 10 metres). The changes roughly doubled the original floor area to about and resulted in a more economical structure using "green" technologies.
The project, which entailed stripping the building to its original concrete frame while it continued under occupancy, was designed by Lydon Lynch Architects. It incorporates the facade of an historic 19th century building, originally home to a leather harness maker, on its Granville Street level.
Construction began in November 2012 with the expanded structure topping out in late 2014. In July 2013, building owner TDB Halifax Holdings announced it had signed a new 10-year lease with TD Bank Group to continue as the building's anchor tenant.
[TDB Halifax Holdings Limited, July 25, 2013. TD Centre Halifax redevelopment signs lease with anchor tenant: http://tdcentrehalifax.ca/tag/lease/ ]
The Building incorporates photovoltaic sun-shades on the south facade and on the street level sidewalk canopies. Photovoltaic cells have been laminated between sheets of glass to form a shade device that generates electricity while it is acts as a shade and reduces glare for computer screens.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in the Halifax Regional Municipality
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Notes
External links
TD Centre*
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Buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bank buildings in Canada
Office buildings completed in 1977
Toronto-Dominion Bank