201 Portage (formerly TD Centre, Canwest Place, and CanWest Global Place) is an

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at the northwest intersection of

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Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

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, Canada. It is the 2nd tallest building in Winnipeg and in the province of Manitoba.

History

Announced as TD Centre in November 1987, the 33-storey building was constructed between 1988 and 1990 by the

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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

, the skyscraper was acquired by

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. It held radio, television broadcasting an ...

to serve as the company's main corporate headquarters. Global Winnipeg (

CKND-DT CKND-DT (channel 9) is a television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. The station is owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, with studios on the 30th floor of 201 Portage in downtown ...

) moved its operations to 201 Portage on September 1, 2008. Having declared

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and sold its media properties, Canwest has vacated the premises; its main successor

Shaw Media Shaw Media was the television broadcasting division of Shaw Communications. Shaw Media owned the Global Television Network, which broadcasts nationally via 13 television stations, as well as 19 specialty channels including Slice (TV channel), Sli ...

retained only the lease for the 30th floor, where the Global Winnipeg studios are located. On 11 January 2011, the

sign and logo were removed. The penthouse stayed vacant after Canwest's departure in November 2010, until late 2012 when RBC-Dominion Securities relocated to it from the Richardson Building. Currently, the building is branded as "201 Portage". The building was managed by Creswin Properties, a real-estate company privately owned by the Asper family that owned Canwest, until early 2014. The building was acquired under new ownership in May 2014 and is owned by Portage & Main Development Ltd., a private corporation whose shareholders include 201 Portage Equities Inc. and Harvard Developments Inc.

Description

The 33-storey, building stands tall, making it the tallest building in

. It is taller than the next tallest building in Winnipeg, the Richardson Building, which is located across the street. It is the tallest building between

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and

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, and has been since its construction. 201 Portage is connected to

Winnipeg Square Winnipeg Square (also known as the Shops of Winnipeg Square) is an underground shopping mall located at Portage and Main in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was built in 1979 by Smith Carter Parkin for the Trizec Corporation, and has 45 ...

and the

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system via an underground concourse. The building is certified as BOMA BEST level 3.

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