The Bank of Commerce Building, also known as the CIBC Building, is a high-rise office building in the
downtown core
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of
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
, Canada. It is located on Barrington Street and is owned and operated by
Crombie REIT
Crombie REIT (formerly ''Atlantic Shopping Centres'', then ''Crombie Properties'') is a Canadian unincorporated open ended publicly traded real estate investment trust which trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and has an estimated market capitali ...
. The office tower stands at 66 metres and has 16 floors. It was completed in 1977. The building is connected to the
Downtown Halifax Link
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system.
History
The Bank of Commerce Tower, announced by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1975 as the bank's new Atlantic regional headquarters, was developed by Durham Leaseholds Limited, a joint venture between Oxford Development Group and Halifax Developments Limited.
It was part of a development termed "Granville Place" during construction. Phase I of Granville Place became the Bank of Commerce Tower, while Phase II became the Delta Barrington Inn and Barrington Place Shops. These two buildings are linked by an enclosed footbridge spanning Duke Street.
The tower was built by
Poole Construction. It opened in September 1977.
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Design
The building has a floor area of around .
Ownership
The building is owned Crombie REIT
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and is located on land leased from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC; french: Banque canadienne impériale de commerce) is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at CIBC Square in the Financial District of Toronto, Ontario. ...
(CIBC). The land lease term ends on 31 December 2047.
See also
* List of tallest buildings in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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According to the now-defunct website Emporis, the municipality contained 105 high-rise buildings over tall in 2022. T ...
* TD Centre
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– located next door
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1977 establishments in Nova Scotia
Bank buildings in Canada
Buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Modernist architecture in Canada
Office buildings completed in 1977