The HSBC Canada building is a 23-storey

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in the city's

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, Canada. The building's primary tenant is the headquarters of

HSBC Bank Canada HSBC Bank Canada (french: Banque HSBC Canada), formerly the Hongkong Bank of Canada (HBC), is a Canadian chartered bank and the Canadian subsidiary of British multinational banking and financial services company HSBC. HSBC Canada is the seventh ...

, the Canadian subsidiary of

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. The skyscraper, built on the site of the former Hotel Devonshire, was originally designed by

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for the

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. The assets of the Bank of British Columbia were acquired by HSBC Bank Canada in 1986. The building's lobby features a gigantic magnetically induced pendulum artwork entitled "The Pendulum" by Alan Storey. The building has been home to HSBC Canada since 1987. HSBC Canada Building lobby 2018.jpg, Lobby HSBC Canada Building The Pendulum 2018.jpg, The Pendulum

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