Royal Centre, also known as RBC Tower or Royal Bank Tower, is a skyscraper complex located at 1055 West Georgia Street in
Downtown Vancouver
Downtown Vancouver is the central business district and the city centre neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, on the northwestern shore of the Burrard Peninsula in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. It occupies most of the north sh ...
's
Financial District
A financial district is usually a central area in a city where financial services firms such as banks, insurance companies and other related finance corporations have their head offices. In major cities, financial districts are often home to s ...
. The skyscraper stands at just under 145m tall and 37 storeys. Royal Centre was the tallest building in Vancouver upon completion in 1973 and remained so until it was overtaken by
Harbour Centre
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Harbour Centre is a skyscraper in the central business district of Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which opened in 1977. The "Lookout" tower atop the office building makes it one of the tallest structures in Vancouver an ...
in 1977.
The primary tenant of the complex is
RBC's
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
headquarters. The building is owned and managed by
Brookfield Properties
Brookfield Properties is a North American subsidiary of commercial real estate company Brookfield Property Partners, which itself is a subsidiary of alternative asset management company Brookfield Asset Management. It is responsible for the pro ...
, a major North American commercial real estate company.
Services
![Royal Centre Vancouver BC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Royal_Centre_Vancouver_BC.jpg)
There are two underground levels of retail stores in the Royal Centre complex.
The complex has direct access to the
Burrard SkyTrain station.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has more high-rise buildings per capita than most North American metropolitan centres with populations exceeding 1,000,000. Vancouver's population density is the 4th-highest in North America and the city has ...
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Royal Bank Tower (Vancouver)
Royal Bank Tower (Vancouver) is a 16-storey office tower located in downtown Vancouver and served as the regional office for the Royal Bank of Canada until 1973.
Designed by the bank's chief architect Sumner Godfrey Davenport, construction began ...
References
External links
Royal Centre websiteEmporis.com
{{Shopping Malls in Metro Vancouver
Skyscrapers in Vancouver
Shopping malls in Metro Vancouver
Office buildings completed in 1973
Bank buildings in Canada
Brookfield Properties buildings
Skyscraper office buildings in Canada
Royal Bank of Canada