TD Canada Trust Tower, formerly known as Eaton Centre Tower, is a office tower in
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
,
Alberta
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, Canada.
Building information
The 41-storey TD Canada Trust Tower is located at 421 7th Avenue SW, and sits above a four-level retail podium (
The Core Shopping Centre). TD Canada Trust Tower was designed by
WZMH Architects in the
postmodern
Postmodernism encompasses a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break from modernism. They have in common the conviction that it is no longer possible to rely upon previous ways of depicting the wo ...
style and was built by PCL Construction in 1991. It has a total area of and is serviced by 15 elevators.
The building is managed by 20 VIC Properties.
In addition to
TD Canada Trust
TD Canada Trust, commonly shortened in marketing to simply TD, is the Canadian commercial banking division of the multinational TD Bank Group. It is the list of banks and credit unions in Canada, second-largest commercial bank in Canada by assets ...
, the tower is home to:
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TD Securities
TD Securities is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services provider that offers advisory and capital market services to corporate, government, and institutional clients worldwide. The firm provides services in corporate and ...
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Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group Limited (), more commonly known as Macquarie Bank, is an Australian multinational investment banking and financial services group headquartered in Sydney and listed on the ASX ().
Macquarie's investment banking division is Au ...
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Apache Corporation
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McCarthy Tetrault
The site was once the
Eaton's
The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's g ...
Calgary flagship store (1929 to 1980s). Some of the store's original walls have been retained and incorporated into the facade of
The Core's retail podium.
As of 2020, the TD Canada Trust Tower is listed by the
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings, including skyscrapers, and Sustainable design, sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Monroe Building in ...
as the
15th tallest building in Calgary and
82nd tallest building in Canada.
Gallery
File:TD-Canada Trust-Calgary2001.jpg,
File:TD Canada tower-Calgary.jpg,
File:TD Canada-Calgary.JPG,
File:TD Trust Tower, Calgary, June 2013.jpg,
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Calgary
This is a list of tallest buildings in Calgary, Alberta, namely buildings that are at least tall.
Calgary is both the largest city and largest metropolitan area in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta, with a mun ...
References
External links
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Postmodern architecture in Canada
Skyscraper office buildings in Calgary
Bank buildings in Canada
WZMH Architects buildings
1991 establishments in Alberta
Ivanhoé Cambridge
Office buildings completed in 1991
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