Manulife Centre

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The main tower of the Manulife Centre

The Manulife Centre is located on the southeast corner of Bay and Bloor streets, adjacent to the southern edge of the Yorkville district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It consists of a 51-story 800-suite luxury residential tower at 44 Charles Street and a shorter tower at 55 Bloor Street West, connected by a retail complex on the main floor and basement.

1 History
2 Creeds
3 Today
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Construction began in 1972 and was completed in 1974. It was developed and built for Manulife Financial, the current owners. An underground tunnel connects the basement level of the shopping concourse to Holt Renfrew at 50 Bloor St West on the north side of Bloor, allowing pedestrians to access either of two subway stations (Bloor-Yonge or Bay) without going outside.

Early retail tenants at the Manulife Centre included Bretton's department Store (60,000 square feet), Creed's (38,000 Square feet), Harridge's, and other luxury tenants. Over time, these three large retailers went bankrupt and closed.

[edit] Creeds

Creeds was a women's specialty store specializing in furs, designer fashions, and cosmetics. The 38,000 square foot store spanned three floors and featured boutiques for Chanel, Christian Dior, Emanuel Ungaro, and Sonia Rykiel. The original location opened in 1916; the Manulife Centre location closed with the firm's bankruptcy in 1991.

[edit] Today

Today the retail portion of Manulife Centre serves the local population, and includes Birks, Indigo Books, and William Ashley fine china.

[edit] See also

Panorama Lounge which is on the top of the Manulife Centre.
List of Toronto's 10 tallest skyscrapers

[edit] External links

v • d • e Toronto skyscrapers and notable buildings

(partial listing)

Current Toronto towers and buildings	CN Tower · First Canadian Place · Scotia Plaza · Brookfield Place · Commerce Court · Toronto-Dominion Centre · Royal Bank Plaza · One King West · Manulife Centre · Exchange Tower · World Trade Centre · Hudson Bay Centre · One Yonge Street · Simcoe Place · Four Seasons Hotel · Royal York · Metro Hall · Canada Permanent Trust Building · Canadian Broadcasting Centre · CHUM-City Building · Osgoode Hall · Canada Life Building · Sun Life Centre · Continental Bank of Canada Building · Eaton Tower · Old City Hall · Robarts Library · Toronto City Hall · Queen's Park · Union Station · Rogers Centre · Royal Ontario Museum

Proposed or Under construction Toronto towers	Bay Adelaide Centre · One Bloor East · Trump Hotel & Tower

Civic space around Toronto towers	Nathan Phillips Square · Dundas Square

Other	List of tallest buildings in Toronto

v • d • e Shopping malls in the Golden Horseshoe

City of Toronto:	College Park • Don Mills Centre • Dufferin Mall • Toronto Eaton Centre • Fairview Mall • Hazelton Lanes • Landmark^† • Lawrence Plaza • Manulife Centre • PATH • Queen's Quay Terminal • Scarborough Town Centre • Sherway Gardens • Splendid China Tower^† • Yorkdale • (Comprehensive list of malls)

Peel Region:	Bramalea City Centre • Dixie Outlet Mall • Erin Mills Town Centre • Shoppers World Brampton • Square One

York Region:	Market Village^† • Markville • Pacific Mall^† • Upper Canada Mall • Vaughan Mills

Durham Region:	Oshawa Centre

Halton Region:	Burlington Mall • Mapleview Mall • Oakville Place

City of Hamilton:	Centre Mall • Eastgate Square • Lime Ridge Mall • Lloyd D. Jackson Square

Niagara Region:	The Pen Centre

Simcoe County:	Georgian

Waterloo Region:	Cambridge Centre • Conestoga Mall • Fairview Park Mall

Wellington County:	Stone Road Mall

The largest mall in each area is bolded. ^†Ethnic malls are denoted with this symbol.