Bay Building (Vancouver)

The Bay Building^[4] is a six-storey building on the corner of Granville Street and Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is a flagship store of the Hudson's Bay department store chain. The cream terra cotta building with Corinthian columns was built in 1914, 1926, and 1927. The current store was built on the site of another HBC store from 1893. The last additions were made in 1949.

Bay Building
The exterior of Hudson's Bay Vancouver
Alternative names	Hudson's Bay Vancouver Downtown
General information
Architectural style	Edwardian
Address	674 Granville Street Vancouver, British Columbia
Coordinates	49°16′57″N 123°7′2″W
Current tenants	Hudson's Bay
Construction started	1913
Opened	March 14, 1914
Technical details
Floor count	6
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Burke, Horwood & White [1]
Architecture firm	Burke, Horwood & White [2]
Main contractor	Rourke, MacDonald & Moncreiff [3]
Website
vancouver.thebaybuilding.ca

The original HBC store in Vancouver was a small storefront on Cordova between Carrall and Abbott.

On October 30, 2017, HBC announced plans to sell the building, although the store would continue operating in the location as it is under a long-term lease.^[5] On March 21, 2025, Hudson's Bay Company which was undergoing restructuring due to suffering heavy financial losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing retail apocalypse announced the permanent closure of 74 HBC stores including the Vancouver flagship location and the remaining 15 HBC stores within the province of British Columbia which began their liquidation sales on March 24, 2025 and are scheduled to be completed by June 2025.^{[6] [7]}

See also

• Hudson's Bay Queen Street - flagship in Toronto
• Bay Building (Montreal) - flagship in Montreal