2 Bloor East

2 Bloor East[1][2] is an office and retail complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, formerly known as the Hudson's Bay Centre.

[4] The complex also has an RBC Royal Bank branch, a Jack Astor's Bar and Grill, apartments, and condominiums.

The pedestrian tunnels stretches along Bloor Street West to the Bay subway station, making this Toronto's largest underground network after PATH.

In December 1971, Fidinam announced that the Hudson's Bay Company had signed as the major tenant of the office tower.

[6] Completed in 1974, the International style office skyscraper has served as the headquarters for the retailer Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).

[8] In 2013, it was announced that the 342,000 square feet (31,800 m2) Hudson's Bay/The Bay store could undergo a CA$100 million renovation to become the Canadian flagship location of Saks Fifth Avenue, the American luxury department store chain which is now also owned by Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).

[8][12] The following year, the Hudson's Bay Company announced that the Yonge and Bloor department store would close at the end of May 2022, and the site is expected to be redeveloped in conjunction with a major overhaul of the Bloor-Yonge TTC station.

Yonge and Bloor department store before closure in March 2022