Through this agreement, the building is part of the CF-owned Toronto Eaton Centre, although a skybridge had already connected the adjacent properties since the 1970s.

[3] The store was built to replace the original Simpson's dry goods business at 184 Yonge Street [4] and was located directly across from rival retailer's Eaton's Annex.

In the early 20th Century, a Dominion supermarket (City Hall Market) occupied the northeast corner of the ground floor.

[5] The largest expansion came in 1929 with Chapman and Oxley's nine-floor Art Deco addition (facing Bay and Richmond) capped by the Arcadian Court.

A glass-enclosed bridge was added in the late 1970s to allow customers to access the Toronto Eaton Centre without braving the elements or traffic.

Today's Special, a children's television series that aired on TVOntario and in the United States on Nickelodeon during the 1980s, utilized the location for several scenes.