It was constructed in 1969 as the headquarters of Westcoast Transmission Company.

[citation needed] The building's address is 1333 W. Georgia Street.

It is located in Vancouver's Coal Harbour, halfway between the main business district in Vancouver's Downtown and Stanley Park.

The building was used in the television series MacGyver as the headquarters for the fictional Phoenix Foundation, employer of the title character.

[3] It appeared in a similar role in the Highlander series and in Netflix's Altered Carbon as the headquarters of Psychasec.