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neighbourhoods. The project included offices, hotels, and residential towers to be built over the CPR train tracks and other historic structures. The project was cancelled due to a lack of funding and grassroots opposition, leaving Granville Square as one of its only remnants.
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Granville Square was originally built by Marathon Realty to house the headquarters of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Construction of the building began in 1971 and finished in 1973. The tower was one of the only completed parts of
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In 2022, Granville Square received a Zero Carbon Building certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) following a number of decarbonization initiatives.
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operated out of the building from 1997 to 2017, initially occupying eight floors but shrinking to three floors over the years. As of 2024, software company
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until 2017, when the real estate company sold a 50% stake in its Vancouver portfolio, split evenly between the
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occupies four floors and has been located in the building since its completion in 1973.
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Prominent tower located in the Financial District within the downtown core of Vancouver
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Brutalist
Modernist
Vancouver
British Columbia
Coordinates
49°17′13″N 123°06′45″W / 49.28694°N 123.11250°W / 49.28694; -123.11250
Granville Street
Financial District
downtown core
Vancouver
British Columbia
Waterfront Station
Canadian Pacific Railway

rail yard
Waterfront station
Project 200
Gastown
Downtown Eastside
Cadillac Fairview
Ontario Pension Board
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Colliers International
Postmedia
Vancouver Sun
The Province
Alida
Vancouver Harbour Control Tower
floatplanes

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