Vancouver's Downtown Hudson's Bay store celebrated 100 years last week.
The store had a party, and I am sure we can all agree this is one of Canada's iconic retail landmarks.
The Vancouver store is one of the original six Canadian cities to have a grand Hudson's Bay store built. The others were Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg.
At 650,000 sq feet, it is the third largest Hudson's Bay store in the nation after Toronto's Queen Street Store, and Montreal's Centre-Ville store. Winnipeg's Downtown store was also either the same size or larger, but it has been downsized.
Investments in the store have been well received, and the store went from sales of about $120 million in 2011, to about $175 million in 2013.
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May this store have hundreds more years of life in it! They do not build them like this anymore, at least in North America.
Photo:
Darrell Bateman