In 1978, the Hudson’s Bay Company acquired competitor Simpsons which had a store spanning nearly a million square feet at the southeast corner of Yonge and Queen Streets. Photo: Dustin Fuhs The store in 1974 looks almost identical to today. Hudson’s Bay Centre on February 23, 2022.
For years prior to that, the downtown Winnipeg store served as the company’s flagship - the downtown Winnipeg store shut permanently in late 2020. The then-260,000 square foot store opening on Augwas an exciting one given that this was the first Hudson’s Bay-branded location in Toronto, not to mention its new flagship. The Hudson’s Bay Centre opened in 1974 with a multi-level Hudson’s Bay department store as an anchor with the adjacent new tower containing its new head offices. The news follows a Retail Insider report in July of 2021 after landlord Brookfield removed Bay-branded signage from the top of an office tower on the Hudson’s Bay Centre site. From 1974 to 1991 the Bloor & Yonge Hudson’s Bay store acted as the company’s flagship until a former Simpsons store in downtown Toronto was rebranded to a Hudson’s Bay nameplate to replace it. The prominent downtown Toronto Hudson’s Bay department store at 44 Bloor Street East will shut down permanently this spring, marking the end of a 47-year run for the store.
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