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20-670: Opened in September 1976, the hotel featured 372 guest rooms, including 66 suites, and was connected to the Pacific Centre shopping mall, a major retail complex in the city. The hotel’s amenities included the YEW seafood + bar restaurant, Stittgen jewellery store, Blo Blow Dry bar hair salon, indoor-outdoor pool, massage suite, fitness centre,12 function rooms and the Park Ballroom. The hotel received numerous accolades, including

40-592: A 50 percent interest in its Vancouver properties, including Pacific Centre, to the Ontario Pension Board and Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board , each to hold a 25% stake. Cadillac Fairview, itself a subsidiary of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan , will retain the remaining 50% interest and continue to manage the properties. The rotunda glass dome at the northeast corner of the intersection of West Georgia Street and Howe Street

60-565: A 53,700-square-metre (578,000 sq ft) expansion of Pacific Centre, including retail premises that will extend to the street on both sides of West Georgia Street, and a direct link connecting the shopping centre with the new Vancouver City Centre SkyTrain station on Granville Street . The link opened in August 2009 in conjunction with the opening of the Canada Line . On 20 January 2017, Cadillac Fairview announced an agreement to sell

80-687: Is an underground station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver 's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located in Downtown Vancouver on the portion of Granville Street that is known as the Granville Mall . The station is accessible from the surface via entrances on Granville Street and Seymour Street (both between Georgia and Dunsmuir Streets), and the Dunsmuir entrance between Granville and Seymour. The station serves

100-556: Is one of the few stores located entirely within a fare paid zone of any SkyTrain station. Granville station is unique in being one of only a few stations having no surface entrance building of its own, independent of any adjacent buildings ( Main Street–Science World station is another for example). The station has three entrances: Granville Mall through the Hudson's Bay Company department store, Seymour Street with direct access to

120-464: The Canada Line (served by Vancouver City Centre station ) by walking through Pacific Centre or Vancouver Centre and the Hudson Bay department store, although the only direct transfer point is at Waterfront station . There is a small retail space standing at the bottom of the long escalator bank in the original station area, where the corridor splits into the westbound and eastbound routes. It

140-652: The Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star designation and the AAA Five Diamond rating. The hotel was notable for being the last Four Seasons property to be both owned and operated by the company. All other Four Seasons properties had transitioned to third-party ownership. In May 2018, it was announced that the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver would close, following the end of its lease agreement with Cadillac Fairview ,

160-557: The HSBC Canada Building . Granville station opened in 1985 and is named for nearby Granville Street , which name is derived from "Granville", the name of the original settlement that preceded Vancouver prior to its incorporation in 1886. The Austrian architecture firm Architektengruppe U-Bahn was responsible for designing the station. Its entrances are integrated with Pacific Centre , a shopping mall: BC Transit (the precursor agency to TransLink) signed an agreement with

180-495: The Hudson's Bay Company in 1983 to lease a sub-basement corridor under the mall for $ 1 in order to build an entrance facing Granville Mall. On September 22, 2006, elevator access was introduced from Dunsmuir Street with the completion of the neighbouring Hudson on Granville development, and large signs were added at the platform level to guide passengers to the newly available elevators. The entrance has separate escalator access to

200-600: The Ontario Pension Board , and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board , and is managed by Cadillac Fairview. Based on the number of stores, most of which are underground, it is the largest mall in Downtown Vancouver , with over 100 stores and shops, and the seventh-busiest mall in Canada, with 22.1   million annual visitors as of 2018. The mall is directly connected to the Hudson's Bay department store, Vancouver Centre Mall, two SkyTrain subway stations, and

220-649: The closure of the Seymour Street entrance and the closure of the Granville/Seymour concourse. On July 17, 2020, the escalators returned to service and the Seymour Street entrance was re-opened. Like Burrard station , the station was built inside the Dunsmuir Tunnel and has a distinctive platform design. The westbound track (to Waterfront ) is stacked above the eastbound track (to King George and Production Way–University stations), with

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240-446: The former Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver . Built between 1971 and 1973, it was an unofficial Eaton Centre . It is a joint venture of Cemp Investments , Toronto Dominion Bank and T. Eaton Company Limited . The Pacific Centre was home to an Eaton's department store, succeeded by Sears Canada after 2002 and vacated in the fourth quarter of 2012. A Nordstrom store opened in its former space in 2015. The City of Vancouver approved

260-563: The guard was seen hitting the man, throwing him from his wheelchair, and yelling profanities at him. In January 2013, the Ministry of Justice ruled that the guard had used unnecessary force. He was fined $ 230 and had his security license suspended for two month with a condition requiring re-certification on use of force before he could receive his license. https://www.bcbusiness.ca/fear-factor-vancouver-crime-and-the-private-security-industry Granville station (SkyTrain) Granville

280-440: The mall, Granville and Vancouver City Centre station , respectively. In November 2012, BC attorney general Shirley Bond ordered an investigation into a Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) Genesis Security undercover security guard who physically assaulted a person with a disability whom he had accused of shoplifting. During the altercation, which was recorded on security cameras and witnesses' cellphones,

300-593: The original facility to be closed entirely; however, it remained in full service. The original station area closed only temporarily for lighting upgrades from October 23, 2006, to mid-November. On May 8, 2018, TransLink announced the Granville Station Escalator Replacement Project as part of the TransLink Maintenance and Repair Program. The replacement of six escalators began on May 26, 2018, resulting in

320-480: The owner of the building. The hotel ceased operations on 20 January 2020. Cadillac Fairview indicated plans for a refurbishment and a new hotel brand to take over the space, but as of 2024, no new operator has been confirmed. Pacific Centre Pacific Centre (officially CF Pacific Centre since 2015) is a shopping mall located in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Cadillac Fairview ,

340-476: The platform levels independent of the existing station in a similar two up/one down configuration for the longest bank, and a ticket-vending level with a connection to the existing Granville Mall entrance and the Hudson's Bay and Pacific Centre shopping mall . There are retail spaces within the new addition's ticket vending lobby and in the passageway to Hudson's Bay. The design of the addition, its capacity, and connection to Granville Mall made it possible for

360-738: The shopping and entertainment districts along Granville and Robson Streets , as well as the office and shopping complexes of Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre. The station is also within walking distance of such amenities as Robson Square (home of the Vancouver Art Gallery , the Provincial Court of British Columbia , and a satellite campus of the University of British Columbia ), the Orpheum Theatre , Vancouver Library Square , TD Tower , Scotia Tower and

380-650: The westbound platform being one level above the eastbound platform. At approximately 25 metres (82 ft) underground, Granville station is the deepest subway station on the Expo Line. Granville station is one of four SkyTrain stations on the Expo Line that serve Downtown Vancouver. It connects with many TransLink bus routes, including trolleybus routes on the Granville Mall and suburban bus routes (running on nearby Georgia Street) heading to and from North and West Vancouver . Passengers are able to transfer to

400-587: Was redeveloped in the early 2020s. Cadillac Fairview constructed a new two-storey pavilion building with 1,300 square metres (14,000 sq ft) of floor area that included a new Apple flagship store. Nordstrom's flagship store closed on 13 June 2023 as the company exited the Canadian market. Pacific Centre is located at the Granville Mall , which is a junction between the Expo and Canada Lines of Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. Two stations service

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