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[Kosy123]

Downtown Edmonton's Manulife Place gets a new name with new tenant

Downtown Edmonton's Manulife Place will be renamed National Bank Centre to honour the bank's growing presence in the building.

edmontonjournal.com

National Bank says it will begin the move after the completion of Epic’s renovations and the bank’s own renovations to the office space. The bank will grow its footprint in the building to 10 floors and, along with the new name, will feature the bank’s logo and façade crown signage and a banking centre at street level.

 

[Out of Towner]

The renaming has a good vibe to it as well.

 

[David A]

The renaming has a good vibe to it as well.

Maybe it will also inspire or motivate some of the big banks, a couple of which don't seem to have much of a presence downtown

 

[cmd uw]

Maybe it will also inspire or motivate some of the big banks, a couple of which don't seem to have much of a presence downtown

Like? Servus is the only 'big bank' without a presence downtown. The rest are all located dt - RBC, BMO, Scotia, etc.

 

[David A]

Like? Servus is the only 'big bank' without a presence downtown. The rest are all located dt - RBC, BMO, Scotia, etc.

I meant more of a presence than just a branch.

 

[cmd uw]

I meant more of a presence than just a branch.

You realize that these banks occupy multiple floors in buildings downtown and are not just 'retail branches'. Come on David.

 

[David A]

You realize that these banks occupy multiple floors in buildings downtown and are not just 'retail branches'. Come on David.

I have no idea how much space each one has (or doesn't) have. Some have more prominent signage on buildings, similar to what National Bank is intending, others not so much.

 

[cmd uw]

They only get their name on the building if it's negotiated with the landlord, if it's available or if they pay for it or a combination thereof. Scotia has a few floors in Stantec Tower, but you don't see their name on the tower because Stantec gets that.

 

[Gronk!]

We should rename this thread from "Manulife Place" to "National Bank Centre" when the time comes.

 

[Kosy123]

National Bank Centre sounds more big city tbh

 

[Offworld]

National Bank Centre sounds more big city tbh

I've always been curious about how they have the gall to suggest that it's a national bank, unless it's the national bank for the country of Quebec.

 

[ChazYEG]

unless it's the national bank for the country of Quebec.

Jackpot

 

[Kosy123]

I've always been curious about how they have the gall to suggest that it's a national bank, unless it's the national bank for the country of Quebec.

Considering we've got a provincial government talking about separatism, we're practically Quebec West lol

But it's probably a holdover of when Montreal was the financial capital of the country I think. Them buying CWB really means they're serious in going national I guess.

 

[Tropical]

I've always been curious about how they have the gall to suggest that it's a national bank, unless it's the national bank for the country of Quebec.

It's simple. Quebec uses the "national" because they, as a people, are definitively a nation. You also see this in their national parks (instead of provincial) for example.

If anything, English Canadians misunderstand the use of the term since our primary national identity doesn't correspond to provincial borders. There's also a wilful blindness to it.

Nation - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[edm13]

I’ve heard from a pretty reliable source that CWB has laid off a lot of people already and will ultimately do away with 75% of their corporate staff that will now be duplicated (ie legal, HR, treasury, etc). Client facing stuff is safe. Also heard they are taking less space in manulife than what they occupied in their building on jasper ave. Anyone else hear anything similar?