| 750 Burrard Street | |
|---|---|
 View from west side of the Burrard St and Robson St intersection | |
 Interactive map of 750 Burrard Street | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Mixed-use: Office, Commercial |
| Location | 750 Burrard Street Vancouver,British Columbia V6Z 2B7, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°17′00″N123°07′20″W / 49.283463°N 123.122322°W /49.283463; -123.122322 |
| Construction started | 1955 |
| Completed | 1957 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Douglas Simpson and Harold Semmens |
750 Burrard Street (also known as 969 Robson Street, or "Robson Central") is a building inDowntownVancouver,British Columbia, Canada, at the northeast corner ofRobson Street andBurrard Street.
Thismodern architecture building was constructed in 1957 and was designed by local architects Harold Semmens and Douglas Simpson[1] and was home of the main branch of theVancouver Public Library from 1957 to 1995.[2] In December 1996, Canada's first (and ultimately only)Virgin Megastore opened on the lower level; Virgin eventually decided to exit the Canadian market and sold the location toHMV in September 2005.[3] In late 2011, HMV Canada, now separately owned byHilco UK, announced plans to close the Burrard location in January 2012 as part of a corporate refocusing towards smaller locations.[4] HMV closed at this location on January 23, 2012.
The southeast corner of the building was also the firstPlanet Hollywood in Vancouver opened on March 16, 1997. The main entrance was on 969 Robson Street. It was closed in October 1999 after bankruptcy.[5]
The upper levels were taken over in fall 1997 as studios for the newly launchedindependent TV stationVTV. The station later became part of theCTV Television Network (now owned byBell Media), and the site now serves as Bell Media's west coast headquarters. The site selection, and much of the VTV format, had been inspired byToronto stationCity and the iconicdowntown studios that were at the time synonymous with the station. Incidentally, CTV would later acquire the Toronto building in question (but not City TV).
The Globe and Mail, which was co-owned with CTV from 2001 to 2010, later moved its Vancouver offices into part of CTV's space; its offices remain in the building despite no longer sharing common ownership with CTV. Later, radio stations94.5 Virgin Radio, 103.5 QMFM (nowMove 103.5), TSN Radio 1040 (nowFunny 1040) and TSN Radio 1410 (nowBNN Bloomberg Radio 1410), all co-owned with CTV since 2007, also moved into the building. In the early 2010s, CTV reduced its space so that its offices are no longer directly accessible from Burrard Street; though it remains in the same building, it now uses the address 969 Robson Street.
Besides Bell Media and theGlobe, current occupants include a flagshipAdidas retail location, which opened in January of 2025, as well as aClearly Contacts retail store. A formerVictoria's Secret location occupied the former HMV location from August of 2013 through to January of 2024.
