Favourite Scotiabank Regional Offices

[Mrs Sauga]

Last, but not least, what are your favorite current Bank of Nova Scotia regional offices?

VANCOUVER
Scotia Tower
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2494/4147398021_f22a8bbd69.jpg
artefaqs http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2494/4147398021_f22a8bbd69.jpg

CALGARY
Scotia Centre
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Scotia_tower_1_calgary.JPG/246px-Scotia_tower_1_calgary.JPG
qyd http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Scotia_tower_1_calgary.JPG/246px-Scotia_tower_1_calgary.JPG

EDMONTON
Scotia Place
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/188/409362377_c03de84a8b.jpg
wburris http://farm1.staticflickr.com/188/409362377_c03de84a8b.jpg

REGINA
http://www.edgetechig.com/UserFiles/Images/bldg_4424.jpg
http://www.edgetechig.com/UserFiles/Images/bldg_4424.jpg

WINNIPEG
Commodity Exchange Tower
http://img132.echo.cx/img132/5176/bnswce20tq.jpg
simplesimon http://img132.echo.cx/img132/5176/bnswce20tq.jpg

TORONTO
Scotia Plaza
http://tinypic.com/5wqia
skybean http://tinypic.com/5wqia

OTTAWA
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6167/6248590366_e49e2f2808.jpg
robert mcnutt http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6167/6248590366_e49e2f2808.jpg

MONTREAL
Tour Scotia
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/59/202408066_5aa31eb2c6.jpg
Oliver N5 http://farm1.staticflickr.com/59/202408066_5aa31eb2c6.jpg

HALIFAX
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3591/3609964466_c5581d4d5c.jpg
cphoffman42

ST JOHN
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6153/6182487517_3a7e50005b.jpg
David Davies http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6153/6182487517_3a7e50005b.jpg

[Mrs Sauga]

Toronto (Canada's best skyscraper)
Halifax
Winnipeg
Vancouver

[someone123]

Toronto also still has a pretty nice 1950's-era Bank of NS office tower.

The building in Halifax is great but it is difficult to photograph because of the narrow streets. It's also got a lot of detailing that sometimes gets lost:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2364/2038829117_1d974b7ccc_b.jpg
Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/loneatom/2038829117/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/image-image.aspx?id=3251

http://www.historicplaces.ca/hpimages/Thumbnails/7206_Large.jpg

http://www.historicplaces.ca/hpimages/Thumbnails/7207_Large.jpg

[Ramako]

The only building that (literally) stands a chance next to Toronto's Scotia Plaza is the adjacent Bank of Nova Scotia Building, built in the art deco style in 1951 (using designs from the 1920s which had been shelved):


http://www.skyscraperpage.com/~trilliumphotography/doors_open/014.jpg
By: Mike_Jones (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=43238) at SkyscraperCity (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=260187&page=2)


http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/CA/ON/Toronto/200801/BankofNovaScotiaBuilding-Aug08-002a.jpg
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/1197.php


http://financialpostbusiness.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/1017bns.jpg?w=620
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/02/09/scotiabanks-equity-raise-could-lead-to-bigger-ci-financial-stake/


http://farm1.staticflickr.com/190/518638188_3d3df012d9_z.jpg?zz=1
By: snuffy at flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snuffy/518638188/)

[Chadillaccc]

Calgary definitely loses this battle.

Toronto - epic win
Vancouver - would look awesome with a white and black glass reclad (like FCP)
Winnipeg - classic
Montreal - pretty nice
Edmonton - the colour is kind of funky and abnormal, I like.

[Rico Rommheim]

The 1951 in Toronto is tied with the one in halifax, just my opinion.

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/~trilliumphotography/doors_open/014.jpg

[Phil McAvity]

I've always liked Vancouver's Scotia even though it's almost featureless and I heard Vancouverites hate it.

[MTLskyline]

Scotia Plaza wins this one easily. I really like the Halifax office and the old Toronto office building as well.

I'm not sure if I like the Tour Scotia in Montreal that much. At least it is somewhat unique looking.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Scotia_Tower_Montreal.jpg/450px-Scotia_Tower_Montreal.jpg
(my photo)

The Scotiabank office in Old Montreal is not too bad:
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3024/oldmontrealoffices1.jpg
(my photo)

[renthefinn]

Vancouver's has always been one of my favourite Vancouver Towers, though it would be nice if it was cleaned up....

Saying that, cannot deny that Toronto's has always been one of my Favourite towers ever built in this Country and my hands down favourite bank tower in the Country!

[Rico Rommheim]

I've always loved the Vancouver tower, very jarring, very confident looking tower.

The Montreal one is nice, and surprisingly large considering scotia bank must have small operations in the province. In fact, none of the big 5 are particularly relevent it seems, with national bank dominating the province along with desjardins and laurentien.

I'd like to see some stats, like does anyone in Quebec actually have a CIBC account?

[SignalHillHiker]

That last one is St. John's, not Saint John. Here's another picture:

http://i.imgur.com/dm4IF.jpg

Anyway, tied for first for me are Toronto and Winnipeg. Something cool about both.

[The_Architect]

Toronto (Scotia Plaza is Canada's best skyscraper)
Halifax/Toronto old
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Montreal

[The_Architect]

This is Kitchener's (I think):

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa262/AndrewEH/Kitchener/Scotiabank-64KingStreetWestKitchene.jpg

If I'm wrong, feel free to post the correct one.

[flar]

Hard to beat this
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/toronto2008/00296.jpg

[Martin Mtl]

Toronto (the new one)
Toronto (the old one)

[West_aust]

I'd like to see some stats, like does anyone in Quebec actually have a CIBC account?

I do have my main account at CIBC, along with one at Banque Nationale. However, i opened it mainly because it was the bank in the same building as my old job, thus was more convenient to go than National Bank.

[LeftCoaster]

Toronto
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Vancouver
The rest

[kw5150]

Toronto
Vancouver, because it was in Battlestar Galactica!
Calgary.....because it is second tallest in country and has a clever mall going through it.
Montreal.....it's so "montreal"
Edmonton
St John

[Marty_Mcfly]

Definitely Toronto.

Also: Scotiabank, along with TD are the only two banks with a dominant "tower" presence in St. John's. All the rest occupy 2-3 storey buildings along Water Street (albeit these tiny buildings are architecturally stunning in comparison)

[taal]

You really need pictures of the lobby of the scotia bank building in Toronto, the move theme is all carried inside throughout the lobby !

[Chadillaccc]

I just absolutely looove the Bank of Nova Scotia headquarters in Toronto not only because the primary tower is the nicest building in Canada, but also the shorter building was one of the last if not the last true art deco major skyscraper ever built. Such a beautiful combination.




http://www.skyscraperpage.com/~trilliumphotography/doors_open/014.jpg
By: Mike_Jones (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=43238) at SkyscraperCity (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=260187&page=2)


http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/CA/ON/Toronto/200801/BankofNovaScotiaBuilding-Aug08-002a.jpg
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/1197.php


http://financialpostbusiness.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/1017bns.jpg?w=620
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/02/09/scotiabanks-equity-raise-could-lead-to-bigger-ci-financial-stake/


http://farm1.staticflickr.com/190/518638188_3d3df012d9_z.jpg?zz=1
By: snuffy at flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/snuffy/518638188/)

[SignalHillHiker]

The Toronto one is beautiful. I love the unusual colour.

One more photo of the St. John's one, taken by me this morning. I consider this building quite nice for a 1980s structure in a small (and, at that time, anything but wealthy) city.

http://i48.tinypic.com/8vnl2p.jpg

[Chadillaccc]

It is quite nice.

[Jstaleness]

I'll see if I can get some interior shots of the Halifax Office. A lot of design additions that are missing from the modern office towers.

[SignalHillHiker]

Two more of the one in St. John's.

One of the Downtown Buskers Festival today at Scotia Plaza:

http://i.imgur.com/eBsiSh.jpg

And of the St. John's returning to port:

http://i.imgur.com/ERoBPh.jpg

[haligonia]

Toronto (Either one; they both blow most other buildings in the country out of the water.)
Halifax
Montreal
Winnipeg
Vancouver

[roccerfeller]

Toronto, in my opinion, is the best of the bunch.

Halifax has to get second dibs.

[roccerfeller]

The Toronto one is beautiful. I love the unusual colour.

One more photo of the St. John's one, taken by me this morning. I consider this building quite nice for a 1980s structure in a small (and, at that time, anything but wealthy) city.

http://i48.tinypic.com/8vnl2p.jpg

Yeah its really nice looking for sure...and looks like it could go toe-to-toe with the one in Regina, or Ottawa any day. An accomplishment, certainly, considering not only when it was built (rough period for St John's) but also that Regina is 2x the size of St Johns and Ottawa 10x. Its always cool to see something like that.

Plus the backdrop against the bay is awesome.

[someone123]

An accomplishment, certainly, considering not only when it was built (rough period for St John's) but also that Regina is 2x the size of St Johns and Ottawa 10x. Its always cool to see something like that.

St. John's is right around 200,000. It is about the same size as Regina.

[SignalHillHiker]

St. John's is right around 200,000. It is about the same size as Regina.

Added detail: St. John's CMA is 198,000 as of the 2011 census. That includes all the suburbs. The city itself is 106,000.

[Andy6]

Scotiabank has the little podium in front of Winnipeg's Commodity Exchange Tower (or whatever they're calling it now that there is no more Commodity Exchange). I wouldn't award it the entire 30+ storey skyscraper as well. There are virtually no regional office bank jobs in Winnipeg anymore so essentially these downtown locations today are just glorified bank branches.

[roccerfeller]

St. John's is right around 200,000. It is about the same size as Regina.
Added detail: St. John's CMA is 198,000 as of the 2011 census. That includes all the suburbs. The city itself is 106,000.

Ah thanks guys. didn't realize. I was thinking of city proper, but I stand corrected. Still, its pretty impressive for St Johns

[roccerfeller]

Scotiabank has the little podium in front of Winnipeg's Commodity Exchange Tower (or whatever they're calling it now that there is no more Commodity Exchange). I wouldn't award it the entire 30+ storey skyscraper as well. There are virtually no regional office bank jobs in Winnipeg anymore so essentially these downtown locations today are just glorified bank branches.

Artis has the signage rights currently for that tower. The "Commodity Exchange" still exists (its under ICE which is a very large American commodity exchange company) but they no longer have any presence in that tower anymore...I think their head office is somewhere on Kenaston or Pembina or Lagimodiere or something now...somewhere in the south... I'm not sure if thats what you meant by no more commodity exchange (i.e. no longer in that building)

But yeah none of the banks really have any of their historical presence in Winnipeg anymore, and I don't think they have for some time...

The only one that might still qualify is RBC, my basis for that is solely due to them still having signage rights on that building, but the rest of the banks are essentially just glorified branches. Also, I'm not sure all the banks were involved in building the towers...I think only BMO and TD were involved in building their respective towers (and RBC) but I don't think CIBC had a hand with the Richardson building, nor Scotiabank with the Artis tower...I could be wrong though.


OP, what about Caisse Desjardins? I guess they don't really count as a big bank...but they are considered the "6th" largest financial service group in Canada after the big 5 Canadian banks. They have a presence in Winnipeg and about 14 or 15 of the surrounding french towns. I think they're only in a few provinces though...not west of Winnipeg CMA to my knowledge.

edit: a quick trip to their site shows they're only in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and surprisingly Florida lol

[Mrs Sauga]

One thing these thread highlighted to me, was that Canadian banks are cheap!

Royal Bank is canada's #1 bank, and Edmonton is Canada's 6th biggest city. Here is their office:
http://www.loopnet.com/Attachments/8/2/4/xy_824F4EAF-5DED-48AC-BD31-F18DAC0B4BDF__.jpg
http://www.loopnet.com/Attachments/8/2/4/xy_824F4EAF-5DED-48AC-BD31-F18DAC0B4BDF__.jpg

Compare with USA... Bank of America is their biggest bank, and check out a regional office in Tampa Bay, USA's 55th biggest city:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bank_of_America_Plaza_Tampa.jpg/488px-Bank_of_America_Plaza_Tampa.jpg
sonny side up http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bank_of_America_Plaza_Tampa.jpg/488px-Bank_of_America_Plaza_Tampa.jpg

With the exception of Toronto, and a couple of Calgary and Montreal offices, Canadian bank offices suck!

[Andy6]

edit: a quick trip to their site shows they're only in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and surprisingly Florida lol

What's the relationship between Desjardins and Caisse Financial Group of Manitoba? I can't see any indication of a connection on the Caisse website and yet it's listed on the Desjardins site as "where to find us" in Manitoba. I'd never heard of Desjardins operating in Manitoba. Interesting.

TD does have some sort of regional office in Winnipeg. They reopened one a few years ago, from what I remember at least. The other banks don't as far as I know.

[The_Architect]

One thing these thread highlighted to me, was that Canadian banks are cheap!

Compare with USA... Bank of America is their biggest bank, and check out a regional office in Tampa Bay, USA's 55th biggest city:


Hell look at Bank of America's office in another country:

http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/CA/ON/Toronto/200801/SimcoePlace-Aug08-002a.jpg

[davidivivid]

What's the relationship between Desjardins and Caisse Financial Group of Manitoba? I can't see any indication of a connection on the Caisse website and yet it's listed on the Desjardins site as "where to find us" in Manitoba. I'd never heard of Desjardins operating in Manitoba. Interesting.



Desjardins hasn't any link with the Caisse in Manitoba I believe. It can be complicated and time consuming to merge with another credit union. Hence, Desjardins decided to buy a bank instead. It bought Western Financial Group for $443M at the end of 2010 in order to increase its presence in Western Canada. At that time, Western Financial had aboud 600 000 clients and 121 offices in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Desjardins be one of the bidders for ING Canada.

[roccerfeller]

What's the relationship between Desjardins and Caisse Financial Group of Manitoba? I can't see any indication of a connection on the Caisse website and yet it's listed on the Desjardins site as "where to find us" in Manitoba. I'd never heard of Desjardins operating in Manitoba. Interesting.

TD does have some sort of regional office in Winnipeg. They reopened one a few years ago, from what I remember at least. The other banks don't as far as I know.

As I understand it, its simply a subsidiary of Desjardins operating under a local brand, akin to Atlantic Superstore (which is a subsidiary of Loblaws operating under a regional branding). There is a new regional head office in Winnipeg (on Provencher), and some of the staff members refer to it as "Caisse Desjardins"...that might be where I connected the two together. That said, inside the city, its only in St Boniface (theres a few there I believe), and the french-dense areas of St Vital. I'm not sure about St Norbert.

I am not sure of the exact connection, but its been in Manitoba for some time, especially in the french towns.

I didn't know about TD though - that's pretty neat. Where about is the office?

Desjardins hasn't any link with the Caisse in Manitoba I believe. It can be complicated and time consuming to merge with another credit union. Hence, Desjardins decided to buy a bank instead. It bought Western Financial Group for $443M at the end of 2010 in order to increase its presence in Western Canada. At that time, Western Financial had aboud 600 000 clients and 121 offices in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Desjardins be one of the bidders for ING Canada.

No, I don't think that's correct. Western Financial was separate from Caisse. The only relationship now is that both are owned by Desjardins. Caisse existed before Desjardins purchased Western Financial. Caisse has always been a Desjardins subsidiary, it was always in the smaller french communities in Manitoba. Which makes sense because that is imprortant to Desjardins business in Québec, is that it is in all the small towns where the bigger banks can tend to skip.

That said, I did forget about Desjardins purchasing Western Financial - that would mean Desjardins does have a presence in western Canada beyond Manitoba.

[Acajack]

As I understand it, its simply a subsidiary of Desjardins operating under a local brand, akin to Atlantic Superstore (which is a subsidiary of Loblaws operating under a regional branding). There is a new regional head office in Winnipeg (on Provencher), and some of the staff members refer to it as "Caisse Desjardins"...that might be where I connected the two together. That said, inside the city, its only in St Boniface (theres a few there I believe), and the french-dense areas of St Vital. I'm not sure about St Norbert.

I am not sure of the exact connection, but its been in Manitoba for some time, especially in the french towns.

I didn't know about TD though - that's pretty neat. Where about is the office?



No, I don't think that's correct. Western Financial was separate from Caisse. The only relationship now is that both are owned by Desjardins. Caisse existed before Desjardins purchased Western Financial. Caisse has always been a Desjardins subsidiary, it was always in the smaller french communities in Manitoba. Which makes sense because that is imprortant to Desjardins business in Québec, is that it is in all the small towns where the bigger banks can tend to skip.

That said, I did forget about Desjardins purchasing Western Financial - that would mean Desjardins does have a presence in western Canada beyond Manitoba.

The Manitoba caisses populaires are affiliated with Desjardins now.

Most of the caisses populaires across Canada including in Quebec were set up in cooperation with French Catholic parishes decades ago. Once they federated under the Desjardins banner in Quebec, it took some time for all of them in the other provinces to come under that banner, but I think almost all of them are with Desjardins now.

I think the only exception might be the Acadian caisses in Nova Scotia. Acadian caisses all over New Brunswick are with Desjardins and have been for a while.

[roccerfeller]

The Manitoba caisses populaires are affiliated with Desjardins now.

Most of the caisses populaires across Canada including in Quebec were set up in cooperation with French Catholic parishes decades ago. Once they federated under the Desjardins banner in Quebec, it took some time for all of them in the other provinces to come under that banner, but I think almost all of them are with Desjardins now.

I think the only exception might be the Acadian caisses in Nova Scotia. Acadian caisses all over New Brunswick are with Desjardins and have been for a while.

Ah very interesting Acajack. That makes sense

[Dwils01]

Scotiabank is the smallest of the big 5 in Sault Ste. Marie and doesn't have any office space here that I know of and their branches of the most unappealing, being both in malls.
Here is our main downtown branch.
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC03888.jpg

Picture by me.

Though Sudbury has a nice office building.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qdcg1qgNkSM/S7CFcWqejQI/AAAAAAAAARM/G6u14rmdE9w/s1600/Sudbury+Scotia.jpg
Source: http://raythoms.blogspot.ca/2010_03_01_archive.html

My favourite Scotiabank buildings are
Toronto new
Toronto old
Halifax
Montreal
Edmonton
Vancouver

[Chadillaccc]

That's actually a pretty nice building for Sudbury, considering they only have 10 buildings over 35 meters.

[Dwils01]

The front side looks a lot better but I can't find any good pictures that I'm able to post here.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

This is the former Bank of Nova Scotia, downtown Hamilton.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/the_dude1974/DSCN3491.jpg

I don't have a picture of the 'newer' office but it's a decent, little modern building (ca. 1950) a block over.