Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
RBC-Dominion Securities moving on up
Taking top floors of 201 Portage
By: Geoff Kirbyson
Posted: 1:00 AM
THE penthouse of Winnipeg's tallest skyscraper is preparing to welcome a new tenant.
RBC-Dominion Securities has signed a long-term lease to move into the top three floors and part of the 24th floor at 201 Portage -- the former offices of Canwest Global Communications -- this fall.
Alan Dunnett, branch manager of the local brokerage arm of Canada's largest bank, said there are a couple of reasons behind the move. First, its business is growing, so it needs more space for the 90 people currently on the payroll. Second, the chance to relocate into what is widely considered the nicest office space between Calgary and Toronto -- he'd be sure to get an argument from Hartley Richardson across the street -- was too good to pass up.
"It's a fantastic space. It's a great building and a little newer than the one we're in," Dunnett said, adding the firm will begin telling its clients about the move in the coming weeks.
"For Portage and Main, which is where we would prefer to be, this was the best space in one of the best buildings."
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