Granville Square is a prominent tower located at 200 Granville Street in
Downtown Vancouver's Financial District. Completed in 1973, it stands
at 142 m or 30 storeys high, making it one of the tallest buildings in
the city. The tower and its plaza are located atop the tracks of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, and adjacent to Waterfront Station (formerly
the CPR station).
Originally built by Marathon Realty to house
the headquarters of Canadian Pacific, the building was occupied by The
Vancouver Sun and The Province on the ground floor and some upper floors
until 2017 (it is now located at 2985 Virtual Way at Broadway Tech
Centre in Vancouver); while Vision Critical occupies the mezzanine. On
top of the building is the Vancouver Harbour Control Tower for the float
planes landing and taking off on the Burrard Inlet. This control tower
is the tallest in the world. 
The tower was the only completed
part of the original, Project 200, which got its name from the 200
million dollar investment needed from the federal government. The
project included a forest of office, hotel, and residential towers, laid
over the CP train tracks. But its best known for its "Waterfront
Freeway" a proposed freeway with ramps leading to parking garages under
the office buildings, before the freeway heads under the "Brockton Point
tunnel to the North Shore.The project didn't go ahead because of lack of funding, and grassroots opposition
Colliers
International occupies four floors and is located in the building since
1973. The current owner of the building is Cadillac Fairview.
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