Bay Building (Montreal)
| Bay Building | |
|---|---|
Exterior of the Bay Building (2017) | |
| Former names |
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| General information | |
| Status | Open |
| Type | Department store |
| Architectural style | Neo-Romanesque |
| Location | 585 Saint Catherine Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°30′15″N 73°34′09″W / 45.5042°N 73.5693°W |
| Current tenants | — |
| Year(s) built | 1889–1891 |
| Opened | 1891 |
| Renovated |
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| Client | Henry Morgan |
| Owner | Hudson's Bay Company |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 60,850 m2 (655,000 sq ft) of selling space |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Pierce Hill |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access | McGill |
The Bay Building (originally the Henry Morgan Building; French: Maison Morgan) is a department store on Saint Catherine Street West in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was designed by John Pierce Hill for Henry Morgan, and opened in 1891. It was the flagship store of the Morgan's department store chain, was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1960, and was converted to a regional The Bay flagship store in 1960. The store was rebranded to Hudson's Bay in 2013, and slated to include a Saks Fifth Avenue store by 2018, however, these plans were indefinitely postponed. It is one of six locations tentatively spared from the creditor protection and liquidation filed by HBC in March 2025. However, on April 23, 2025 due to court rulings deeming it "low probability" to find a buyer to keep the remaining six stores afloat, HBC announced liquidation and permeant closure of all Hudson's Bay stores including the Montreal Hudson's Bay building and the remaining 12 HBC stores in the province of Quebec which started on Friday April 25, 2025 and closed on June 1, 2025.
The store was accessible to the Montreal Metro via McGill station, for which two entrances are located on Union Avenue.