Microsoft is the second office tenant to be confirmed by Cadillac Fairview for Pacific Centre’s 725 Granville redevelopment project. The company will lease 143,000 square feet on two of the four levels of office space above Nordstrom’s future Canadian flagship location.

Microsoft will take occupancy of floors six and seven in January 2016. This past January, Cadillac Fairview announced that law firm Miller Thompson will move into 48,000 square feet on the fourth floor in 2017. A total of 66 per cent of the building’s office space is now leased.

The new office space is part of the redevelopment of the former Eatons/Sears building. The top four levels of the building are being converted to 290,000 square feet of AAA class office. Each floor has 17-foot ceilings, slab-to-slab, and offers 72,500 square foot floor plates, a unique feature in the downtown core.

Construction of the site is well underway. The office and retail space is expected to open in early 2015.