Editing C.D. Howe Building (section)

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{{Infobox building
|name = C.D. Howe Building
| image = C.D. Howe Building 13.jpg
| image_caption = C.D. Howe Building
| building_type = office tower with retail space
| architectural_style = [[Postmodern]]
| location = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| address = 240 Sparks Street / 235 Queen Street
| namesake = [[C.D. Howe]]
| completion_date = 1977-1978
| opening_date = 1978
| developer = [[Olympia and York]]
| owners = Government of Canada (previously C.B. Richard Ellis)
| floors = 11 (excluding 3 for retail below grade and parking garage)
| number_of_stores = 50
|
| height =
| architect = [[Adamson Associates]]
}}

The '''C.D. Howe Building''' (French: '''Édifice C.D.-Howe''') is an office tower in [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]], Canada, that is the home of [[Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]], the Office of the [[Auditor General of Canada|Auditor General]] and other smaller tenants. It was built by [[Olympia and York]]. The federal government sold the land to O&Y for a dollar and signed an agreement to lease the final building for a set rate until 2012. The eleven-story building was opened in 1978. The building site was once The Embassy Restaurant from 1953 to 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2025 |title=The Embassy Restaurant |url=https://www.historynerds.ca/2016/06/28/the-embassy-restaurant-1953/ |website=www.historynerds.ca}}</ref>