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Graphic Arts (Western Printing) Building

Office · low-rise office building · built 1912 · 101 6 St SW

LiDAR roof height11.2 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)3

Footprint1,318 m²

Parcel2,133 m²

Year built (roll)1912

Assessed 2026$4.8M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain559 m

Civic address: 101 6 St SW, Calgary, AB
Community: Eau Claire (EAU)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: DC — Direct Control (Direct Control)
Height rank: #331 of 580 citywide · #8 of 8 in Eau Claire
Site coverage: 62% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 2 titled pieces · roll 067001826
Coordinates: 51.051966, -114.076213

Massing and site plan

Left: isometric massing of every LiDAR structure on the parcel, at true scale, viewed from the south-west with 3.9 m storey lines. Right: plan of the parcel with surrounding footprints, Plus 15 walkways and nearby stations. Open this building in the 3D city →

11.2 m · 1,318 m²

Context within 150 m. Grey footprints darken with height; lime is the Plus 15 network.

How it compares

Roof height against the Eau Claire median and tallest, and against the city.

Access

Public-geometry tests only; confirm routes, entrances and hours with the building.

CTrain

Nearest station: 7th Street SW, 559 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Eau Claire is 584 m away (TBD, per the City’s Green Line map).

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Plus 15

Nearest Plus 15 segment: 132 m. Not on the network.

Heritage inventory

The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources records the following on this parcel.

Graphic Arts (Western Printing) Building

Construction year: 1911
Architect: Unknown
Builder: Unknown
Style: Edwardian Commercial
Typology: Studio
Development era: 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
Designation: Inventory listing only

Previously home to the well known western agricultural newspaper, The Farm & Ranch Review (1911 to 1974), this site demonstrates the importance of Calgary based business to the development of agriculture in Western Canada. Constructed by Calgary businessmen and agriculturists, Charles W. Peterson, Malcolm D. Geddes, H.H. Honens, and William Renton, the structure was completed by 1911 to house the various business interests of this prominent team of civic boosters and journalists. Situated in the commercial/industrial zone of the southerly portion of the Eau Claire district, the plant was constructed through the subsidiary real estate development company of partner M.D. Geddes of Geddes & Sheffield, who put in place plans for the building as early as 1909.

The early uses of the building included offices for the many enterprises of the partners which ranged from farming and real estate de

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 359.

Assessment history

Assessed values are The City of Calgary’s taxation figures by roll year, not sale prices or rents; Alberta does not publish transaction prices.

Roll 067001826 · Office

Series not charted. The City’s published values for this roll number change by more than half or double between years, which usually signals a re-numbered, split or partially assessed account rather than a market movement. The published figures are listed below without a trend claim.

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2005	$2.7M	—
2006	$3.3M	21.5%
2007	$5.2M	55.9%
2008	$6.7M	28.5%
2009	$6.6M	-1.0%
2010	$5.9M	-11.2%
2011	$5.6M	-4.1%
2012	$4.6M	-17.8%
2013	$6.4M	38.5%
2014	$7.1M	10.9%
2015	$7.2M	1.7%
2016	$7.5M	4.0%
2017	$7.5M	0.0%
2018	$6.5M	-12.9%
2019	$6.0M	-8.3%
2020	$2.2M	-64.0%
2021	$2.2M	0.0%
2022	$6.2M	188.4%
2023	$6.2M	0.0%
2024	$5.5M	-11.2%
2025	$4.9M	-11.4%
2026	$4.8M	-1.2%

Development and building permits

Applications the City has located on this parcel since 2012, from the Development Permits and Building Permits datasets.

Recent development permits 0 since 2012

None located on this parcel since 2012.

Recent building permits 7 since 2012 · 7 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2025-01-23	BP2025-01266	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alterations	$80,000	Completed
2024-12-23	BP2024-26376	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alterations	$165,100	Completed
2024-10-11	BP2024-21772	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Demolition, Group D	$113,500	Completed
2022-05-13	BP2022-07996	3402 - Office · Improvement PBA Group - Office Renovation	$115,000	Completed
2019-05-22	BP2019-06067	3402 - Office · Improvement	$120,000	Completed
2019-02-13	BP2019-01555	3402 - Office · Unspecified Fire alarm modifications	$1,200	Completed
2018-06-07	BP2018-07161	3402 - Office · Improvement PBA Office Lobby - Interior Alteration	$110,000	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 7 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $704,800. Permit descriptions are the City’s records at retrieval; applicant and contractor names are not reproduced.

Nearby office buildings

The six nearest office building sites in the record, by straight-line distance between parcel centroids.

630 3 Ave SW62.2 m · built 1989 · Office · Eau Claire · 110 m
200 738 3 Ave SW52.6 m · built 1981 · Office Condo · Eau Claire · 146 m
600 3 Ave SW102.3 m · built 2016 · Office · Eau Claire · 164 m
615 3 Ave SW18.4 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 215 m
700 4 Ave SW75.5 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 219 m
Centennial Place555 2 Ave SW166.1 m · built 2010 · Office · Eau Claire · 278 m

Graphic Arts (Western Printing) Building questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Graphic Arts (Western Printing) Building?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 11.2 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 3 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Graphic Arts (Western Printing) Building built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1912 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1911.

Which CTrain station is closest to Graphic Arts (Western Printing) Building?

7th Street SW Station, 559 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Graphic Arts (Western Printing) Building?

This profile is built from public records and does not track availability, rents or tenancy. Submit a private requirement and current options in the building or nearby will be confirmed through Commercially.

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Public record sources: Current Year Property Assessments (Parcel), Historical Property Assessments (Parcel), Assessment Subproperty Use Codes, 3D Buildings - Citywide (LiDAR roof outlines), Land Use Districts, Transit LRT Stations, Green Line Stations, Plus 15, Historic Resource (Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources), Development Permits, Building Permits, Calgary Existing Buildings - Performance Metrics (BenchmarkYYC) — The City of Calgary, retrieved 2026-09-21. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Building names, floor counts and architects, where shown, come from Wikidata (CC0). No brokerage, listing-data or commercial research source is used.

Boundary: Assessed values are the City’s assessment-roll figures for taxation and are not sale prices, asking rents, vacancy or availability; Alberta does not publish transaction prices. LiDAR heights are roof-surface elevations above the lowest ground point at the building perimeter and can differ from architectural heights. Storey equivalents are derived at 3.9 m per storey and are not floor counts. Distances are straight-line. Permit descriptions are the City’s records at retrieval and do not establish current use, tenancy or availability. Read the methodology.

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