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Louise Block

Office · low-rise office building · built 1910 · 1018 Macleod Trail SE

LiDAR roof height10.1 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)3

Footprint1,063 m²

Parcel1,198 m²

Year built (roll)1910

Assessed 2026$2.3M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain436 m

Civic address: 1018 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, AB
Community: Beltline (BLN)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: CC-X — Centre City Mixed Use District (Commercial)
Height rank: #359 of 580 citywide · #98 of 119 in Beltline
Site coverage: 89% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 068117506
Coordinates: 51.042498, -114.057975

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 →

10.1 m · 1,063 m²

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

How it compares

Roof height against the Beltline median and tallest, and against the city.

Access

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

CTrain

Nearest station: Victoria Park/Stampede, 436 m straight-line (route 201). Planned Green Line station Event Centre / Grand Central Station is 565 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

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Plus 15

Outside the Plus 15 network area.

Heritage inventory

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

Louise Block

Construction year: 1910
Architect: Unknown
Builder: Fairey, Frank
Style: Edwardian Commercial
Typology: Shop and Apartment
Development era: 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
Designation: Inventory listing only

Built in 1910, as strip development began to intensify along Macleod Trail, this combined commercial/residential block is a strong point of reference within the community of Victoria Park. The building is a distinctive part of a significant historic grouping.

Developed by Frank Fairey, a Calgary contractor, the building is named after his wife, Louise. Fairey was an important personality in the early development of Victoria Park. With his real estate associate, F.W. Mopson, and the backing of Oscar Devenish's Alberta Land Company, he was responsible for initiating a variety of building projects including the Fairey Terrace Apartment at 1111 - 3 Street SE. Realizing the viability of 2 Street SE as a commercial link, particularly following the opening of street car service to Victoria Park, Fairey constructed a typical Edwardian Commercial structure, with characteristic storefronts to serv

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 228.

Named building record

Public-domain building facts from Wikidata attached by location. Where a stated height differs from the LiDAR roof, the difference usually reflects spires, screens or datum.

Name: Louise Block
Description: commercial building in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Identifier: Wikidata Q44664937 (CC0)

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 068117506 · 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	$2.2M	—
2006	$3.0M	36.7%
2007	$4.6M	53.6%
2008	$4.3M	-7.8%
2009	$7.0M	62.4%
2010	$4.9M	-29.4%
2011	$3.3M	-33.2%
2012	$3.9M	17.7%
2013	$5.7M	46.4%
2014	$5.4M	-5.0%
2015	$7.3M	36.3%
2016	$6.7M	-7.9%
2017	$7.3M	7.9%
2018	$4.4M	-39.6%
2019	$3.1M	-28.2%
2020	$2.4M	-23.5%
2021	$1.8M	-24.5%
2022	$1.3M	-26.4%
2023	$1.2M	-11.9%
2024	$2.4M	103.4%
2025	$2.2M	-6.7%
2026	$2.3M	0.4%

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 3 since 2012

Applied	Permit	Category · description	Status
2019-02-25	DP2019-0887	Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required CHANGE OF USE: CONFERENCE AND EVENT FACILITY	Cancelled
2014-12-05	DP2014-5800	Signs - Permitted Use NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGN)	Released Approval
2012-02-21	DP2012-0646	Signs - Permitted Use SIGN - CLASS B: FASCIA SIGN	Released Approval

Recent building permits 5 since 2012 · 2 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2023-05-04	BP2023-06294	3508 - Exhibition Building · Improvement Exhibition Building - Interior Alterations - Venue 308	$350,000	Completed
2021-11-29	BP2021-20378	3613 - Restaurant - Licensed · Unspecified Fire Alarm Repair, Group A2	$1,000	Expired
2019-05-02	BP2019-04993	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior alteration	$138,000	Completed
2019-04-29	BP2019-04792	3613 - Restaurant - Licensed · Improvement Venue 308	$500,000	Completed
2013-10-24	BP2013-15995	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alteration	$80,000	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 5 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $1.1M. 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.

Great West Liquor Co. Warehouse305 10 Ave SE11.1 m · built 1910 · Office · Beltline · 48 m
Massey-Harris Co. Warehouse318 11 Ave SE20.4 m · built 1914 · Office · Beltline · 68 m
Tudhope, Anderson Company Ltd.239 10 Ave SE19.3 m · built 1905 · Office · Beltline · 69 m
238 11 Ave SE13 m · built 1957 · Office · Beltline · 73 m
Calgary Labour Temple229 11 Ave SE10.2 m · built 1952 · Office · Beltline · 93 m
315 10 Ave SE22.4 m · built 1974 · Office · Beltline · 95 m

Louise Block questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Louise Block?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 10.1 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 3 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Louise Block built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1910 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1910.

Which CTrain station is closest to Louise Block?

Victoria Park/Stampede Station, 436 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Louise Block?

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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