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Smalley's Radio Ltd.

Office · low-rise office building · built 1957 · 1105 7 Ave SW

Smalley's Radio Ltd. (1105 7 Ave SW) is a 7.6 m low-rise office building in Downtown West End, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1957. Its main structure is the 640th tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and 15th of 17 in Downtown West End. The City assesses the parcel at $3.0M on the 2026 roll, 526th of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. The nearest CTrain platform is Downtown West - Kerby, 61 m away in a straight line. 665 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. Since 2012 the City has recorded 7 building permits and 4 development permits on the parcel, the largest a $227,060 office permit for alteration, applied for in 2012. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as Smalley's Radio Ltd..

LiDAR roof height7.6 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)2

Footprint441 m²

Parcel1,703 m²

Year built (roll)1957

Assessed 2026$3.0M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain61 m

Civic address: 1105 7 Ave SW, Calgary, AB
Community: Downtown West End (DNW)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: DC — Direct Control (Direct Control)
Height rank: #640 of 785 citywide · #15 of 17 in Downtown West End
Footprint to parcel: 26% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 201703972
Coordinates: 51.046889, -114.086594

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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 →

7.6 m · 441 m²

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

How it compares

Roof height against the Downtown West End median and tallest, and against the city.

Access

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

CTrain

Nearest station: Downtown West - Kerby, 61 m straight-line (route 202).

Other office buildings near Downtown West - Kerby Station →

Plus 15

Outside the Plus 15 network area.

Cycling

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m of the parcel is a protected lane (Cycle Track), 57 m away.

Winter access

The parcel fronts a Priority 2 snow and ice clearing route, 4 m from its edge. Priority 2 routes are cleared after the Priority 1 network.

Accessible crossing

The nearest accessible pedestrian signal is at 7 Avenue and 10 Street, 47 m from the parcel.

Straight-line tests against The City of Calgary Calgary Bikeways, Snow and Ice Clearing Priority Routes and Traffic Signals, retrieved 2026-09-24. Bikeways are ranked by the City's comfort level, where 1 is a protected lane and 4 a major street. Snow priority is a clearing order, not a clearing time. An accessible pedestrian signal gives audible and tactile crossing cues; a signal recorded as unknown is not counted as having none.

Transit service

Scheduled Calgary Transit service at the door, not only the distance to a platform.

665 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 99 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 13 routes and 12 stops. The closest stop is EB Downtown West-Kerby Station (Free Fare Zone), 81 m away.

Service class	Trips on the service day
LRT	330
REGULAR	242
MAX	74
EXPRESS	19

Routes: 22 Richmond Rd SW · 62 Hidden Valley · 64 MacEwan · 65 Market Mall/Downtown West · 66 Lakeview · 109 Harvest Hills · 116 Coventry Hills · 117 McKenzie Towne Express · 131 East Bow Express · 142 Panorama · 151 New Brighton Express · 202 Blue Line - Saddletowne/69 Street CTrain · MY MAX Yellow Woodpark/City Centre.

Calgary Transit Scheduling Data (GTFS), service day 2026-09-28 inside the 2026-09-15 to 2026-12-20 service period. A trip is counted once however many stops it calls at inside the radius. Schedules change each service period; this is the schedule, not observed service.

Parking

What the City’s own tariff record says about kerbside parking beside this parcel.

Paid on-street parking within 200 m

187 metered stalls across 30 City parking zones touching this walking radius, at $1.00 to $2.25 per hour depending on zone and time of day. Maximum stay 60 to 180 minutes. Tariff zones 6, 7.

Enforced 0910-1520 MON-FRI; 0910-1750 MON-FRI.

Closest zone

10 St SW, Fr 7 Av SW To 8 Av SW — 4 m from the parcel, 5 parallel stalls, tariff zone 7, 180-minute maximum.

When	Rate
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM	$1.005 per Hour
Mon-Fri 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM	$1.50 per Hour
Mon-Fri 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM	$1.00 per Hour
Mon-Fri 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM	$1.00 per Hour
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM	Free 2 Hour, max:3 Hours
Sunday/Holidays:	Free parking
Free parking to 9 AM	See Signs /Parking Restrictions

The City of Calgary On-Street Parking Zones with Rates, retrieved 2026-09-24. Counts cover Active paid parking zones only: loading bays, taxi stands, accessible stalls and permit-only zones are excluded, and off-street parkades are not in this dataset. Tariffs and enforcement hours change; confirm on the sign.

Heritage inventory

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

Smalley's Radio Ltd.

Construction year: 1953
Architect: Unknown
Style: International
Typology: Shop and Office
Development era: 1946 to 1956 (Oil Boom)
Original use: Commerce
Planning theme: Business and Industry
Designation: Inventory listing only
Inventory class: CHR

This site is significant because:

It is among the remaining buildings in the Downtown West End constructed during the Oil Boom (1946-56) that expanded the central business district west of 4 Street S.W. The close association of Century Geophysical Corporation of Canada and its president, Peter Bediz, links this building to the oil and oil services companies that established their offices in the new west end during the Oil Boom. (Symbolic Value, Community Wide)

It housed the office of Peter Bediz, a pioneer Canadian geophysicist, president of Century Geophysical Corporation of Canada, and president of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Bediz's firm established early techniques that became standard operation in the seismic industry. (Person Value, Community Wide)

It was built for James Smalley, Jr., and it housed his wholesale radio, television, and stereo parts business. S

Character-defining elements: The character defining elements of Smalley's Radio include: - two storey brick clad structure with flat roof - storefront glazing with horizontal canopy - rhythmically spaced uniform windows.

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 39.

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 201703972 · Office

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2012	$3.5M	—
2013	$2.0M	-43.9%
2014	$2.3M	14.1%
2015	$3.4M	48.0%
2016	$6.0M	78.9%
2017	$6.0M	0.0%
2018	$5.2M	-12.8%
2019	$5.2M	0.0%
2020	$4.2M	-20.8%
2021	$3.8M	-8.7%
2022	$3.5M	-7.4%
2023	$3.5M	0.0%
2024	$3.4M	-2.6%
2025	$3.1M	-8.2%
2026	$3.0M	-6.1%

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 4 since 2012

Applied	Permit	Category · description	Status
2017-07-25	DP2017-3382	Signs - Permitted Use NEW: SIGNS - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGN)	Released Approval
2016-11-15	DP2016-4690	Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required CHANGE OF USE: COMMERCIAL SCHOOL (120 STUDENTS)	Released Approval
2012-07-18	DP2012-3014	Signs - Discretionary Use REVISION: EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS (CANOPIES); SIGN - CLASS D: CANOPY SIGN	Released Approval
2012-01-13	DP2012-0140	Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required CHANGE OF USE: OFFICES; REVISION: EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS (DOOR)	Released Approval

Recent building permits 7 since 2012 · 2 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2022-10-28	BP2022-18155	5105 - Day-Care · Addition Kids Planet	$15,000	Completed
2022-07-06	BP2022-11752	5105 - Day-Care · Alteration New Daycare tenant fitout	$85,000	Completed
2017-06-01	BP2017-06520	5104 - College, Other · Alteration interior alterations - new college	$62,000	Completed
2015-04-13	BP2015-03888	7103 - Special Function - Class 1 · New Pacer Corporate Stampede Party (private/invite only stampede event)	$6,500	Completed
2014-05-27	BP2014-07631	4002 - Vacant · New	$500	Completed
2012-03-20	BP2012-03030	3402 - Office · Alteration exterior alteration	$65,076	Completed
2012-01-27	BP2012-00897	3402 - Office · Alteration Interior Alteration	$227,060	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 7 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $461,136. Permit descriptions are the City’s records at retrieval; applicant and contractor names are not reproduced.

Inspections

What City inspectors recorded against the permits on this parcel.

61 inspection results are published against 6 of the 7 building permits on this parcel, from 2012-03-14 to 2025-05-01. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2015-07-02. 13 inspections used a life-safety checklist and 2 a barrier-free checklist.

What was inspected

Result of each visit

Outcome	Inspections
Not Acceptable	21
Acceptable Add Inspection	21
Acceptable with Conditions	18
Acceptable	1

Stage

Inspection type	Count
Final	32
Progress	26
Occupancy	3

The 14 most recent inspection results

Date	Permit	Stage	Checklist	Outcome	Inspector note
2025-05-01	BP2022-18155	Progress	All Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	Correct noted deficiencies. No further building inspections are required.
2025-05-01	BP2022-18155	Progress	NBC AE 9.7. Windows, Doors and Skylights	Acceptable with Conditions	NBC AE Division B 9.7.6.2. Sealants, Trim and Flashing - Drip edge flashing to be installed, spray foam to be cut back and caulking put in place to provide water tight seal.
2025-05-01	BP2022-18155	Final	All Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections are required.
2023-03-07	BP2022-11752	Final	Field Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA)	Acceptable with Conditions	Field Level Hazard Assessment: site safety and personal PPE in place.
2023-03-07	BP2022-11752	Final	Emergency Lighting and Exit Signs	Acceptable with Conditions	*3.4.5.1. Exit sign to be visible on approach to the exit Basement level NW Corner.
2023-03-07	BP2022-11752	Final	Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	Contractor to complete items, then may continue
2023-03-07	BP2022-11752	Final	General Inspection Observations	Acceptable with Conditions	Complaint Observations were: All required documentation received, project is substantially complete, no further building inspections are required.
2023-02-24	BP2022-11752	Final	Exiting	Not Acceptable	Back stairs to basement: 3.4.4.4.(1) Integrity of Exits: A fire separation that separates an exit from the remainder of the building shall have no openings except for a) standpipe and sprinkler piping, b) electrical wires and cables, totally enclosed noncombustible raceways and noncombustible piping that serve only the
2023-02-24	BP2022-11752	Final	General Inspection Observations	Not Acceptable	Tenant Improvement Inspections Observations were: project is nearing completion.
2023-02-24	BP2022-11752	Final	Field Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA)	Not Acceptable	Field Level Hazard Assessment: site safety and personal PPE in place.
2023-02-24	BP2022-11752	Final	Barrier-Free Buildings	Not Acceptable	Barrier free water closets shall have a securely attached tank tops
2023-02-24	BP2022-11752	Final	Fire Resistance & Fire Separations Part 3	Not Acceptable	Fire separations to be continuous in various areas, i.e. main floor back storage room, above electrical panel,
2023-02-24	BP2022-11752	Final	Directives	Not Acceptable	Correct and RECALL inspection.
2023-02-24	BP2022-11752	Final	Fire Stopping	Not Acceptable	Fire stopping to be an approved tested method. Complete firestopping of a few penetrations in the boiler room of the basement Collars are required on plastic waste piping in basement. Ceiling is to be opened up for the re-inspection to review

An inspection result is a record of one visit, not a verdict on the building. 21 of these 61 results are recorded as Not Acceptable. In the City's process a Not Acceptable result is an ordinary step: the inspector lists what must change and the work is re-inspected, which is why the most common outcome across the record is Acceptable Add Inspection. Most results relate to a single tenant improvement rather than the whole building. Inspector notes are The City of Calgary's own text at retrieval, with contact details removed; applicant and contractor names are never read.

The City of Calgary Building Inspections Results, joined to building permits by permit number, retrieved 2026-09-24.

Occupiers and licensed businesses

The public record of who operates on the parcel, labelled by source.

Businesses licensed by the City on this parcel 0 as of 2026-09-24

No City of Calgary business licence is recorded at this address or inside this parcel.

Not a tenant roster. The City licenses specific business types (retail, food service, personal services, contractors, wholesalers, schools and similar). Most office occupiers such as professional firms need no municipal licence and do not appear here. Matched by civic address and by licence location inside the parcel; home-based licences are excluded.

No individuals are named. The City issues many personal-service licences to people trading under their own name. Suite numbers are never published, and where a licence reads as an individual rather than an organisation the name is withheld and only the licence category is shown. Names of sources this site does not use are omitted.

Nearby office buildings

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

300 1100 8 Ave SW83 m · built 1979 · Office Condo · 15 accounts · Downtown West End · 44 m
200 683 10 St SW67.2 m · built 2001 · Office Condo · Downtown West End · 62 m
1035 7 Ave SW31.1 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown West End · 73 m
1040 7 Ave SW29.9 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown West End · 96 m
1134 8 Ave SW7.4 m · built 1953 · Office · Downtown West End · 105 m
1023 7 Ave SW26.4 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown West End · 111 m

Where this building sits in the record

Every collection this building belongs to, from the same public data shown above.

Downtown West End office buildings Southwest Calgary All Office sites Built in the 1950s Heritage office buildings Named office buildings Paid street parking Office buildings near CTrain Transit service ranking Assessment cycle 2015–2026 Construction record

Smalley's Radio Ltd. questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Smalley's Radio Ltd.?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 7.6 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 2 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Smalley's Radio Ltd. built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1957 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1953.

What is the assessed value of Smalley's Radio Ltd.?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $3.0M in total on the 2026 roll, 526th of 822 sites in this record. Assessed value is the City’s figure for property tax, not a sale price or an asking price.

What is Smalley's Radio Ltd. zoned?

The parcel is designated DC, Direct Control, under the City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw. Under Direct Control the permitted uses are set by the site’s own bylaw rather than by a standard district. Confirm the designation and any amendments with the City before relying on it.

Which CTrain station is closest to Smalley's Radio Ltd.?

Downtown West - Kerby Station, 61 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in Smalley's Radio Ltd.?

No City of Calgary business licence is recorded at this address or inside the parcel. Most office occupiers such as professional firms do not need a municipal licence, so the register is not a tenant roster.

Has Smalley's Radio Ltd. been inspected?

The City publishes 61 inspection results against 6 permits here, between 2012-03-14 and 2025-05-01. 13 used a life-safety checklist such as fire separations, firestopping or emergency lighting. 2 used the barrier-free checklist. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2015-07-02. Each result records one visit and most relate to a single tenant improvement, so this is not a verdict on the building.

How good is transit at Smalley's Radio Ltd.?

665 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 99 of them in the morning peak, across 13 routes. The closest stop is EB Downtown West-Kerby Station (Free Fare Zone), 81 m away. That is the published schedule for one service period, not observed service, and it counts each trip once however many stops it makes nearby.

Can staff cycle or get there in winter at Smalley's Radio Ltd.?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 57 m away. The parcel fronts a Priority 2 snow and ice clearing route. These are straight-line tests against City layers.

Where can visitors park at Smalley's Radio Ltd.?

The City of Calgary's tariff record shows 187 paid on-street stalls in 30 zones within 200 m of the parcel, at $1.00 to $2.25 per hour. The closest is 10 St SW, Fr 7 Av SW To 8 Av SW, 4 m away. Loading bays, taxi stands, accessible stalls and off-street parkades are not counted, and rates change, so confirm on the sign.

Is office space available at Smalley's Radio Ltd.?

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), Calgary Business Licenses, On-Street Parking Zones with Rates, Building Inspections Results, Residential Parking Zones, Snow and Ice Clearing Priority Routes, Traffic Signals, Calgary Bikeways — The City of Calgary, retrieved 2026-09-24. 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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