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Smalley's Radio Ltd.

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

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: #470 of 580 citywide · #15 of 17 in Downtown West End
Site coverage: 26% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 201703972
Coordinates: 51.046889, -114.086594

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.

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
Builder: Borger Bros.
Style: International
Typology: Shop and Office
Development era: 1946 to 1956 (Oil Boom)
Designation: Inventory listing only

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 · Improvement Kids Planet	$15,000	Completed
2022-07-06	BP2022-11752	5105 - Day-Care · Improvement New Daycare tenant fitout	$85,000	Completed
2017-06-01	BP2017-06520	5104 - College, Other · Improvement 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 · Improvement exterior alteration	$65,076	Completed
2012-01-27	BP2012-00897	3402 - Office · Improvement 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.

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

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.

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

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

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) — 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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