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Standard Soap Company

Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · mid-rise office building · built 1905 · 1240 20 Ave SE

Standard Soap Company (1240 20 Ave SE) is a 17.8 m mid-rise office building in Alyth/Bonnybrook, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1905. Its main structure is the 296th tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and the tallest in Alyth/Bonnybrook. The City assesses the parcel at $7.5M on the 2026 roll, 250th of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. 188 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. Since 2012 the City has recorded 6 building permits and 2 development permits on the parcel, the largest a $250,000 office, medical permit for alteration, applied for in 2019. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as Standard Soap Company.

LiDAR roof height17.8 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)5

Footprint1,694 m²

Parcel7,320 m²

Year built (roll)1905

Assessed 2026$7.5M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain1.4 km

Civic address: 1240 20 Ave SE, Calgary, AB
Community: Alyth/Bonnybrook (AYB)
City sub-property use: X034 Roll code X034 (no published description) · all Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) sites
Land use district: I-G — Industrial - General (Industrial)
Height rank: #296 of 785 citywide · #1 of 2 in Alyth/Bonnybrook
Footprint to parcel: 23% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 078001401
Coordinates: 51.036349, -114.034888

Why this building is in the record

The City assesses this parcel under roll code X034, for which it publishes no description, so the office-code definition alone would omit it. It is included because The City’s own building permits record office use on the parcel: 10 permits in the City’s Office classes between 2004 and 2021, and 1 for medical offices. The building may hold other uses as well. Every building included this way.

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 →

17.8 m · 1,694 m²

Context within 184 m. Grey footprints darken with height; lime is the Plus 15 network.

How it compares

Roof height against the Alyth/Bonnybrook median and tallest, and against the city.

Access

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

CTrain

Nearest station: Zoo, 1.4 km straight-line (route 202). Planned Green Line station Ramsay / Inglewood is 346 m away (SE Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

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), 96 m away.

Winter access

No Priority 1 or 2 snow and ice clearing route lies within 30 m of the parcel edge.

Accessible crossing

The nearest accessible pedestrian signal is at 18 Avenue and 11 Street, 151 m from the parcel. The closest signalised crossing, 19 Avenue and 11 Street at 132 m, has no accessible signal recorded.

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.

188 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 24 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 2 routes and 4 stops. The closest stop is NB 11 ST SE @ 21 AV SE, 205 m away.

Service class	Trips on the service day
BRT	111
REGULAR	77

Routes: 24 Ogden · 302 BRT Southeast/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.

No Active paid on-street parking zone lies within 200 m of this parcel in the City’s tariff dataset. That is not a statement that parking is unavailable: free, permit-only and off-street parking are not recorded in this source.

Heritage inventory

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

Standard Soap Company (Royal Crown Soaps Ltd.)

Construction year: 1905
Architect: Unknown
Style: Edwardian Commercial
Typology: Factory
Development era: 1885 to 1905 (Railway/Early Settlement)
Original use: Industry
Planning theme: Business and Industry
Designation: Inventory listing only
Inventory class: CHR

Heritage Character Statement

An utilitarian factory building typical of the Edwardian era, it features - load bearing brick walls with arched windows - the main floor level is set for loading / unloading of railcars / carriages. Built by prominent Calgarians Pat Burns and Mayor John Emerson, it is illustrative of the pattern of economic growth in the industrial sector.

Summary History

Until 1887, this site was Crown land, part of a rural section southeast of Calgary being held in trust for school purposes. The Town of Calgary purchased Section 11 that year for stockyards and related uses, and patent was issued in 1893. By then railway lines had been completed north to Edmonton and south to Fort Macleod, and the confluence of these branches with the main line developed into the East Calgary industrial district. The City of Calgary annexed a wedge-shaped portion of the section in 1903

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 322.

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 078001401 · X034

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	$935,500	—
2006	$2.5M	163.0%
2007	$5.4M	119.5%
2008	$6.8M	25.4%
2009	$11.6M	71.9%
2010	$10.9M	-6.5%
2011	$5.3M	-50.8%
2012	$9.5M	78.3%
2013	$8.8M	-7.5%
2014	$11.9M	34.5%
2015	$14.1M	18.8%
2016	$10.7M	-24.0%
2017	$8.4M	-21.3%
2018	$8.7M	3.1%
2019	$6.0M	-30.4%
2020	$6.9M	13.9%
2021	$7.9M	14.7%
2022	$6.1M	-22.7%
2023	$5.9M	-4.1%
2024	$6.9M	17.1%
2025	$7.3M	6.3%
2026	$7.5M	3.3%

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 2 since 2012

Applied	Permit	Category · description	Status
2019-11-13	DP2019-5825	Change of Use - Permitted Use CHANGE OF USE: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL - LIGHT	Released Approval
2015-12-16	DP2015-5233	Signs - Permitted Use with Relaxation NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGN) - SIGNABLE AREA	Released Approval

Recent building permits 6 since 2012 · 6 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2021-12-13	BP2021-21088	3402 - Office · Alteration	—	Cancelled
2021-10-08	BP2021-17591	3204 - Warehouse/Office · Alteration Interior alterations (Orpxy Medical).	$60,000	Completed
2020-09-17	BP2020-13298	3204 - Warehouse/Office · Alteration Interior alterations, expanding work area into a former loading dock at the Orpyx suite.	$40,000	Completed
2019-10-31	BP2019-14901	3403 - Office, Medical · Alteration Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc. Offices Interior Fit Out	$250,000	Completed
2018-02-08	BP2018-01341	3402 - Office · Alteration Interior alterations	$115,000	Completed
2017-11-23	BP2017-15444	3204 - Warehouse/Office · Alteration Interior Alteration - Group F2/D - Blackline Safety	$2,000	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 6 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $467,000. 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.

22 inspection results are published against 4 of the 6 building permits on this parcel, from 2018-01-02 to 2021-12-15. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2021-02-25. 5 inspections used a life-safety checklist.

What was inspected

Result of each visit

Outcome	Inspections
Acceptable Add Inspection	14
Not Acceptable	3
Acceptable	3
Acceptable with Conditions	2

Stage

Inspection type	Count
Progress	10
Occupancy	7
Final	5

The 14 most recent inspection results

Date	Permit	Stage	Checklist	Outcome	Inspector note
2021-12-15	BP2021-17591	Final	General	Acceptable with Conditions	Acceptable, no further inspections required. Permission to occupy granted.
2021-12-15	BP2021-17591	Final	Sprinklers and Hoses	Acceptable with Conditions	A clearance of 450mm between the top of storage and ceiling sprinkler heads in sprinklered buildings
2021-12-03	BP2021-17591	Progress	Directives	Acceptable Add Inspection	Correct and RECALL inspection.
2021-12-03	BP2021-17591	Progress	Documents Commercial	Acceptable Add Inspection	Sprinkler Verification Required prior to occupancy
2021-12-03	BP2021-17591	Progress	Sprinklers and Hoses	Acceptable Add Inspection	Sprinklers required in rooms in storey below roof assembly
2021-12-03	BP2021-17591	Progress	Fire Resistance & Fire Separations Part 3	Acceptable Add Inspection	3.1.8 Fire separations are to be continuous Ensure all demising walls have sealed penetrations.
2021-12-03	BP2021-17591	Progress	Documents Commercial	Acceptable Add Inspection	Permit required , mechanical permit required.
2021-12-03	BP2021-17591	Progress	Emergency Lighting and Exit Signs	Acceptable Add Inspection	*3.4.5.1. Exit sign is to be over or adjacent to an exit
2021-02-25	BP2020-13298	Occupancy	General	Acceptable	Acceptable, no further inspections required. Permission to occupy the expansion granted.
2021-02-25	BP2020-13298	Final	General	Acceptable	Acceptable, no further inspections required. Permission to occupy expansion granted.
2021-02-24	BP2020-13298	Occupancy	DIRECTIVES	Acceptable Add Inspection	Provisional occupancy granted, documents received for review.
2021-02-23	BP2020-13298	Final	DIRECTIVES	Not Acceptable	Call 311 to book an inspection
2021-02-23	BP2020-13298	Occupancy	DIRECTIVES	Not Acceptable	Call 311 to book an inspection
2021-02-23	BP2020-13298	Occupancy	DOCUMENTS Commercial	Not Acceptable	Sprinkler Verification as per permit condition 4. Insure sprinkler system is adjusted to provide complete coverage to the boardroom and office area.

An inspection result is a record of one visit, not a verdict on the building. 3 of these 22 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 4 as of 2026-09-24

Licensed business	Address	Licence type	Status	Licensed since
Istock Photo	1240 20 Ave SE	Retail Dealer - Premises (Mail Order)	Renewal pending	2008
Oldstreet Construction	1240 20 Ave SE	Contractor	Licensed	2026
Oldstreet Development	1240 20 Ave SE	Contractor	Licensed	2026
Orpyx Medical Technologies	1240 20 Ave SE	Manufacturer	Licensed	2020

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.

Western Steel Products Plant1902 11 St SE9 m · built 1926 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Ramsay · 91 m
C.C. Snowdon Oils Factory and Office2010 11 St SE15.3 m · built 1911 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Ramsay · 162 m
Calgary Woodworker's Building1215 13 St SE12.3 m · built 1916 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Inglewood · 211 m
2004 Alyth Court SE7 m · built 1986 · Small Office · Alyth/Bonnybrook · 432 m
1439 9 Ave SE7.5 m · built 2006 · Small Office · Inglewood · 484 m
100 1025 10 St SE14 m · built 1914 · Office Condo · 2 accounts · Inglewood · 667 m

Where this building sits in the record

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

Alyth/Bonnybrook office buildings Southeast Calgary All Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) sites Built in the 1900s Land use I-G Heritage office buildings Named office buildings Transit service ranking Assessment cycle 2015–2026 Construction record

Standard Soap Company questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Standard Soap Company?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 17.8 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 5 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Standard Soap Company built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1905 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1905.

What is the assessed value of Standard Soap Company?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $7.5M in total on the 2026 roll, 250th 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 Standard Soap Company zoned?

The parcel is designated I-G, Industrial - General, under the City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw. Confirm the designation and any amendments with the City before relying on it.

Which CTrain station is closest to Standard Soap Company?

Zoo Station, 1.4 km in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in Standard Soap Company?

The City of Calgary business licence register lists 4 licensed businesses at this address or inside the parcel as of 2026-09-24, shown in the occupiers section. Most office occupiers such as professional firms do not need a municipal licence, so the register is not a tenant roster.

Has Standard Soap Company been inspected?

The City publishes 22 inspection results against 4 permits here, between 2018-01-02 and 2021-12-15. 5 used a life-safety checklist such as fire separations, firestopping or emergency lighting. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2021-02-25. 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 Standard Soap Company?

188 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 24 of them in the morning peak, across 2 routes. The closest stop is NB 11 ST SE @ 21 AV SE, 205 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 Standard Soap Company?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 96 m away. No Priority 1 or 2 clearing route lies within 30 m of the parcel edge. These are straight-line tests against City layers.

Where can visitors park at Standard Soap Company?

No Active paid on-street parking zone lies within 200 m of this parcel in the City's tariff dataset. Free, permit-only and off-street parking are not recorded in that source, so this is not a statement that parking is unavailable.

Is office space available at Standard Soap Company?

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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