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Tower Centre

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1969 · 131 9 Ave SW

Tower Centre (131 9 Ave SW) is a 39.1 m mid-rise office building in Downtown Commercial Core, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1969. Its main structure is the 125th tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and 85th of 119 in Downtown Commercial Core. The City assesses the parcel at $13.4M on the 2026 roll, 154th of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. A Plus 15 walkway touches the parcel. The nearest CTrain platform is Centre Street, 256 m away in a straight line. 1,568 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. Since 2012 the City has recorded 30 building permits and 3 development permits on the parcel, the largest a $1.0M experimental farm permit for alteration, applied for in 2021. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as Palliser Square.

LiDAR roof height39.1 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)10

Footprint7,965 m²

Parcel8,406 m²

Year built (roll)1969

Assessed 2026$13.4M

Structures on parcel2

Nearest CTrain256 m

Civic address: 131 9 Ave SW, Calgary, AB
Community: Downtown Commercial Core (DNC)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: DC — Direct Control (Direct Control)
Height rank: #125 of 785 citywide · #85 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Footprint to parcel: 95% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 203465364
Coordinates: 51.044257, -114.063094

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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 →

39.1 m · 7,838 m² · 11.2 m · 127 m²

Context within 191 m. Grey footprints darken with height; lime is the Plus 15 network.

How it compares

Roof height against the Downtown Commercial Core median and tallest, and against the city.

Access

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

CTrain

Nearest station: Centre Street, 256 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Beltline is 274 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

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Plus 15

The City’s Plus 15 walkway geometry touches this parcel; the plan above shows the connected segments in lime. Confirm access points, hours and the interior route with the building.

Cycling

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m of the parcel is a protected lane (Cycle Track), 256 m away.

Winter access

The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route, 12 m from its edge. Priority 1 routes are cleared first after a snowfall.

Accessible crossing

The nearest accessible pedestrian signal is at 9 Avenue and Centre Street, 39 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.

1,568 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 198 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 16 routes and 14 stops. The closest stop is EB 9 AV S @ Centre ST S, 58 m away.

Service class	Trips on the service day
REGULAR	783
LRT	672
BRT	59
MAX	54

Routes: 1 Bowness/Forest Lawn · 6 Killarney/26 Av SW · 7 Marda Loop · 10 City Hall/Southcentre · 13 Altadore · 15 Deerfoot Meadows · 22 Richmond Rd SW · 24 Ogden · 66 Lakeview · 90 Bridgeland/University of Calgary · 101 Inglewood · 201 Red Line - Somerset - Bridlewood/Tuscany CTrain · 202 Blue Line - Saddletowne/69 Street CTrain · 302 BRT Southeast/City Centre · 500 Airport Express · MP MAX Purple City Centre/East Hills.

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

363 metered stalls across 50 City parking zones touching this walking radius, at $1.00 to $4.75 per hour depending on zone and time of day. Maximum stay 20 to 180 minutes. Tariff zones 12, 14, 2, 4c.

Enforced 0710-1750 MON-FRI, 0910-1750 SAT; 0840-1520 MON-FRI, 0910-1750 SAT; 0910-1450 MON-THU,0910-1250 FRI,1340-1520 FRI; 0910-1520 MON-FRI.

Closest zone

9 Av SE, Fr 1 St SE To Centre St S — 0 m from the parcel, 4 parallel stalls, tariff zone 4c, 120-minute maximum.

When	Rate
Mon-Fri 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM	$3.25 per Hour
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM	$4.25 per Hour
Mon-Fri 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM	$4.75 per Hour
Mon-Fri 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM	$4.25 per Hour
Mon-Fri 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM	$4.25 per Hour
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM	$1.00 per hour
Sunday/Holidays:	Free parking
Free parking to 7 Am Mon-Fri	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.

Palliser Square (Commercial Complex West: Palliser Square West Transportation Centre: Palliser Square West The Mount Royal Apartments: Mount Royal House Commercial Complex East: Palliser Square East Husky House: One Palliser Square/Palliser One Husky Service Centre: Husky Service Station)

Construction year: —
Architect: Albert Dale & Associates
Style: Modern
Typology: —
Development era: 1957 to 1982 (Modern)
Original use: Commerce
Planning theme: Urban Development
Designation: Inventory listing only
Inventory class: CWHR · featured resource

This site is significant because...

Palliser Square is tremendously valued as a symbol of the 'New Heart of Downtown Calgary', and was a direct result of urban renewal initiatives to redevelop the downtown core in the 1960s. The property was redeveloped by Marathon Realty, a subsidiary of CPR, established in 1963 to develop CPR land in the Canadian west (Symbolic value - City-wide Significance).

Palliser Square is additionally significant for its revolutionary design as the largest interconnected complex in the Canadian west at the time of its construction. The complex, constructed for $36,000,000, was conceived as a self-sufficient miniature city with internal connecting corridors, stimulating a perception of wholeness (Design value - City-wide significance).

Palliser Square is also valued for its distinctive and cohesive modern style that reflects Classical elements of the original Pal

Character-defining elements: Key elements of the heritage character include but are not limited to: - setting on a two block property on the south side of 9th Ave and the north side of 10th Ave between 1st St SE and 1st St SW in the southeastern core of downtown Calgary; - siting of complex around and including Calgary Tower; and - stepped concrete plant boxes and artistic pre-cast concrete panel on Palliser Square West wall with coiling detailing; small enclosed park to east of One Palliser Square. Husky Service Centre - one-storey with flat angled overhanging roofline; glass curtain wall on front façade; and - Thunderst

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 768.

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: Tower Centre
Description: office building and former railway station in Calgary, Alberta
Identifier: Wikidata Q7829644 (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 203465364 · 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
2026	$13.4M	—

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
2019-01-15	DP2019-0214	Signs - Discretionary Use NEW: SIGN - CLASS B & D (FASCIA SIGN, CANOPY SIGN)	Released Approval
2015-03-31	DP2015-1272	Signs - Discretionary Use NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGN)	Released Approval
2012-06-11	DP2012-2427	Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required CHANGE OF USE: AUTOMOTIVE SALES AND RENTALS	Released Approval

Recent building permits 30 since 2012 · 10 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2026-08-19	BP2026-15804	3599 - Recreation Misc. · Alteration	$850,000	Pending Plans Review Assignment
2025-10-10	BP2025-20016	3402 - Office · Fire/ Security Alarm Fire Alarm Modifications	$60,000	Completed
2025-06-06	BP2025-10864	2306 - Parking Garage · Repair Calgary Tower Parkade/Palliser Parkade - 2025 Parkade Maintenance Program	$160,000	Completed
2024-05-01	BP2024-08352	2203 - Tower · Alteration Interior Renovation - Group A2 - Grab & Go, Calgary Tower	$50,000	Completed
2024-04-01	BP2024-05577	3402 - Office · Alteration Interior Alteration - Leasehold Improvement	$321,000	Completed
2023-04-17	BP2023-05104	2306 - Parking Garage · Repair Parkade Precast Repair (Palliser Square Complex 2022 East).	$75,000	Completed
2023-04-17	BP2023-05100	2306 - Parking Garage · Repair Paliser Square Tower Parkade Repairs 2023	$200,000	Completed
2022-12-13	BP2022-20028	6399 - Municipal/Commercial Misc. · Alteration Accessibility upgrades	$180,000	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 30 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $4.5M. 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.

116 inspection results are published against 24 of the 30 building permits on this parcel, from 2012-09-10 to 2026-05-12. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2024-07-11. 7 inspections used a life-safety checklist and 4 a barrier-free checklist.

What was inspected

Result of each visit

Outcome	Inspections
Acceptable Add Inspection	50
Acceptable	28
Acceptable with Conditions	25
Not Acceptable	12
Cancelled	1

Stage

Inspection type	Count
Final	54
Progress	53
Framing	5
Occupancy	4

The 14 most recent inspection results

Date	Permit	Stage	Checklist	Outcome	Inspector note
2026-05-12	BP2025-20016	Progress	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2026-05-12	BP2025-20016	Final	All Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2026-05-12	BP2025-20016	Final	All Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	Ensure applicable trade permit inspections are completed prior to proceeding. - Contractor to ensure EP completed.
2025-12-10	BP2025-10864	Progress	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2025-12-10	BP2025-10864	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2025-01-08	BP2024-05577	Progress	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections are required.
2025-01-08	BP2024-05577	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections are required.
2024-12-19	BP2024-05577	Progress	All Documents	Not Acceptable	NBC AE Division C 2.4.2. Schedules of Professional Involvement - Provide C-Schedules from co-ordinating professionals.
2024-12-19	BP2024-05577	Progress	All Documents	Not Acceptable	NBC AE Division C 2.4.1.4. Fire Alarm System Designs (Fire Alarm VI) - Provide FAVI at final inspection.
2024-12-19	BP2024-05577	Progress	All Documents	Not Acceptable	NBC AE Division C 2.4.1.3. Fire Suppression System Designs (Sprinkler VI) - Provide sprinkler VI at final inspection.
2024-12-19	BP2024-05577	Progress	All Directives	Not Acceptable	Electrical compliance is required prior to occupancy. - EP2024-15974 to be completed.
2024-12-19	BP2024-05577	Progress	All Directives	Not Acceptable	Correct noted deficiencies and recall building inspection.
2024-07-11	BP2024-08352	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections are required. - Ok to proceed. No further inspection required.
2024-07-11	BP2024-08352	Occupancy	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections are required. - This occupancy permit only applies to the address and scope of work noted on this BP. Any new scope of work taking place after issuance of this occupancy permit will require a new permit application.

An inspection result is a record of one visit, not a verdict on the building. 12 of these 116 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 7 as of 2026-09-24

Licensed business	Address	Licence type	Status	Licensed since
Lunchbox Theatre	115 9 Ave SE	Alcohol Beverage Sales (Restaurant), Charitable Organization, Entertainment Establishment, Food Service - Premises	Renewal pending	2008
*Orient Medicine Acupuncture& Massage Clinic**	131 9 Ave SW	Massage Centre (Commercial), Food Service - Premises (No Seating)	Licensed	2001
Petropolitan (The)	131 9 Ave SW	Kennel Service/Pet Dealer, Retail Dealer - Premises	Licensed	2019
Petropolitan (The)	131 9 Ave SW	Retail Dealer - Premises	Licensed	2022
Tower Drugs	131 9 Ave SW	Retail Dealer - Premises, Food Service - Premises (No Seating)	Licensed	2001
Vertigo Mystery Theatre	115 9 Ave SE	Entertainment Establishment, Charitable Organization, Alcohol Beverage Sales (Drinking Establishment), Food Service - Premises (Seating)	Licensed	2004
Individually licensed practitioner	131 9 Ave SW	Massage Centre (Commercial)	Licensed	2016

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; 1 of the 7 licences on this parcel is withheld on that basis. 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.

110 9 Ave SW72.6 m · built 2010 · Office · 2 accounts · Downtown Commercial Core · 83 m
150 9 Ave SW124.4 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 140 m
Palliser South140 10 Ave SE81.7 m · built 2010 · Office · Beltline · 151 m
121 10 Ave SE5.9 m · built 1952 · Office · Beltline · 159 m
Northern Electric Co. Warehouse102 11 Ave SE21.8 m · built 1912 · Office · Beltline · 179 m
110 11 Ave SE16.4 m · built 1911 · Office · Beltline · 181 m

Where this building sits in the record

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

Downtown Commercial Core office buildings Southwest Calgary All Office sites Built in the 1960s Plus 15 connected buildings Heritage office buildings Named office buildings Paid street parking Office buildings near CTrain Transit service ranking Construction record

Tower Centre questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Tower Centre?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 39.1 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 10 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Tower Centre built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1969 as the year of construction.

What is the assessed value of Tower Centre?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $13.4M in total on the 2026 roll, 154th 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 Tower Centre 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 Tower Centre?

Centre Street Station, 256 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in Tower Centre?

The City of Calgary business licence register lists 7 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 Tower Centre been inspected?

The City publishes 116 inspection results against 24 permits here, between 2012-09-10 and 2026-05-12. 7 used a life-safety checklist such as fire separations, firestopping or emergency lighting. 4 used the barrier-free checklist. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2024-07-11. 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 Tower Centre?

1,568 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 198 of them in the morning peak, across 16 routes. The closest stop is EB 9 AV S @ Centre ST S, 58 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 Tower Centre?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 256 m away. The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route. These are straight-line tests against City layers.

Where can visitors park at Tower Centre?

The City of Calgary's tariff record shows 363 paid on-street stalls in 50 zones within 200 m of the parcel, at $1.00 to $4.75 per hour. The closest is 9 Av SE, Fr 1 St SE To Centre St S, 0 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 Tower Centre?

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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