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Western Steel Products Plant

Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · low-rise office building · built 1926 · 1902 11 St SE

Western Steel Products Plant (1902 11 St SE) is a 9 m low-rise office building in Ramsay, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1926. Its main structure is the 554th tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and 3rd of 4 in Ramsay. The City assesses the parcel at $4.3M on the 2026 roll, 404th 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 8 building permits and 4 development permits on the parcel, the largest a $270,000 brewery/distillery permit for alteration, applied for in 2022. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as Western Steel Products Plant.

LiDAR roof height9 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)2

Footprint3,731 m²

Parcel6,543 m²

Year built (roll)1926

Assessed 2026$4.3M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain1.5 km

Civic address: 1902 11 St SE, Calgary, AB
Community: Ramsay (RAM)
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: C-COR3 — Commercial - Corridor 3 (Commercial)
Height rank: #554 of 785 citywide · #3 of 4 in Ramsay
Footprint to parcel: 57% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 078001708
Coordinates: 51.036243, -114.036185

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: 8 permits in the City’s Office classes between 1999 and 2023, 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 →

9 m · 3,731 m²

Context within 179 m. Grey footprints darken with height; lime is the Plus 15 network.

How it compares

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

Access

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

CTrain

Nearest station: Bridgeland, 1.5 km straight-line (route 202). Planned Green Line station Ramsay / Inglewood is 326 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), 10 m away.

Winter access

The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route, 10 m from its edge. Priority 1 routes are cleared first after a snowfall.

Accessible crossing

The nearest accessible pedestrian signal is at 18 Avenue and 11 Street, 94 m from the parcel. The closest signalised crossing, 19 Avenue and 11 Street at 41 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 5 stops. The closest stop is NB 11 ST SE @ 21 AV SE, 155 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.

Western Steel Products Plant (Westeel, Sheet Metal Manufacturing Company)

Construction year: 1919
Architect: George Fordyce (1926 addition)
Style: Edwardian Commercial
Typology: —
Development era: 1919 to 1929 (Post WWI to Stock Market Crash)
Original use: Industry
Planning theme: Business and Industry
Designation: Inventory listing only
Inventory class: CWHR · featured resource

This site is significant because....

The Western Steel Products Plant symbolizes the early development of industry in Calgary and the emergence of East Calgary as an industrial centre. (Symbolic value, City-wide significance)

The Western Steel Products Plant possesses heritage value for its builder and first owner, Polycarp Spurgeon Woodhall (1872-45), an industrialist who was prominent in early metal manufacturing in Calgary. (Person value, Community significance)

The 1926 central façade of this industrial building, designed by architect George Fordyce, is a rare example of the architect's early work in Calgary. It possesses style value as an example of Edwardian Commercial style in Calgary. (Style Value, City-wide significance)

The plant possesses design value as an example of an early Ramsay sheet metal plant and showroom, and for its unusual layout with two prominent façades which fa

Character-defining elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Western Steel Products Plant include its: - position fronting a commercial-industrial street, as one of several extant early twentieth century commercial and industrial buildings along that street - original location and orientation on its site, and relation to the original railway spur line at the rear of the property - complex industrial building form, scale and massing as expressed by its two-storey, irregular five-bay plan with wide three-bay front façade and two-bay rear façade; flat roof with three red brick chimneys and vault stack,

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 711.

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 078001708 · X034

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2005	$5.0M	—
2006	$4.4M	-12.3%
2007	$6.1M	39.4%
2008	$8.0M	32.0%
2009	$9.5M	17.9%
2010	$7.8M	-18.1%
2011	$5.1M	-33.9%
2012	$5.5M	7.4%
2013	$7.3M	33.1%
2014	$7.7M	5.6%
2015	$9.2M	18.4%
2016	$9.5M	3.6%
2017	$7.7M	-18.6%
2018	$5.1M	-34.1%
2019	$5.8M	13.8%
2020	$4.5M	-21.4%
2021	$4.7M	3.1%
2022	$4.8M	1.3%
2023	$4.6M	-2.9%
2024	$4.8M	4.8%
2025	$4.4M	-8.5%
2026	$4.3M	-2.7%

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
2020-05-26	DP2020-3291	Change of Use - With Change to Site Plan CHANGES TO SITE PLAN: OUTDOOR CAFE (SOUTH ELEVATION); EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS: BREWERY, WINERY AND DISTILLERY, RESTAURANT: LICENSED - MEDIUM (REFURBISH BUILDING FACADE)	Released Approval
2019-12-09	DP2019-6280	Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required CHANGE OF USE: RESTAURANT: LICENSED - MEDIUM, BREWERY, WINERY AND DISTILLERY	Released Approval
2016-05-16	DP2016-1874	Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required CHANGE OF USE: CONFERENCE AND EVENT FACILITY	Released Approval
2012-11-12	DP2012-4793	Change of Use - Permitted Use CHANGE OF USE: INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITY	Released Approval

Recent building permits 8 since 2012 · 3 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2026-05-25	BP2026-09146	3106 - Retail Shop · Alteration	$20,000	Refused
2023-11-24	BP2023-20305	3402 - Office · Alteration Interior Alterations	$150,000	Completed
2023-11-19	BP2023-19930	3403 - Office, Medical · Alteration Interior Alteration - Leasehold Demising wall	$50,000	Completed
2022-06-23	BP2022-11009	2105 - Brewery/Distillery · Alteration Group A2 Assembly 3.2.2.60.	$270,000	Completed
2021-07-06	BP2021-11958	2105 - Brewery/Distillery · Alteration Interior Alterations - Micro Brewery	$70,000	File Closed
2021-05-10	BP2021-07900	3402 - Office · Alteration Ramsay Design Centre - Interior Alteration	$30,000	Issued Permit
2012-12-05	BP2012-16672	3599 - Recreation Misc. · Alteration Interior Alteration	$180,000	Completed
2012-03-23	BP2012-03256	4002 - Vacant · Alteration Commercial Interior Partition	$26,600	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 8 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $796,600. 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.

53 inspection results are published against 7 of the 8 building permits on this parcel, from 2012-04-13 to 2024-05-31. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2013-01-21. 6 inspections used a life-safety checklist and 9 a barrier-free checklist.

What was inspected

Result of each visit

Outcome	Inspections
Acceptable with Conditions	19
Not Acceptable	18
Acceptable Add Inspection	9
Acceptable	7

Stage

Inspection type	Count
Final	23
Progress	10
Occupancy	10
Framing	9
Foundation	1

The 14 most recent inspection results

Date	Permit	Stage	Checklist	Outcome	Inspector note
2024-05-31	BP2023-20305	Final	Directives	Acceptable	Permit file closed.
2024-05-31	BP2023-20305	Progress	Directives	Acceptable	No pre-board inspection done, interior alterations are fully completed. Final inspection preformed, no deficiencies noted at time of inspection. No further building inspection required.
2024-02-26	BP2023-19930	Final	Directives	Acceptable	No Infractions Noted. No Further BLDG Inspections Required . Permit file closed.
2023-06-30	BP2022-11009	Final	General Inspection Observations	Acceptable with Conditions	Complaint Observations were: all required documentation received, project is substantially complete and the building permit has been completed.
2023-06-30	BP2022-11009	Final	Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	Contractor to complete items, then may continue . No further building inspections are required. The building permit has been completed.
2023-06-30	BP2022-11009	Final	Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	Electrical permit to be completed prior to occupancy
2023-06-30	BP2022-11009	Final	Fire Stopping	Acceptable with Conditions	Firestop one wire penetration for damper at rated wall.
2023-06-30	BP2022-11009	Final	Barrier-Free Buildings	Acceptable with Conditions	3.8.3.1 Barrier Free signage required on door
2023-06-30	BP2022-11009	Final	Field Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA)	Acceptable with Conditions	Field Level Hazard Assessment: site safety and personal PPE in place.
2023-06-30	BP2022-11009	Final	Emergency Lighting and Exit Signs	Acceptable with Conditions	Provide a clear path of travel through the patio area from door through tables.
2023-06-29	BP2022-11009	Final	Directives	Not Acceptable	Correct and RECALL inspection. All required documentation not available
2023-06-29	BP2022-11009	Final	Field Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA)	Not Acceptable	Field Level Hazard Assessment: site safety and personal PPE in place.
2023-06-29	BP2022-11009	Final	General Inspection Observations	Not Acceptable	Pre-Possession Inspection Observations were: documents not available. Inspection not performed.
2023-05-31	BP2022-11009	Progress	Directives	Acceptable Add Inspection	Call 311 to book an inspection for progress when ready.

An inspection result is a record of one visit, not a verdict on the building. 18 of these 53 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
Affirming Care Pharmacy	1902 11 St SE	Food Service - Premises, Retail Dealer - Premises	Licensed	2025
Good Cheer Brewing	1220 20 Ave SE	Alcohol Beverage Manufacturer, Alcohol Beverage Sales (Restaurant), Food Service - Premises (Seating), Outdoor Patio	Renewal pending	2025
Hemingway Room (The)	1204 20 Ave SE	Alcohol Beverage Sales (Restaurant), Entertainment Establishment, Food Service - Premises, Retail Dealer - Premises, Trade Show (Facility)	Renewal pending	2024
Innoflo Solutions	1900 11 St SE	Wholesaler, Contractor (No Provincial Licence Required)	Licensed	2016
Inspirati	1900 11 St SE	Retail Dealer - Premises	Licensed	2023
Moveology Fitness	1902 11 St SE	Personal Service (Fitness Conditioning), Retail Dealer - Premises	Licensed	2022
Tea Trader	1902 11 St SE	Food Service - Premises, Retail Dealer - Premises	Renewal pending	2021

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.

Standard Soap Company1240 20 Ave SE17.8 m · built 1905 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Alyth/Bonnybrook · 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 · 113 m
Calgary Woodworker's Building1215 13 St SE12.3 m · built 1916 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Inglewood · 259 m
2004 Alyth Court SE7 m · built 1986 · Small Office · Alyth/Bonnybrook · 519 m
1439 9 Ave SE7.5 m · built 2006 · Small Office · Inglewood · 564 m
100 1025 10 St SE14 m · built 1914 · Office Condo · 2 accounts · Inglewood · 647 m

Where this building sits in the record

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

Ramsay office buildings Southeast Calgary All Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) sites Built in the 1920s Land use C-COR3 Heritage office buildings Named office buildings Transit service ranking Assessment cycle 2015–2026 Construction record

Western Steel Products Plant questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Western Steel Products Plant?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 9 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 2 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Western Steel Products Plant built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1926 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1919.

What is the assessed value of Western Steel Products Plant?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $4.3M in total on the 2026 roll, 404th 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 Western Steel Products Plant zoned?

The parcel is designated C-COR3, Commercial - Corridor 3, 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 Western Steel Products Plant?

Bridgeland Station, 1.5 km in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in Western Steel Products Plant?

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 Western Steel Products Plant been inspected?

The City publishes 53 inspection results against 7 permits here, between 2012-04-13 and 2024-05-31. 6 used a life-safety checklist such as fire separations, firestopping or emergency lighting. 9 used the barrier-free checklist. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2013-01-21. 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 Western Steel Products Plant?

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, 155 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 Western Steel Products Plant?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 10 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 Western Steel Products Plant?

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 Western Steel Products Plant?

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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