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Imperial Tobacco Warehouse

Office Condo · mid-rise office building · built 1907 · 214 11 Ave SE

3D render of Imperial Tobacco Warehouse (214 11 Ave SE), a 22.1 m mid-rise office building in Beltline, Calgary, modelled from City of Calgary LiDAR
Rendered by OfficeBuildings.ca from The City of Calgary 3D building outlines and ground elevations, with Imperial Tobacco Warehouse highlighted among its neighbours. A derived massing model, not a photograph. Explore it in the 3D city.

Imperial Tobacco Warehouse (214 11 Ave SE) is a 22.1 m mid-rise office building in Beltline, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1907. Its main structure is the 216th tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and 44th of 124 in Beltline. The City assesses the parcel at $1.2M on the 2026 roll, 754th of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. The nearest CTrain platform is Centre Street, 442 m away in a straight line. 388 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. Since 2012 the City has recorded 1 building permit and 6 development permits on the parcel. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as Imperial Tobacco Warehouse.

LiDAR roof height22.1 m
Storey-equivalent (derived)6
Footprint1,482 m²
Parcel2,025 m²
Year built (roll)1907
Assessed 2026$1.2M
Structures on parcel3
Nearest CTrain442 m
Civic address
214 11 Ave SE, Calgary, AB
Community
Beltline (BLN)
City sub-property use
C121 Office Condo · all Office Condo sites
Land use district
CC-X — Centre City Mixed Use District (Commercial)
Height rank
#216 of 785 citywide · #44 of 119 in Beltline
Footprint to parcel
73% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces
1 titled piece · roll 068559129
Coordinates
51.042557, -114.059934
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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 →

22.1 mN20 mLiDAR roof outlines · City of Calgary · true scale
22.1 m · 525 m² · 17.6 m · 880 m² · 5.4 m · 77 m²
9.9 m structure10.2 m structure11.9 m structure13 m structure16.8 m structure18.2 m structure19.3 m structure20.2 m structure20.2 m structure25.3 m structure62.6 m structure91.1 m structure98.9 m structure119.3 m structurePlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge Enclosed5.4 m · 77 m² footprint17.6 m · 880 m² footprint22.1 m · 525 m² footprintN50 mFootprints within 150 m · City of Calgary
Context within 150 m. Grey footprints darken with height; lime is the Plus 15 network.

How it compares

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

Imperial Tobacco Warehouse22.1 mBeltline median18.4 mBeltline tallest123.5 mCalgary office median13.8 mCalgary tallest office roof243.2 m

Access

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

CTrain

Nearest station: Centre Street, 442 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Beltline is 496 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

Other office buildings near Centre Street Station →

Plus 15

Nearest Plus 15 segment: 112 m. Not on the network.

Cycling

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m of the parcel is a protected lane (Cycle Track), 115 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 11 Avenue and Macleod Trail, 115 m from the parcel. The closest signalised crossing, 11 Avenue and 1 Street at 66 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.

388 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 42 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 9 routes and 11 stops. The closest stop is SB 1 ST SE@ 10 AV SE, 72 m away.

Service classTrips on the service day
REGULAR266
BRT59
MAX54
EXPRESS9

Routes: 1 Bowness/Forest Lawn · 10 City Hall/Southcentre · 24 Ogden · 117 McKenzie Towne Express · 131 East Bow Express · 151 New Brighton Express · 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

348 metered stalls across 40 City parking zones touching this walking radius, at $1.00 to $3.50 per hour depending on zone and time of day. Maximum stay 20 to 240 minutes. Tariff zones 14, 2.

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

Closest zone

11 Av SE, Fr 1 St SE To MacLeod Tr SE — 4 m from the parcel, 7 parallel stalls, tariff zone 14, 120-minute maximum.

WhenRate
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM$1.00 per Hour
Mon-Fri 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM$1.75 per Hour
Mon-Fri 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM$1.00 per Hour
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PMFree Parking
Sunday/Holidays:Free parking
Free parking to 9 AMSee 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.

Imperial Tobacco Warehouse

Construction year
1929
Architect
Imperial Tobacco;s Engineering Department; supervising architect Stevenson & Fordyce
Style
Commercial
Typology
Warehouse
Development era
1919 to 1929 (Post WWI to Stock Market Crash)
Original use
Commerce
Planning theme
Business and Industry
Designation
Inventory listing only
Inventory class
CWHR

This site is significant because:

- It is one of the warehouse district's best architectural examples dating from the 1920s. Its appearance was very cutting-edge at the time, with its clearly exposed structural components such as the piers and concrete frame highlighted rather than hidden. [Style value: community significance]

- its contribution to Calgary's historic wholesale/warehouse district, recalls Calgary's historic status as the most important wholesale and distribution centre between Winnipeg and Vancouver. [Activity value: city-wide significance]

- it contributed to the development of the northern Beltline area as Calgary's main wholesale/warehouse district, and continues to contribute to the warehouse district's historic identity and character. [Symbolic value: community significance]

Character-defining elements: Character-defining elements of the property include, but are not limited to, the following: - Four-storey, flat-roof form, two bays wide and five deep; - Reinforced concrete construction with exposed, parged, concrete frame and piers; pressed, `Redcliff' red-brick common-bond walls and low, stylized parapets; moulded, cast concrete roofline cornice; concrete window sills; decorative diamond-shaped, red-tile insets atop piers ; moulded, aggregate main entry surround; - Fenestration, consisting of large, square, upper-storey openings and single, rectangular, ground-floor openings; - Off-centre,

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 325.

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 068559129 · Office Condo

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 yearAssessed valueChange
2005$1.2M—
2006$1.3M11.1%
2007$1.5M12.3%
2008$2.8M92.5%
2009$3.6M27.4%
2010$3.6M0.0%
2011$4.8M33.5%
2012$3.2M-33.5%
2013$3.4M6.3%
2014$4.3M26.3%
2015$4.2M-0.7%
2016$5.5M29.7%
2017$3.2M-41.8%
2018$3.2M0.6%
2019$3.6M12.1%
2020$4.7M29.4%
2021$4.0M-15.2%
2022$3.2M-19.9%
2023$2.8M-12.9%
2024$2.7M-3.3%
2025$2.8M3.4%
2026$1.2M-56.5%

Development and building permits

Applications the City has located on this parcel since 2012, from the Development Permits and Building Permits datasets.

00.512012: 1 development permit2012: 0 building permits122013: 1 development permit2013: 0 building permits132014: 1 development permit2014: 0 building permits142015: 1 development permit2015: 0 building permits152016: 0 development permits2016: 0 building permits162017: 1 development permit2017: 0 building permits172018: 0 development permits2018: 0 building permits182019: 1 development permit2019: 0 building permits192020: 0 development permits2020: 0 building permits202021: 0 development permits2021: 0 building permits212022: 0 development permits2022: 1 building permit222023: 0 development permits2023: 0 building permits232024: 0 development permits2024: 0 building permits242025: 0 development permits2025: 0 building permits252026: 0 development permits2026: 0 building permits26Development permitsBuilding permits (non-residential)

Recent development permits 6 since 2012

AppliedPermitCategory · descriptionStatus
2019-11-06DP2019-5723Renovations - Non-Residential
EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS: MULTI-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (NEW BALCONY)
Released
Approval
2017-01-26DP2017-0318Home Occupation Class 2
TEMPORARY USE: HOME OCCUPATION - CLASS 2 (PHOTOGRAPHER - 5 YEARS)
Released
Approval
2015-11-17DP2015-4776Change of Use - Permitted Use
CHANGE OF USE: RETAIL AND CONSUMER SERVICE
Released
Approval
2014-04-21DP2014-1763Home Occupation Class 2
TEMPORARY USE: HOME OCCUPATION - CLASS 2 (PHOTOGRAPHER - 1 YEAR)
Expired
Approval
2013-05-21DP2013-2086Change of Use - Permitted Use
CHANGE OF USE: PRINT CENTRE, RETAIL AND CONSUMER SERVICE
Released
Approval
2012-02-02DP2012-0379Home Occupation Class 2
HOME OCCUPATION - CLASS 2: PHOTOGRAPHER [FIVE YEARS]
Expired
Approval

Recent building permits 1 since 2012 · 0 in the City’s office class

AppliedPermitClass · workEst. costStatus
2022-03-21BP2022-042243106 - Retail Shop · Alteration—Cancelled

Declared estimated project cost across all 1 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $0. 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.

The City has no inspection result on file for a building permit on this parcel. The 1 building permit located here carry no published inspection record, which usually means the work was permitted but no inspection result has been published against it.

Occupiers and licensed businesses

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

Businesses licensed by the City on this parcel 1 as of 2026-09-24

Licensed businessAddressLicence typeStatusLicensed since
Hands On Massage Therapy214 11 Ave SEMassage Centre (Commercial)Renewal pending2015

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.

Imperial Tobacco Warehouse questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Imperial Tobacco Warehouse?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 22.1 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 6 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Imperial Tobacco Warehouse built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1907 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1929.

What is the assessed value of Imperial Tobacco Warehouse?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $1.2M in total on the 2026 roll, 754th 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 Imperial Tobacco Warehouse zoned?

The parcel is designated CC-X, Centre City Mixed Use District, 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 Imperial Tobacco Warehouse?

Centre Street Station, 442 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in Imperial Tobacco Warehouse?

The City of Calgary business licence register lists 1 licensed business 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 Imperial Tobacco Warehouse been inspected?

The City publishes no inspection result against a building permit on this parcel.

How good is transit at Imperial Tobacco Warehouse?

388 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 42 of them in the morning peak, across 9 routes. The closest stop is SB 1 ST SE@ 10 AV SE, 72 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 Imperial Tobacco Warehouse?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 115 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 Imperial Tobacco Warehouse?

The City of Calgary's tariff record shows 348 paid on-street stalls in 40 zones within 200 m of the parcel, at $1.00 to $3.50 per hour. The closest is 11 Av SE, Fr 1 St SE To MacLeod Tr SE, 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 Imperial Tobacco Warehouse?

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.

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.