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Nelco Square

Office Condo · 13 separately assessed accounts · low-rise office building · built 1978 · 310 3016 5 Ave NE

Nelco Square (310 3016 5 Ave NE) is a 14.2 m low-rise office building in Franklin, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1978. Its main structure is the 373rd tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and the tallest in Franklin. The City assesses the 13 accounts on the parcel at $16.6M on the 2026 roll, 122nd of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. The nearest CTrain platform is Marlborough, 611 m away in a straight line. 53 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. Since 2012 the City has recorded 7 building permits and 10 development permits on the parcel, the largest a $210,000 restaurant - licensed permit for alteration, applied for in 2024. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as Nelco Square.

LiDAR roof height14.2 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)4

Footprint2,120 m²

Parcel7,780 m²

Year built (roll)1978

Assessed 2026 (13 accts)$16.6M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain611 m

Civic address: 310 3016 5 Ave NE, Calgary, AB
Community: Franklin (FRA)
City sub-property use: C121 Office Condo × 13 · all Office Condo sites
Land use district: I-B — Industrial - Business (Industrial)
Height rank: #373 of 785 citywide · #1 of 6 in Franklin
Footprint to parcel: 27% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 203339916 and 12 more
Coordinates: 51.057314, -113.99029

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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 →

14.2 m · 2,120 m²

Context within 187 m. Grey footprints darken with height; lime is the Plus 15 network.

How it compares

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

Access

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

CTrain

Nearest station: Marlborough, 611 m straight-line (route 202).

Plus 15

Outside the Plus 15 network area.

Cycling

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m of the parcel is a major street (On-Street Bikeway), 238 m away.

Winter access

The parcel fronts a Priority 2 snow and ice clearing route, 9 m from its edge. Priority 2 routes are cleared after the Priority 1 network.

Accessible crossing

No accessible pedestrian signal lies within 400 m of 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.

53 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 8 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 1 route and 4 stops. The closest stop is NB 28 ST NE @ 5 AV NE, 204 m away.

Service class	Trips on the service day
REGULAR	53

Routes: 127 Maryvale/Franklin Industrial.

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.

Nelco Square

Construction year: 1979
Architect: Anthony Fernando, Architect & Hasegawa Engineering Ltd.
Style: Brutalist
Typology: Office
Development era: 1957 to 1982 (Modern)
Original use: Commerce
Planning theme: Business and Industry
Designation: Inventory listing only
Inventory class: CWHR · featured resource

This site is significant because...

Nelco Square, constructed in 1979 is highly valued as a superb example of a late Brutalist-style office building in Calgary (Style Value, City Wide Significance).

Nelco Square also has significant symbolic value for its association with Calgary¿s thriving economy in the late 1970s as a result of soaring oil prices and increased development of oil and gas interests in the province, and as a marker of the shift to constructing office buildings outside of the downtown core in newly established industrial areas (Symbolic Value, City Wide Significance).

Character-defining elements: Character-defining elements of Nelco Square include, but are not limited to its: - form, scale, and massing as expressed by its: three-storey height; square plan; flat roof; two massings with upper volume overhanging lower volume and supported by narrow pilasters that become longer as grade slopes down towards the east; corner pilasters at 90 degree angles; main entry on 5 AV; - steel-frame construction with: concrete foundation; pre-cast decorative concrete panels and window fins in sandstone colour; formed concrete with exposed aggregate for pilasters and base of building in sandstone colour

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 845.

Assessment history

13 separately assessed accounts sit on this parcel (office condominium units or split accounts). 2026 assessed values range $87,500 to $3.2M, median $1.2M, total $16.6M. 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 203339916 (highest-assessed account on the parcel) · 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 year	Assessed value	Change
2025	$3.0M	—
2026	$3.2M	7.0%

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 10 since 2012

Applied	Permit	Category · description	Status
2026-08-13	DP2026-04709	Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required CHANGE OF USE: RETAIL AND CONSUMER SERVICE, HEALTH CARE SERVICE	In Circulation
2026-03-17	DP2026-01469	Renovations - Non-Residential CHANGE OF USE: CHILD CARE SERVICE (40 CHILDREN); CHANGES TO SITE PLAN: CHILD CARE SERVICE (OUTDOOR PLAY AREA)	Cancelled
2025-12-16	DP2025-07274	Change of Use - Permitted Use CHANGE OF USE: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL - LIGHT	Cancelled - Pending Refund
2025-06-12	DP2025-03454	Renovations - Non-Residential EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS: CONFERENCE AND EVENT FACILITY, RESTAURANT: LICENSED	Released Approval
2025-05-29	DP2025-03203	Change of Use - With Change to Site Plan CHANGES TO SITE PLAN: CHANGES TO SITE PLAN: OFFICE (EXTERIOR STAIRS, EF ENCLOSURE, FENCE, & PARKING); CHANGE OF USE: RESTAURANT - LICENSED (BASEMENT)	Cancelled
2023-11-09	DP2023-07983	Renovations - Non-Residential CHANGE OF USE: RESTAURANT: LICENSED, CONFERENCE AND EVENT FACILITY; EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS: RESTAURANT: LICENSED, CONFERENCE AND EVENT FACILITY (NEW EXTERIOR DOORS)	Released Approval
2023-06-02	DP2023-03614	Renovations - Non-Residential CHANGE OF USE: CHILD CARE SERVICE (30 CHILDREN), CHANGES TO SITE PLAN: CHILD CARE SERVICE (OUTDOOR PLAY AREA)	Cancelled
2022-07-06	DP2022-04781	Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required CHANGE OF USE: POST-SECONDARY LEARNING INSTITUTION, RETAIL AND CONSUMER SERVICE	Released Approval

Recent building permits 7 since 2012 · 4 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2026-08-13	BP2026-15387	3710 - Massage · Alteration	—	Pending Plans Review Assignment
2024-04-30	BP2024-08269	3613 - Restaurant - Licensed · Alteration Group A2 Assembly 3.2.2.24.	$210,000	Completed
2024-03-19	BP2024-04703	3402 - Office · Alteration Interior Alteration - Removing partitions	$4,000	Expired
2023-06-02	BP2023-08383	5301 - Child Care Facility · Alteration	—	Cancelled
2018-01-19	BP2018-00574	3402 - Office · Alteration Fire Alarm - Unit #100 & 102 - 3016 5 Avenue N.E.	$2,000	Completed
2015-07-08	BP2015-08424	3402 - Office · Alteration INTERIOR OFFICE ALTERATIONS	$150,000	Completed
2013-05-15	BP2013-06682	3402 - Office · Repair Fire Alarm Upgrade	$8,500	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 7 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $374,500. 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.

10 inspection results are published against 3 of the 7 building permits on this parcel, from 2015-09-14 to 2025-05-22. 1 inspection used a life-safety checklist.

What was inspected

Result of each visit

Outcome	Inspections
Not Acceptable	7
Acceptable	3

Stage

Inspection type	Count
Final	10

The 10 most recent inspection results

Date	Permit	Stage	Checklist	Outcome	Inspector note
2025-05-22	BP2024-08269	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	no further building inspections required. Permission to occupy granted.
2025-05-20	BP2024-08269	Final	NBC AE 3.1. General	Not Acceptable	NBC AE Division B 3.1.9.1. Firestops
2025-05-20	BP2024-08269	Final	All Directives	Not Acceptable	Correct noted deficiencies and recall building inspection. The building final should only be called once all deficiencies are completed, and all required documents are available on site for the buildings safety codes officer to have for the file.
2025-05-20	BP2024-08269	Final	All Documents	Not Acceptable	NBC AE Division C 2.2.2.1. General Information Required (Changes or Revisions to work) Structural engineer to provide stamped structural drawings.
2025-05-20	BP2024-08269	Final	NBC AE 3.3. Safety within Floor Areas	Not Acceptable	NBC AE Division B 3.3.1.13. Doors and Door Hardware All door closers must be installed.
2025-05-20	BP2024-08269	Final	All Documents	Not Acceptable	NBC AE Division C 2.2.13.2. Change in Professional Involvement for the structural plans/work
2025-05-20	BP2024-08269	Final	All Documents	Not Acceptable	NBC AE Division C 2.4.2. Schedules of Professional Involvement As there has been a change in the structural engineer. revised A and B schedules need to be provided, and on completion of the project, AC schedule should be also provided.
2025-05-20	BP2024-08269	Final	NBC AE 3.4. Exits	Not Acceptable	NBC AE Division B 3.4.5.1. Exit Signs Provide exit signs over or adjacent to every exit door in the building, common hallway. If necessary, provide directional exit signage in floor areas to indicate the direction of travel to the exits.
2018-02-21	BP2018-00574	Final	—	Acceptable	Received all required documents file complete
2015-09-14	BP2015-08424	Final	—	Acceptable	Received sprinkler verification file complete

An inspection result is a record of one visit, not a verdict on the building. 7 of these 10 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
Cbs Medical Massage And Manual Osteopathic Clinic	3016 5 Ave NE	Massage Centre (Commercial)	Renewal pending	2024
Mocambo Lounge And Golden Royal Event Center	3016 5 Ave NE	Alcohol Beverage Sales (Drinking Est/Restaurant), Entertainment Establishment, Food Service - Premises (Seating)	Licensed	2025
These Days Construction	3016 5 Ave NE	Contractor (No Provincial Licence Required)	Renewal pending	2025
Thind Exterior	3016 5 Ave NE	Contractor (No Provincial Licence Required)	Renewal pending	2025

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.

3015 5 Ave NEheight n/a · built 1981 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Franklin · 118 m
3030 3 Ave NE9.7 m · built 1981 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Franklin · 238 m
915 33 St NE4.7 m · built 1995 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Franklin · 402 m
112 28 St SE8.9 m · built 1978 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Franklin · 615 m
3030 2 Ave SE12 m · built 1977 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Franklin · 652 m
2912 Memorial Dr SE12.8 m · built 1979 · Office use recorded by City permits (roll code X034) · Franklin · 807 m

Where this building sits in the record

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

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Nelco Square questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Nelco Square?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 14.2 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 4 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Nelco Square built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1978 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1979.

What is the assessed value of Nelco Square?

The City of Calgary assesses the 13 accounts on this parcel at $16.6M in total on the 2026 roll, 122nd 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 Nelco Square zoned?

The parcel is designated I-B, Industrial - Business, 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 Nelco Square?

Marlborough Station, 611 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in Nelco Square?

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 Nelco Square been inspected?

The City publishes 10 inspection results against 3 permits here, between 2015-09-14 and 2025-05-22. 1 used a life-safety checklist such as fire separations, firestopping or emergency lighting. 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 Nelco Square?

53 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 8 of them in the morning peak, across 1 route. The closest stop is NB 28 ST NE @ 5 AV NE, 204 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 Nelco Square?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a major street, 238 m away. The parcel fronts a Priority 2 snow and ice clearing route. These are straight-line tests against City layers.

Where can visitors park at Nelco Square?

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 Nelco Square?

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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