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Massey-Harris Co. Warehouse

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1914 · 318 11 Ave SE

LiDAR roof height20.4 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)5

Footprint1,337 m²

Parcel1,794 m²

Year built (roll)1914

Assessed 2026$6.2M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain435 m

Civic address: 318 11 Ave SE, Calgary, AB
Community: Beltline (BLN)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: CC-X — Centre City Mixed Use District (Commercial)
Height rank: #194 of 580 citywide · #47 of 119 in Beltline
Site coverage: 75% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 068117209
Coordinates: 51.04247, -114.056998

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 →

20.4 m · 1,337 m²

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.

Access

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

CTrain

Nearest station: City Hall, 435 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Event Centre / Grand Central Station is 499 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

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Plus 15

Outside the Plus 15 network area.

Heritage inventory

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

Massey-Harris Co. Warehouse (Ribtor Warehouse)

Construction year: 1912
Architect: Unknown
Builder: Unknown
Style: Commercial
Typology: Warehouse and Office
Development era: 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
Designation: Inventory listing only

One of several implement warehouses built in Calgary's wholesale district, this 1912 structure was occupied by Massey Harris from the date of construction to 1979. The building was occupied by Ribtor Manufacturing & Distributing Co., a popular sporting goods and hardware retailer for many years.

The Massey Harris warehouse played an important role in the maturation of Calgary's wholesale district. In 1902, Calgary was given a competitive freight rate advantage by the C.P.R. By 1906, there were 64 wholesale houses around the C.P.R. right-of-way, and at the apex of the boom, when this building was constructed, over 160. Massey Harris, an important national company formed in 1891, favoured Calgary as its district centre as early as 1903. Keeping pace with population growth and the demand for agricultural implements by homesteaders, they opened a large distribution centre on 9 Avenue S, desi

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 326.

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 068117209 · Office

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2005	$6.4M	—
2006	$6.7M	5.0%
2007	$9.1M	35.1%
2008	$10.6M	16.9%
2009	$10.1M	-5.0%
2010	$9.2M	-8.6%
2011	$8.9M	-2.6%
2012	$7.1M	-21.0%
2013	$10.6M	50.1%
2014	$14.9M	40.7%
2015	$21.2M	41.9%
2016	$19.1M	-10.1%
2017	$17.9M	-5.9%
2018	$11.2M	-37.4%
2019	$7.4M	-34.3%
2020	$8.3M	12.5%
2021	$5.8M	-30.4%
2022	$7.3M	25.8%
2023	$6.0M	-17.4%
2024	$6.2M	3.7%
2025	$5.8M	-6.8%
2026	$6.2M	6.0%

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 1 since 2012

Applied	Permit	Category · description	Status
2013-09-12	DP2013-3810	Signs - Permitted Use SIGN - CLASS B: FASICA SIGN	Released Approval

Recent building permits 11 since 2012 · 9 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2026-08-27	BP2026-16396	5299 - Medical Misc. · Improvement	$80,000	Pending Plans Review Assignment
2025-12-22	BP2025-24086	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alteration	$12,000	Completed
2025-03-06	BP2025-03837	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alteration	$592,073	Completed
2024-05-13	BP2024-09129	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior alterations - Vault tenant meeting room door	$25,000	Completed
2024-04-30	BP2024-08188	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alteration - Office Renovation	$771,066	Completed
2022-04-18	BP2022-06123	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alterations	$280,000	File Closed
2022-03-25	BP2022-04627	4002 - Vacant · Improvement Interior Demolition, Group D	$4,500	File Closed
2017-05-04	BP2017-04947	3402 - Office · Improvement Exterior Repair - Ribtor West	$280,000	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 11 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $2.4M. Permit descriptions are the City’s records at retrieval; applicant and contractor names are not reproduced.

Nearby office buildings

The six nearest office building sites in the record, by straight-line distance between parcel centroids.

334 11 Ave SE19.4 m · built 2008 · Office · Beltline · 46 m
315 10 Ave SE22.4 m · built 1974 · Office · Beltline · 47 m
Louise Block1018 Macleod Trail SE10.1 m · built 1910 · Office · Beltline · 68 m
McBride Hardware Co. Warehouse339 10 Ave SE16.1 m · built 1904 · Office · Beltline · 70 m
Great West Liquor Co. Warehouse305 10 Ave SE11.1 m · built 1910 · Office · Beltline · 70 m
Pilkington Paint & Glass402 11 Ave SE19.2 m · built 1913 · Office · Beltline · 119 m

Massey-Harris Co. Warehouse questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Massey-Harris Co. Warehouse?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 20.4 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 5 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Massey-Harris Co. Warehouse built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1914 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1912.

Which CTrain station is closest to Massey-Harris Co. Warehouse?

City Hall Station, 435 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Massey-Harris Co. 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.

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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) — The City of Calgary, retrieved 2026-09-21. 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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