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Metals Limited Warehouse

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1970 · 326 11 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height34.5 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)9

Footprint3,193 m²

Parcel3,473 m²

Year built (roll)1970

Assessed 2026$36.0M

Structures on parcel2

Nearest CTrain424 m

Civic address: 326 11 Ave SW, 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: #129 of 580 citywide · #21 of 119 in Beltline
Site coverage: 92% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 200705143
Coordinates: 51.042816, -114.068948

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 →

34.5 m · 1,657 m² · 28.2 m · 1,536 m²

Context within 155 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: 3rd Street SW, 424 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Beltline is 168 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

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Plus 15

Nearest Plus 15 segment: 71 m. Not on the network.

Heritage inventory

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

Metals Limited Warehouse (322 11 AV SW)

Construction year: 1928
Architect: Fordyce & Stevenson
Builder: Watson & Abercrombie
Style: Commercial
Typology: Warehouse
Development era: 1919 to 1929 (Post WWI to Stock Market Crash)
Designation: Inventory listing only

This site is significant because....

It is a high-quality and characteristic example of the plain Commercial style of architecture in the Beltline from the late 1920s. Minimally adorned, its functional appearance and character define the building. (Style value: Community Historic Resource).

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 helps to recall and define the semi-industrial character of the northern Beltline as the city's historic warehouse and wholesale centre (Symbolic value: Community Historic Resource).

Character-defining elements: - rectangular plan and flat roof; - concrete foundation and red brick cladding; - brick-covered piers and reinforced concrete lintels; - fenestration pattern including rows of large windows on the second to fourth floors, and large store-front windows at grade; - plain style with minimal ornamentation; - elevated loading dock opening and platform at rear west side of building; and - context of structure, built to lot lines on all sides.

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 528.

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 200705143 · Office

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2006	$38.7M	—
2007	$51.1M	32.2%
2008	$56.5M	10.6%
2009	$62.4M	10.4%
2010	$48.7M	-22.0%
2011	$42.3M	-13.1%
2012	$47.8M	12.9%
2013	$65.6M	37.4%
2014	$86.2M	31.4%
2015	$99.1M	14.9%
2016	$87.8M	-11.4%
2017	$85.8M	-2.4%
2018	$71.7M	-16.4%
2019	$50.2M	-29.9%
2020	$47.0M	-6.5%
2021	$35.8M	-23.8%
2022	$40.2M	12.3%
2023	$36.6M	-8.8%
2024	$32.0M	-12.6%
2025	$35.5M	10.9%
2026	$36.0M	1.4%

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 0 since 2012

None located on this parcel since 2012.

Recent building permits 58 since 2012 · 54 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2026-09-09	BP2026-17219	5299 - Medical Misc. · Improvement	$82,000	Pending Plans Review Assignment
2026-05-27	BP2026-09290	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior alterations - Pine cliff Energy	$1.3M	Issued Permit
2026-04-30	BP2026-07184	3402 - Office · Improvement	$16,000	Pending Prescreen Review
2026-04-16	BP2026-06113	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alterations	$300,000	Completed
2025-12-22	BP2025-24059	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior alterations - Cidel - Minor Demolition	$43,360	Completed
2025-12-18	BP2025-23871	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alterations	$149,000	Completed
2025-12-16	BP2025-23760	3402 - Office · Unspecified Elevator modernization	$77,200	Issued Permit
2025-12-16	BP2025-23758	3402 - Office · Unspecified Fire Alarm repair/upgrade	$66,800	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 58 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $10.8M. 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.

G.F. & J. Galt & Co. Wholesale Grocers Warehouse313 10 Ave SWheight n/a · built 1915 · Office · Beltline · 56 m
333 11 Ave SW61.5 m · built 1980 · Office · Beltline · 79 m
Calgary Masonic Temple330 12 Ave SW15.5 m · built 1928 · Office · Beltline · 119 m
Donnelly, Watson & Brown Warehouse224 11 Ave SW27.5 m · built 1919 · Office · Beltline · 120 m
340 12 Ave SW57.8 m · built 1981 · Office · Beltline · 136 m
1400 396 11 Ave SW57.9 m · built 2008 · Office Condo · 57 accounts · Beltline · 149 m

Metals Limited Warehouse questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Metals Limited Warehouse?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 34.5 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 9 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Metals Limited Warehouse built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1970 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1928.

Which CTrain station is closest to Metals Limited Warehouse?

3rd Street SW Station, 424 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Metals Limited 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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