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Pilkington Paint & Glass

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1913 · 402 11 Ave SE

LiDAR roof height19.2 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)5

Footprint1,138 m²

Parcel2,395 m²

Year built (roll)1913

Assessed 2026$6.0M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain457 m

Civic address: 402 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: #213 of 580 citywide · #56 of 119 in Beltline
Site coverage: 48% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 068118702
Coordinates: 51.042422, -114.055301

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 →

19.2 m · 1,138 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, 457 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Event Centre / Grand Central Station is 386 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.

Pilkington Paint & Glass

Construction year: 1913
Architect: Hodgson, Bates and Beattie
Builder: Carter Halls and Aldinger
Style: Edwardian Commercial
Typology: Warehouse
Development era: 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
Designation: Inventory listing only

This site is significant because....

It is one of the most substantial and attractive examples of Edwardian-era, Commercial-style architecture in the Beltline's warehouse district. It features plain red-brick façade with a more elaborate main bay of Tyndall stone detailing. [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: - two-part plan consisting of a rectangular, flat-roof, two-storey portion (west) and a rectangular, flat-roof, three-storey portion (east); - heavy reinforced concrete construction with red-brick cladding; - two-storey Tyndall stone frontispiece containing main entrance, display windows; 'PILKINGTON BROTHERS LIMITED' carved below classical cornice with dentils; - fenestration pattern, including numerous large and closely spaced windows on the south and west elevations; and two blind oculus windows (one at top of west wing, and one at top of stairwell at rear); - east-facing freight door openi

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 329.

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 068118702 · Office

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2005	$7.5M	—
2006	$8.7M	16.3%
2007	$11.5M	31.7%
2008	$13.8M	20.0%
2009	$11.8M	-14.0%
2010	$10.0M	-15.8%
2011	$9.8M	-1.8%
2012	$7.8M	-19.7%
2013	$14.0M	78.1%
2014	$16.3M	16.6%
2015	$19.4M	19.0%
2016	$18.0M	-7.1%
2017	$17.6M	-2.4%
2018	$12.0M	-31.6%
2019	$8.9M	-26.3%
2020	$8.5M	-4.3%
2021	$6.0M	-29.6%
2022	$7.2M	19.6%
2023	$6.7M	-5.9%
2024	$5.5M	-17.5%
2025	$6.2M	11.5%
2026	$6.0M	-2.4%

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 1 since 2012

Applied	Permit	Category · description	Status
2018-07-05	DP2018-3236	Signs - Permitted Use NEW: SIGN - CLASS D (PROJECTING SIGN)	Released Approval

Recent building permits 5 since 2012 · 5 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2017-11-20	BP2017-15290	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alteration - Pilkington Building Lower Level	$207,000	Completed
2015-12-29	BP2015-16305	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior alteration	$100,000	Completed
2015-07-06	BP2015-08230	3402 - Office · Improvement	$350,000	Completed
2014-03-28	BP2014-04049	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alteration	$1.0M	Completed
2012-10-02	BP2012-13812	3402 - Office · Improvement Commercial Interior Alterations	$140,000	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 5 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $1.8M. 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.

409 10 Ave SE15.7 m · built 1941 · Office · Beltline · 48 m
422 11 Ave SE11.3 m · built 1980 · Office · Beltline · 67 m
334 11 Ave SE19.4 m · built 2008 · Office · Beltline · 73 m
Victoria Sandstone School411 11 Ave SE23 m · year n/a · Office · Beltline · 74 m
McBride Hardware Co. Warehouse339 10 Ave SE16.1 m · built 1904 · Office · Beltline · 80 m
Neilson's Furniture Warehouse438 11 Ave SE27 m · built 1910 · Office · Beltline · 106 m

Pilkington Paint & Glass questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Pilkington Paint & Glass?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 19.2 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 5 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Pilkington Paint & Glass built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1913 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1913.

Which CTrain station is closest to Pilkington Paint & Glass?

City Hall Station, 457 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Pilkington Paint & Glass?

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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