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North-West Travellers Building

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1912 · 515 1 St SE

North-West Travellers Building (515 1 St SE) is a 20 m mid-rise office building in Downtown Commercial Core, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1912. Its main structure is the 247th tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and 102nd of 119 in Downtown Commercial Core. The City assesses the parcel at $1.4M on the 2026 roll, 716th of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. A Plus 15 walkway touches the parcel. The nearest CTrain platform is Centre Street, 186 m away in a straight line. 1,958 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. Since 2012 the City has recorded 3 building permits and 0 development permits on the parcel, the largest an $895,000 office permit for alteration, applied for in 2021. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as North-West Travellers Building.

LiDAR roof height20 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)5

Footprint1,180 m²

Parcel611 m²

Year built (roll)1912

Assessed 2026$1.4M

Structures on parcel2

Nearest CTrain186 m

Civic address: 515 1 St SE, Calgary, AB
Community: Downtown Commercial Core (DNC)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: CR20-C20/R20 — Commercial - Residential Core (Commercial - Core)
Height rank: #247 of 785 citywide · #102 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Footprint to parcel: 193% Above 100% because the LiDAR roof outlines attributed to this parcel cover more ground than its titled pieces, which happens where a roof oversails the lot line or a structure spans neighbouring parcels.
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 201307543
Coordinates: 51.047948, -114.060768

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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 →

20 m · 527 m² · 9.5 m · 653 m²

Context within 150 m. Grey footprints darken with height; lime is the Plus 15 network.

How it compares

Roof height against the Downtown Commercial Core median and tallest, and against the city.

Access

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

CTrain

Nearest station: Centre Street, 186 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 505 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

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Plus 15

The City’s Plus 15 walkway geometry touches this parcel; the plan above shows the connected segments in lime. Confirm access points, hours and the interior route with the building.

Cycling

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m of the parcel is a protected lane (Cycle Track), 242 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 5 Avenue and 1 Street, 51 m from 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.

1,958 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 281 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 25 routes and 29 stops. The closest stop is WB 6 AV @ 1 ST SE, 67 m away.

Service class	Trips on the service day
REGULAR	917
LRT	672
MAX	279
BRT	62
EXPRESS	28

Routes: 1 Bowness/Forest Lawn · 2 Mount Pleasant/Killarney 17 Av SW · 3 Sandstone/Elbow Dr SW · 4 Huntington · 5 North Haven · 10 City Hall/Southcentre · 17 Renfrew/Ramsay · 24 Ogden · 62 Hidden Valley · 64 MacEwan · 90 Bridgeland/University of Calgary · 101 Inglewood · 109 Harvest Hills · 116 Coventry Hills · 117 McKenzie Towne Express · 131 East Bow Express · 142 Panorama · 151 New Brighton Express · 201 Red Line - Somerset - Bridlewood/Tuscany CTrain · 202 Blue Line - Saddletowne/69 Street CTrain · 302 BRT Southeast/City Centre · 500 Airport Express · 503 Symons Valley Express · MG MAX Green North Pointe/ City Centre · 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

180 metered stalls across 19 City parking zones touching this walking radius, at $1.00 to $4.50 per hour depending on zone and time of day. Maximum stay 60 to 120 minutes. Tariff zones 2, 3, 4a.

Enforced 0710-1750 MON-FRI, 0910-1750 SAT; 0710-1750 MON-FRI,0910-1750 SAT; 0710-1750 MON-SAT; 0840-1520 MON-FRI, 0910-1750 SAT.

Closest zone

1 St SE, Fr 5 Av SE To 6 Av SE — 19 m from the parcel, 10 parallel stalls, tariff zone 2, 120-minute maximum.

When	Rate
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM	$3.00 per Hour
Mon-Fri 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM	$3.50 per Hour
Mon-Fri 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM	$2.50 per Hour
Mon-Fri 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM	$1.50 per Hour
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM	$1.00 per Hour
Sunday/Holidays:	Free parking
Free parking to 9 AM	See 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.

North-West Travellers Building

Construction year: 1913
Architect: Unknown
Style: Edwardian Classical
Typology: Inn
Development era: 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
Original use: Commerce
Planning theme: Business and Industry
Designation: Provincial Historic Resource
Provincial: 2003-01-20
Inventory class: CWHR

1992 History Summary

The North-West Travellers Building has excellent historical significance, as it has served numerous important commercial and social agencies in its lifetime. It was built in 1913 by the North-West Travellers' Association as a residential and social facility for travelling salesmen. This was the period in which sales persons made extensive tours through Western territory, and a similar facility was built in Winnipeg. By the 1930s the Association no longer needed so large a building and upper floors were rented out to various groups, including the Commercial High School. Between 1930 and 1935 Calgary Public Museum was located here. In 1949, the Salvation Army purchased the building to use as a men's hostel, social bureau, labour bureau, store, and central registry for transients. The four-storey building is a very good example of the Edwardian Commercial style, wit

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 211.

Named building record

Public-domain building facts from Wikidata attached by location. Where a stated height differs from the LiDAR roof, the difference usually reflects spires, screens or datum.

Name: North-West Travellers Building
Description: clubhouse in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Floors: 4
Identifier: Wikidata Q38529275 (CC0)

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 201307543 · Office

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2010	$4.2M	—
2011	$2.1M	-49.2%
2012	$2.4M	13.1%
2013	$4.8M	97.1%
2014	$5.6M	17.1%
2015	$5.7M	1.6%
2016	$4.8M	-15.4%
2017	$3.8M	-20.5%
2018	$3.1M	-19.5%
2019	$2.2M	-28.1%
2020	$2.1M	-4.5%
2021	$1.3M	-36.7%
2022	$1.9M	42.9%
2023	$1.9M	0.0%
2024	$1.9M	0.0%
2025	$1.8M	-5.3%
2026	$1.4M	-20.6%

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 3 since 2012 · 2 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2021-03-01	BP2021-03060	3402 - Office · Alteration Leasehold Improvement - Northwest Traveler Building	$895,000	Completed
2017-02-27	BP2017-01711	4002 - Vacant · Alteration Interior Alteration - Leasehold Improvement	$25,000	Completed
2015-02-11	BP2015-01502	3402 - Office · Repair	$54,200	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 3 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $974,200. 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.

13 inspection results are published against 3 of the 3 building permits on this parcel, from 2015-07-29 to 2022-07-28. 3 inspections used a life-safety checklist.

What was inspected

Result of each visit

Outcome	Inspections
Acceptable Add Inspection	10
Acceptable	3

Stage

Inspection type	Count
Progress	7
Final	6

The 13 most recent inspection results

Date	Permit	Stage	Checklist	Outcome	Inspector note
2022-07-28	BP2021-03060	Final	General Inspection Observations	Acceptable	work completed, all required documentation provided, reviewed and sent to File, the Permit will be closed with no deficiencies and no further Building Inspections required.
2022-07-19	BP2021-03060	Final	General Inspection Observations	Acceptable Add Inspection	work has been completed, C Schedules provided, Sprinkler verification not available at time of Inspection.
2022-07-19	BP2021-03060	Final	Directives	Acceptable Add Inspection	Call 311 to book an inspection when document available, no further site inspections are required but a called in inspection is needed to close the File.
2022-07-19	BP2021-03060	Final	Documents Commercial	Acceptable Add Inspection	as previously noted, Contractor is to ensure that all related Trade Permits are closed prior to calling for Building Final.
2021-11-18	BP2021-03060	Progress	Fire Stopping	Acceptable Add Inspection	Fire stopping to be an approved tested method. Fire stop has not started in the mechanical rooms in the basement level.
2021-11-18	BP2021-03060	Progress	Directives	Acceptable Add Inspection	Progress inspection called basically to keep the building permit current. Foundation is backed fill. The rough-ins in the basement mechanical rooms are not finished. Ok,to continue.
2021-06-10	BP2021-03060	Progress	Documents Commercial	Acceptable Add Inspection	Sprinkler Verification Required for Occupancy
2021-06-10	BP2021-03060	Progress	Documents Commercial	Acceptable Add Inspection	Fire Alarm Verification Required if System is altered
2021-06-10	BP2021-03060	Progress	Documents Commercial	Acceptable Add Inspection	C1 and/or C2 letters required Required for Occupancy, Including geotechnical C2
2021-06-10	BP2021-03060	Progress	Fire Resistance & Fire Separations Part 3	Acceptable Add Inspection	All Rated assemblies are to be maintained or repaired as required.
2021-06-10	BP2021-03060	Progress	Documents Commercial	Acceptable Add Inspection	Contractor to ensure that all required Trade Permits are obtained, inspected and closed prior to calling for Occupancy
2017-07-28	BP2017-01711	Final	FIRESTOPPING	Acceptable	Fire stopping to be an approved tested method. New room is a 2 Hr rated room, metallic penetrations to be firestopped as per W-L-1408, annular space packed with Roxsul and caulked with FS1
2015-07-29	BP2015-01502	Final	DIRECTIVES	Acceptable	Final inspection is complete. No alterations made to the existing fire alarm and sprinkler systems. Required documents have been received. File closed.

An inspection result is a record of one visit, not a verdict on the building. 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 0 as of 2026-09-24

No City of Calgary business licence is recorded at this address or inside this parcel.

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.

The Bow500 Centre St SE239.8 m · built 2012 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 79 m
133 6 Ave SE56.3 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 94 m
411 1 St SE113.8 m · built 1970 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 99 m
Education Centre Building515 Macleod Trail SE25.4 m · built 1967 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 111 m
St. Regis (Grunwald) Hotel124 7 Ave SE26.1 m · built 1912 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 145 m
Oddfellows' Temple (Chamber of Commerce)100 6 Ave SW20.1 m · built 1912 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 179 m

Where this building sits in the record

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

Downtown Commercial Core office buildings Southeast Calgary All Office sites Built in the 1910s Land use CR20-C20/R20 Plus 15 connected buildings Heritage office buildings Named office buildings Paid street parking Office buildings near CTrain Transit service ranking Assessment cycle 2015–2026 Construction record

North-West Travellers Building questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is North-West Travellers Building?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 20 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 5 at 3.9 m per storey. Wikidata records 4 floors.

When was North-West Travellers Building built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1912 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1913.

What is the assessed value of North-West Travellers Building?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $1.4M in total on the 2026 roll, 716th 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 North-West Travellers Building zoned?

The parcel is designated CR20-C20/R20, Commercial - Residential Core, 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 North-West Travellers Building?

Centre Street Station, 186 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in North-West Travellers Building?

No City of Calgary business licence is recorded at this address or inside the parcel. Most office occupiers such as professional firms do not need a municipal licence, so the register is not a tenant roster.

Has North-West Travellers Building been inspected?

The City publishes 13 inspection results against 3 permits here, between 2015-07-29 and 2022-07-28. 3 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 North-West Travellers Building?

1,958 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 281 of them in the morning peak, across 25 routes. The closest stop is WB 6 AV @ 1 ST SE, 67 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 North-West Travellers Building?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 242 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 North-West Travellers Building?

The City of Calgary's tariff record shows 180 paid on-street stalls in 19 zones within 200 m of the parcel, at $1.00 to $4.50 per hour. The closest is 1 St SE, Fr 5 Av SE To 6 Av SE, 19 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 North-West Travellers Building?

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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