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Education Centre Building

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1967 · 515 Macleod Trail SE

Education Centre Building (515 Macleod Trail SE) is a 25.4 m mid-rise office building in Downtown Commercial Core, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1967. Its main structure is the 180th tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and 98th of 119 in Downtown Commercial Core. The City assesses the parcel at $15.4M on the 2026 roll, 133rd of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. A Plus 15 walkway touches the parcel. The nearest CTrain platform is City Hall, 219 m away in a straight line. 1,724 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. Since 2012 the City has recorded 1 building permit and 0 development permits on the parcel, the largest a $1,000 special function - class 1 permit for new construction, applied for in 2013. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as Education Centre Building.

LiDAR roof height25.4 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)7

Footprint5,413 m²

Parcel10,906 m²

Year built (roll)1967

Assessed 2026$15.4M

Structures on parcel2

Nearest CTrain219 m

Civic address: 515 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, AB
Community: Downtown Commercial Core (DNC)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: DC — Direct Control (Direct Control)
Height rank: #180 of 785 citywide · #98 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Footprint to parcel: 50% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 068227206
Coordinates: 51.047799, -114.059194

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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 →

25.4 m · 2,580 m² · 6.2 m · 2,833 m²

Context within 205 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: City Hall, 219 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 611 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), 226 m away.

Winter access

The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route, 11 m from its edge. Priority 1 routes are cleared first after a snowfall.

Accessible crossing

The nearest accessible pedestrian signal is at 6 Avenue and 1 Street, 99 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.

1,724 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 251 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 25 routes and 25 stops. The closest stop is WB 6 AV SE @ 1 ST SE, 64 m away.

Service class	Trips on the service day
REGULAR	683
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

211 metered stalls across 25 City parking zones touching this walking radius, at $1.00 to $4.50 per hour depending on zone and time of day. Maximum stay 15 to 120 minutes. Tariff zones 2, 3, 4a.

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

Closest zone

1 St SE, Fr 5 Av SE To 6 Av SE — 6 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.

Education Centre Building

Construction year: 1969
Architect: Stevenson Raines Barrett Hutton Seton and Parnters
Style: Brutalist
Typology: Office
Development era: 1957 to 1982 (Modern)
Original use: Education
Planning theme: Education
Designation: Inventory listing only
Inventory class: CWHR

This site is significant because:

-It was the first building completed as part of Urban Renewal Scheme No. 1A, a seven-block area targeted as the beginning of a much larger 1960s urban renewal project. Urban Renewal Scheme No. 1A was intended for government uses (including school board office), churches, and cultural facilities. Urban Renewal Scheme No. 1A was largely developed, but the larger project was not completed.

-It was the headquarters of Calgary Board of Education since 1968.

Character-defining elements: The character-defining elements are: -Five storey all concrete structure -Cantilevered upper floor over lower plinth -Solar screens

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 69.

Brotherhood of Mankind Statues

Construction year: 1967
Architect: Armengol, Mario
Style: N/A
Typology: Public Art
Development era: 1957 to 1982 (Modern)
Original use: Community
Planning theme: Urban Development
Designation: Inventory listing only
Inventory class: CWHR

This site is significant because:

It comprises a prominent work of public art located in a park setting. The park was developed as a component of the Calgary Board of Education's new headquarters public in the late 1960's, and, more broadly, as party of an urban renewal scheme to revitalize the east end of downtown.

Brotherhood of Mankind comprises ten giant nude statues designed by artist Mario Armengol for the British pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. They have become emblematic of the Calgary Board of Education, and they appear in the board's logo. Some Calgarians were initially shocked by the nudity depicted in the statues, but they have become widely accepted as a landmark and a symbol of public school board.

Spanish-born Mario Armengol (1909-1995) moved to Britain where he became a successful artist and sculptor. He created Brotherhood of Mankind as a commission for the British Pavi

Character-defining elements: The Character defining elements include; - 10 abstracted human figures - circular setting of figures - cast aluminum construction

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 17.

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 068227206 · Office

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2005	$18.8M	—
2006	$22.9M	22.2%
2007	$30.6M	33.2%
2008	$40.7M	33.3%
2009	$38.0M	-6.6%
2010	$31.7M	-16.7%
2011	$34.1M	7.8%
2012	$29.2M	-14.4%
2013	$35.4M	21.0%
2014	$36.5M	3.2%
2015	$46.7M	27.8%
2016	$51.2M	9.7%
2017	$43.6M	-14.8%
2018	$29.1M	-33.3%
2019	$26.1M	-10.0%
2020	$23.1M	-11.8%
2021	$20.0M	-13.3%
2022	$20.0M	0.0%
2023	$20.0M	0.0%
2024	$21.9M	9.6%
2025	$20.4M	-7.0%
2026	$15.4M	-24.5%

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 1 since 2012 · 0 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2013-06-13	BP2013-08517	7103 - Special Function - Class 1 · New TEMPORARY BLEACHERS	$1,000	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 1 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $1,000. 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.

The City has no inspection result on file for a building permit on this parcel. The 1 building permit located here carry no published inspection record, which usually means the work was permitted but no inspection result has been published against it.

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.

North-West Travellers Building515 1 St SE20 m · built 1912 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 111 m
615 Macleod Trail SE62.8 m · built 1972 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 121 m
Catholic School Centre300 6 Ave SE19.5 m · built 1967 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 139 m
133 6 Ave SE56.3 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 147 m
411 1 St SE113.8 m · built 1970 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 173 m
W.R. Castell Central Library616 Macleod Trail SE30.5 m · built 1974 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 184 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 1960s 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

Education Centre Building questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Education Centre Building?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 25.4 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 7 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Education Centre Building built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1967 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1969.

What is the assessed value of Education Centre Building?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $15.4M in total on the 2026 roll, 133rd 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 Education Centre Building zoned?

The parcel is designated DC, Direct Control, under the City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw. Under Direct Control the permitted uses are set by the site’s own bylaw rather than by a standard district. Confirm the designation and any amendments with the City before relying on it.

Which CTrain station is closest to Education Centre Building?

City Hall Station, 219 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in Education Centre 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 Education Centre Building been inspected?

The City publishes no inspection result against a building permit on this parcel.

How good is transit at Education Centre Building?

1,724 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 251 of them in the morning peak, across 25 routes. The closest stop is WB 6 AV SE @ 1 ST SE, 64 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 Education Centre Building?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 226 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 Education Centre Building?

The City of Calgary's tariff record shows 211 paid on-street stalls in 25 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, 6 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 Education Centre 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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