601 5 St SW
Office · office tower · built 2007 · 601 5 St SW
- Civic address
- 601 5 St SW, 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
- #22 of 580 citywide · #19 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
- Site coverage
- 76% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
- Parcel pieces
- 1 titled piece · roll 201497609
- Coordinates
- 51.047311, -114.074471
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 →
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: 6th Street SW, 74 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 462 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).
Plus 15
The nearest Plus 15 segment is 28.4 m from the parcel boundary; the parcel itself is not touched by the network geometry.
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 201497609 · Office
Series not charted. The City’s published values for this roll number change by more than half or double between years, which usually signals a re-numbered, split or partially assessed account rather than a market movement. The published figures are listed below without a trend claim.
Published values by roll year
| Roll year | Assessed value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $356.7M | — |
| 2011 | $263.1M | -26.2% |
| 2012 | $290.6M | 10.4% |
| 2013 | $406.6M | 39.9% |
| 2014 | $431.5M | 6.1% |
| 2015 | $545.7M | 26.5% |
| 2016 | $353.1M | -35.3% |
| 2017 | $296.8M | -16.0% |
| 2018 | $232.9M | -21.5% |
| 2019 | $93.7M | -59.8% |
| 2020 | $116.9M | 24.8% |
| 2021 | $74.3M | -36.5% |
| 2022 | $64.3M | -13.4% |
| 2023 | $55.4M | -13.9% |
| 2024 | $76.8M | 38.5% |
| 2025 | $85.2M | 11.0% |
| 2026 | $77.8M | -8.7% |
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 15 since 2012 · 3 in the City’s office class
| Applied | Permit | Class · work | Est. cost | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-26 | BP2025-09835 | 3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alteration - Calgary Court House | $250,000 | Completed |
| 2025-03-24 | BP2025-05047 | 3402 - Office · Improvement | $250,000 | Refused |
| 2022-04-05 | BP2022-05302 | 3604 - Cafeteria · Improvement Calgary Courthouse - Interior renovation for Cafeteria Space | $300,000 | Completed |
| 2021-09-21 | BP2021-16512 | 6103 - Court · Improvement HVAC System Modifications, Group A2 | $2.0M | Completed |
| 2021-03-04 | BP2021-03277 | 6103 - Court · Unspecified Fire Alarm | $3,000 | Completed |
| 2020-10-21 | BP2020-15342 | 6103 - Court · Unspecified Group D Office | $2,500 | Completed |
| 2020-01-30 | BP2020-01139 | 6103 - Court · Unspecified Fire Alarm System Repair/Modification | $1,800 | Completed |
| 2019-09-23 | BP2019-13069 | 6103 - Court · Improvement Calgary Courts Centre - Judicial Appointments | $750,000 | Completed |
Declared estimated project cost across all 15 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $4.0M. 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.
- John J. Bowlen Building620 7 Ave SW
- Triad Building535 7 Ave SW
601 5 St SW questions
Answers drawn from the record.
How tall is 601 5 St SW?
The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 125.8 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 32 at 3.9 m per storey.
When was 601 5 St SW built?
The City’s assessment roll records 2007 as the year of construction.
Which CTrain station is closest to 601 5 St SW?
6th Street SW Station, 74 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.
Is office space available at 601 5 St SW?
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.
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.