632 8 Ave SW
Office · high-rise office building · built 1951 · 632 8 Ave SW
- Civic address
- 632 8 Ave 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
- #90 of 580 citywide · #69 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
- Site coverage
- 192% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
- Parcel pieces
- 1 titled piece · roll 202263414
- Coordinates
- 51.046184, -114.075684
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, 78 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 556 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).
Plus 15
The nearest Plus 15 segment is 2.2 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 202263414 · Office
Published values by roll year
| Roll year | Assessed value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $4.3M | — |
| 2018 | $4.9M | 13.2% |
| 2019 | $4.8M | -2.7% |
| 2020 | $4.8M | 0.0% |
| 2021 | $4.7M | -2.1% |
| 2022 | $3.9M | -16.1% |
| 2023 | $3.4M | -13.3% |
| 2024 | $3.4M | 0.0% |
| 2025 | $2.4M | -30.7% |
| 2026 | $2.3M | -2.6% |
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 2 since 2012
| Applied | Permit | Category · description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-14 | DP2016-4653 | Renovations - Non-Residential EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS: OFFICE (REFURBISH BUILDING FACADE) | Released Approval |
| 2015-06-17 | DP2015-2553 | Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required CHANGE OF USE: DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT - LARGE; NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGNS-2), SIGN - CLASS D (PROJECTING SIGN-2) | Released Approval |
Recent building permits 5 since 2012 · 3 in the City’s office class
| Applied | Permit | Class · work | Est. cost | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-12 | BP2024-00611 | 3402 - Office · Unspecified Fire Alarm System Repair / Modification | $6,500 | Completed |
| 2023-10-16 | BP2023-17821 | 3613 - Restaurant - Licensed · Improvement Group E Mercantile | — | Completed |
| 2022-04-08 | BP2022-05568 | 3402 - Office · Improvement Group D Interior Alterations | $43,557 | Completed |
| 2016-01-21 | BP2016-00531 | 3611 - Restaurant/Drinking Establishment · Improvement New Tenant Group A2 | $312,000 | Completed |
| 2012-03-19 | BP2012-02951 | 3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alteration | $75,000 | Completed |
Declared estimated project cost across all 5 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $437,057. 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.
- Barron Building620 8 Ave SW
- John J. Bowlen Building620 7 Ave SW
632 8 Ave SW questions
Answers drawn from the record.
How tall is 632 8 Ave SW?
The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 55 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 14 at 3.9 m per storey.
When was 632 8 Ave SW built?
The City’s assessment roll records 1951 as the year of construction.
Which CTrain station is closest to 632 8 Ave SW?
6th Street SW Station, 78 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.
Is office space available at 632 8 Ave 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.