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632 8 Ave SW

Office · high-rise office building · built 1951 · 632 8 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height55 m
Storey-equivalent (derived)14
Footprint1,668 m²
Parcel869 m²
Year built (roll)1951
Assessed 2026$2.3M
Structures on parcel2
Nearest CTrain78 m
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 →

55 mN20 mLiDAR roof outlines · City of Calgary · true scale
55 m · 856 m² · 33.8 m · 812 m²
5.8 m structure6.3 m structure7.6 m structure8.5 m structure9.3 m structure10 m structure10.9 m structure11 m structure11.2 m structure11.5 m structure12.3 m structure17.8 m structure36.2 m structure42.3 m structure47.5 m structure55.4 m structure61 m structure62.3 m structure104.2 m structure109.9 m structure125.3 m structurePlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — Enclosed33.8 m · 812 m² footprint55 m · 856 m² footprint7th Street SW CTrain6th Street SW CTrainN50 mFootprints within 150 m · City of Calgary
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.

632 8 Ave SW55 mDowntown Commercial Core median66.2 mDowntown Commercial Core tallest243.2 mCalgary office median12.8 mCalgary tallest office roof243.2 m

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).

Other office buildings near 6th Street SW Station →

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

$0$1.3M$2.6M$4.0M$5.3M2017201920212023202520262017 roll: $4.3M2018 roll: $4.9M2019 roll: $4.8M2020 roll: $4.8M2021 roll: $4.7M2022 roll: $3.9M2023 roll: $3.4M2024 roll: $3.4M2025 roll: $2.4M2026 roll: $2.3M$2.3M (2026)
Published values by roll year
Roll yearAssessed valueChange
2017$4.3M
2018$4.9M13.2%
2019$4.8M-2.7%
2020$4.8M0.0%
2021$4.7M-2.1%
2022$3.9M-16.1%
2023$3.4M-13.3%
2024$3.4M0.0%
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.

00.512012: 0 development permits2012: 1 building permit122013: 0 development permits2013: 0 building permits132014: 0 development permits2014: 0 building permits142015: 1 development permit2015: 0 building permits152016: 1 development permit2016: 1 building permit162017: 0 development permits2017: 0 building permits172018: 0 development permits2018: 0 building permits182019: 0 development permits2019: 0 building permits192020: 0 development permits2020: 0 building permits202021: 0 development permits2021: 0 building permits212022: 0 development permits2022: 1 building permit222023: 0 development permits2023: 1 building permit232024: 0 development permits2024: 1 building permit242025: 0 development permits2025: 0 building permits252026: 0 development permits2026: 0 building permits26Development permitsBuilding permits (non-residential)

Recent development permits 2 since 2012

AppliedPermitCategory · descriptionStatus
2016-11-14DP2016-4653Renovations - Non-Residential
EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS: OFFICE (REFURBISH BUILDING FACADE)
Released
Approval
2015-06-17DP2015-2553Change 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

AppliedPermitClass · workEst. costStatus
2024-01-12BP2024-006113402 - Office · Unspecified
Fire Alarm System Repair / Modification
$6,500Completed
2023-10-16BP2023-178213613 - Restaurant - Licensed · Improvement
Group E Mercantile
Completed
2022-04-08BP2022-055683402 - Office · Improvement
Group D Interior Alterations
$43,557Completed
2016-01-21BP2016-005313611 - Restaurant/Drinking Establishment · Improvement
New Tenant Group A2
$312,000Completed
2012-03-19BP2012-029513402 - Office · Improvement
Interior Alteration
$75,000Completed

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.

  • 640 8 Ave SW55 m · built 1965 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 23 m
  • 645 7 Ave SW109.9 m · built 1988 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 46 m
  • Barron Building620 8 Ave SW12.3 m · built 1940 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 50 m
  • 635 8 Ave SW104.2 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 63 m
  • 707 5 St SW125.3 m · built 2015 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 79 m
  • John J. Bowlen Building620 7 Ave SW55.4 m · built 1967 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 106 m

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.