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700 4 Ave SW

Office · high-rise office building · built 1979 · 700 4 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height75.5 m
Storey-equivalent (derived)19
Footprint2,786 m²
Parcel2,951 m²
Year built (roll)1979
Assessed 2026$17.8M
Structures on parcel2
Nearest CTrain339 m
Civic address
700 4 Ave SW, 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
#62 of 580 citywide · #49 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Site coverage
94% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces
1 titled piece · roll 067020008
Coordinates
51.050017, -114.076784

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 →

75.5 mN20 mLiDAR roof outlines · City of Calgary · true scale
75.5 m · 1,284 m² · 15.9 m · 1,502 m²
7.1 m structure7.3 m structure9.5 m structure11 m structure11.4 m structure11.5 m structure11.9 m structure23.2 m structure29.7 m structure42.6 m structure44.4 m structure45 m structurePlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Open to SkyPlus 15 — Open to Sky15.9 m · 1,502 m² footprint75.5 m · 1,284 m² footprintN50 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.

700 4 Ave SW75.5 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: 7th Street SW, 339 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Eau Claire is 675 m away (TBD, per the City’s Green Line map).

Other office buildings near 7th Street SW Station →

Plus 15

Nearest Plus 15 segment: 62 m. Not on the network.

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 067020008 · 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 yearAssessed valueChange
2005$30.0M
2006$40.2M33.8%
2007$68.3M70.1%
2008$90.0M31.7%
2009$83.5M-7.3%
2010$78.4M-6.1%
2011$33.9M-56.8%
2012$39.4M16.2%
2013$95.5M142.5%
2014$108.9M14.0%
2015$99.7M-8.4%
2016$83.9M-15.9%
2017$55.3M-34.1%
2018$38.0M-31.3%
2019$22.8M-39.9%
2020$20.4M-10.6%
2021$15.6M-23.4%
2022$12.2M-21.7%
2023$10.0M-18.4%
2024$14.7M47.2%
2025$17.0M15.6%
2026$17.8M4.7%

Development and building permits

Applications the City has located on this parcel since 2012, from the Development Permits and Building Permits datasets.

052012: 0 development permits2012: 5 building permits122013: 0 development permits2013: 4 building permits132014: 0 development permits2014: 8 building permits142015: 0 development permits2015: 4 building permits152016: 1 development permit2016: 5 building permits162017: 0 development permits2017: 2 building permits172018: 0 development permits2018: 0 building permits182019: 1 development permit2019: 1 building permit192020: 0 development permits2020: 1 building permit202021: 0 development permits2021: 0 building permits212022: 0 development permits2022: 2 building permits222023: 0 development permits2023: 0 building permits232024: 0 development permits2024: 3 building permits242025: 0 development permits2025: 1 building permit252026: 0 development permits2026: 0 building permits26Development permitsBuilding permits (non-residential)

Recent development permits 2 since 2012

AppliedPermitCategory · descriptionStatus
2019-11-18DP2019-5885Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required
CHANGE OF USE: ATHLETIC & RECREATIONAL FACILITY
Cancelled
2016-05-25DP2016-2048Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required
CHANGE OF USE: OFFICES, RETAIL STORE
Released
Approval

Recent building permits 36 since 2012 · 31 in the City’s office class

AppliedPermitClass · workEst. costStatus
2025-03-11BP2025-041573402 - Office · Improvement
Group D Office 3.2.2.56.
$28,000Completed
2024-09-29BP2024-207073402 - Office · Improvement
Interior
$32,000Issued Permit
2024-07-05BP2024-135513402 - Office · Improvement
Heart body Mind
$6,100Completed
2024-03-27BP2024-052933402 - Office · Improvement
Interior Alterations Flrs 5 & 10
$250,000Completed
2022-11-17BP2022-189583402 - Office · Improvement
Interior Alterations
$35,000Completed
2022-02-25BP2022-028753402 - Office · Improvement
Interior alterations.
$500,000Completed
2020-01-28BP2020-010033499 - Office/Bank/Professional Misc. · Unspecified
Fire Alarm System Modification - Relocation of Elevator Control Relays
$51,000Completed
2019-11-22BP2019-158373510 - Recreation Facility · Improvement
McFarlane Tower - Fitness Facility
$176,000Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 36 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $5.6M. 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.

  • McDougall School455 6 St SW29.7 m · year n/a · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 90 m
  • 200 738 3 Ave SW52.6 m · built 1981 · Office Condo · Eau Claire · 123 m
  • 630 3 Ave SW62.2 m · built 1989 · Office · Eau Claire · 157 m
  • 615 3 Ave SW18.4 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 163 m
  • 622 5 Ave SW26.5 m · built 1978 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 173 m
  • Hewlett Packard Tower715 5 Ave SW125.5 m · built 1974 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 174 m

700 4 Ave SW questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is 700 4 Ave SW?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 75.5 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 19 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was 700 4 Ave SW built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1979 as the year of construction.

Which CTrain station is closest to 700 4 Ave SW?

7th Street SW Station, 339 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at 700 4 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.