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Elveden Centre

Office · high-rise office building · built 1961 · 727 7 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height81.3 m
Storey-equivalent (derived)21
Footprint5,249 m²
Parcel5,989 m²
Year built (roll)1961
Assessed 2026$27.8M
Structures on parcel3
Nearest CTrain44 m
Civic address
727 7 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
#60 of 580 citywide · #47 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Site coverage
88% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces
4 titled pieces · roll 067072009
Coordinates
51.046633, -114.077195

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 →

81.3 mN20 mLiDAR roof outlines · City of Calgary · true scale
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Context within 175 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.

Elveden Centre81.3 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, 44 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 654 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.

Heritage inventory

The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources records the following on this parcel.

Elveden Centre

Construction year
1958
Architect
Rule Wynn and Rule
Builder
Commonwealth Construction
Style
Modern
Typology
Office
Development era
1957 to 1982 (Modern)
Designation
Inventory listing only

HERITAGE CHARACTER STATEMENT

The building complex is designed in the Modern style and features; curtain wall cladding, aluminum framing and porcelain enamel spandrel panels set in a strong rectangular grid-like pattern. The interior retains harp/angel motif and custom reception desk. The grouping of office towers established the dominant character of the area.

SUMMARY HISTORY

Following a major oil discovery at Leduc, Alberta in 1947, Calgary quickly emerged as the administrative centre of western Canada's petroleum industry. Very little major construction had taken place in the city since before the Great Depression, and oil company representatives initially made their headquarters in hotel rooms and aging office buildings. The first major project to address the increased demand for office space was the Barron Building, designed by Cawston and Stevenson and completed in 1951. This edi

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 470.

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 067072009 · 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$34.0M—
2006$54.1M59.2%
2007$89.1M64.6%
2008$147.3M65.3%
2009$140.8M-4.5%
2010$130.4M-7.4%
2011$59.9M-54.1%
2012$61.4M2.6%
2013$121.9M98.4%
2014$143.8M18.0%
2015$137.6M-4.3%
2016$114.0M-17.2%
2017$70.8M-37.9%
2018$32.8M-53.6%
2019$37.0M12.6%
2020$28.4M-23.2%
2021$19.5M-31.3%
2022$16.1M-17.5%
2023$16.6M3.3%
2024$16.7M0.5%
2025$26.5M58.7%
2026$27.8M4.9%

Development and building permits

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

05102012: 0 development permits2012: 8 building permits122013: 0 development permits2013: 10 building permits132014: 0 development permits2014: 7 building permits142015: 0 development permits2015: 3 building permits152016: 0 development permits2016: 1 building permit162017: 0 development permits2017: 3 building permits172018: 0 development permits2018: 5 building permits182019: 0 development permits2019: 6 building permits192020: 0 development permits2020: 3 building permits202021: 0 development permits2021: 1 building permit212022: 0 development permits2022: 4 building permits222023: 0 development permits2023: 3 building permits232024: 0 development permits2024: 4 building permits242025: 0 development permits2025: 0 building permits252026: 0 development permits2026: 2 building permits26Development permitsBuilding permits (non-residential)

Recent development permits 0 since 2012

None located on this parcel since 2012.

Recent building permits 60 since 2012 · 48 in the City’s office class

AppliedPermitClass · workEst. costStatus
2026-08-16BP2026-155285117 - Commercial School · Improvement
Tenancy Change		$1,000Issued Permit
2026-05-19BP2026-087443402 - Office · Improvement
Interior Alterations		$350,000Issued Permit
2024-12-18BP2024-260773402 - Office · Improvement
Interior Alt- Office Expansion		$600,000Completed
2024-12-10BP2024-255933106 - Retail Shop · Improvement
Infinite Tech Repair		$1,000Completed
2024-07-17BP2024-145223402 - Office · Improvement
Interior alterations		$150,000Completed
2024-04-17BP2024-069143402 - Office · Improvement
SUITE IMPROVEMENT		$80,000Issued Permit
2023-11-17BP2023-198435114 - School, Other · Improvement
Guiness House Suite 1520 LL Scope		$35,000Completed
2023-10-02BP2023-169433402 - Office · Unspecified
Fire alarm maintenance		$1,500Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 60 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $6.1M. 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.

  • 718 8 Ave SW17.8 m · built 2013 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 47 m
  • 734 7 Ave SW73.7 m · built 1982 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 93 m
  • 645 7 Ave SW109.9 m · built 1988 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 95 m
  • 640 8 Ave SW55 m · built 1965 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 96 m
  • Western Canadian Place809 6 St SW160 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 106 m
  • Britannia Building703 6 Ave SW39.7 m · built 1958 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 107 m

Elveden Centre questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Elveden Centre?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 81.3 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 21 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Elveden Centre built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1961 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1958.

Which CTrain station is closest to Elveden Centre?

7th Street SW Station, 44 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Elveden Centre?

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) — 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.

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