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Sherwin-Williams Co. Warehouse

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1914 · 738 11 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height19.9 m
Storey-equivalent (derived)5
Footprint609 m²
Parcel1,200 m²
Year built (roll)1914
Assessed 2026$4.1M
Structures on parcel1
Nearest CTrain437 m
Civic address
738 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB
Community
Beltline (BLN)
City sub-property use
C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district
CC-X — Centre City Mixed Use District (Commercial)
Height rank
#201 of 580 citywide · #50 of 119 in Beltline
Site coverage
51% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces
1 titled piece · roll 200519882
Coordinates
51.043084, -114.078638

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 →

19.9 mN20 mLiDAR roof outlines · City of Calgary · true scale
19.9 m · 609 m²
4.1 m structure4.3 m structure5.5 m structure5.8 m structure6.2 m structure7 m structure7.3 m structure7.7 m structure7.8 m structure8.1 m structure8.1 m structure8.6 m structure9.7 m structure10.8 m structure11.1 m structure11.6 m structure12 m structure12.1 m structure12.4 m structure16.8 m structure26.5 m structure27.6 m structure29.3 m structure61.6 m structure19.9 m · 609 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 Beltline median and tallest, and against the city.

Sherwin-Williams Co. Ware…19.9 mBeltline median18.4 mBeltline tallest123.5 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: 8th Street SW, 437 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Beltline is 825 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

Other office buildings near 8th Street SW Station →

Plus 15

Nearest Plus 15 segment: 195 m. Not on the network.

Heritage inventory

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

Sherwin-Williams Co. Warehouse (Mc Arthur's Furniture Heavens Fitness)

Construction year
1913
Architect
Unknown
Builder
Carter Halls Aldinger Co Ltd
Style
Edwardian Commercial
Typology
Warehouse
Development era
1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
Designation
Inventory listing only

HERITAGE CHARACTER STATEMENT

A utilitarian brick warehouse building executed in Edwardian Commercial style featuring; formal Tyndall stone entrance, symmetrically ordered window pattern, engaged pilasters, parapet with stone crenellations, stone string course, and stone plinth. Alterations in 2005 include; all exterior windows replaced, major roof top addition, and new exit stair.

SUMMARY HISTORY

The Sherwin-Williams Warehouse is a five-storey building in Calgary's historic warehouse district that lies within the Beltline Communities of Victoria and Connaught. It is comprised of the Sherwin-Williams Company warehouse, a three-storey brick building constructed in 1913, and a two-storey addition built atop the historic structure in 2005.

This property lies within Calgary's original town limits as they were established in 1884. The first building on this site was a 1905 residence that was

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 319.

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 200519882 · 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$2.1M
2006$2.2M6.7%
2007$5.8M160.7%
2008$7.0M19.9%
2009$10.1M44.6%
2010$5.3M-47.5%
2011$4.1M-23.5%
2012$4.7M15.0%
2013$7.9M69.0%
2014$8.3M4.7%
2015$9.6M16.5%
2016$7.9M-17.7%
2017$8.7M10.1%
2018$5.6M-36.0%
2019$4.5M-19.2%
2020$4.4M-3.3%
2021$4.6M6.4%
2022$4.7M1.9%
2023$4.3M-9.3%
2024$4.2M-3.3%
2025$4.6M10.8%
2026$4.1M-10.9%

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: 0 building permits122013: 0 development permits2013: 0 building permits132014: 1 development permit2014: 0 building permits142015: 0 development permits2015: 0 building permits152016: 1 development permit2016: 1 building permit162017: 0 development permits2017: 1 building permit172018: 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: 0 building permits222023: 0 development permits2023: 0 building permits232024: 0 development permits2024: 0 building permits242025: 0 development permits2025: 0 building permits252026: 0 development permits2026: 0 building permits26Development permitsBuilding permits (non-residential)

Recent development permits 2 since 2012

AppliedPermitCategory · descriptionStatus
2016-05-13DP2016-1852Change of Use - Permitted Use
CHANGE OF USE: OFFICE
Released
Approval
2014-08-07DP2014-3752Signs - Permitted Use with Relaxation
NEW: SIGN - CLASS D (PROJECTING SIGNS- 2) - LOCATION & SIZE
Released
Approval

Recent building permits 2 since 2012 · 2 in the City’s office class

AppliedPermitClass · workEst. costStatus
2017-06-16BP2017-073673402 - Office · Improvement$7,310Completed
2016-08-16BP2016-095593402 - Office · Improvement
Group D Office
$730,000Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 2 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $737,310. 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.

Sherwin-Williams Co. Warehouse questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Sherwin-Williams Co. Warehouse?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 19.9 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 5 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Sherwin-Williams Co. Warehouse built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1914 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1913.

Which CTrain station is closest to Sherwin-Williams Co. Warehouse?

8th Street SW Station, 437 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Sherwin-Williams Co. Warehouse?

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.