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Historic City Hall

Office · high-rise office building · built 1982 · 800 Macleod Trail SE

Historic City Hall (800 Macleod Trail SE) is a 57.2 m high-rise office building in Downtown Commercial Core, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1982. Its main structure is the 82nd tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and 63rd of 119 in Downtown Commercial Core. The City assesses the parcel at $66.0M on the 2026 roll, 32nd of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. A Plus 15 walkway touches the parcel. The nearest CTrain platform is City Hall, 146 m away in a straight line. 1,300 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. Since 2012 the City has recorded 98 building permits and 8 development permits on the parcel, the largest a $14.7M office permit for repair, applied for in 2017. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as Original Centre Street Bridge Lions.

Street-level 3D view of Historic City Hall, Calgary, from the southeast — From the street: an eye-level view from the southeast, about 70 m away. Same model, same source; not a photograph.

LiDAR roof height57.2 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)15

Footprint14,973 m²

Parcel22,856 m²

Year built (roll)1982

Assessed 2026$66.0M

Structures on parcel5

Nearest CTrain146 m

Civic address: 800 Macleod Trail SE, 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: #82 of 785 citywide · #63 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Footprint to parcel: 66% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 18 titled pieces · roll 068088293
Coordinates: 51.045078, -114.056921

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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 →

57.2 m · 10,321 m² · 32.2 m · 1,204 m² · 20.2 m · 2,488 m² · 15.6 m · 792 m² · 10.5 m · 168 m²

Context within 256 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.

Access

Public-geometry tests only; confirm routes, entrances and hours with the building.

CTrain

Nearest station: City Hall, 146 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Event Centre / Grand Central Station is 513 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.

Cycling

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m of the parcel is a protected lane (Cycle Track), 48 m away.

Winter access

The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route, 10 m from its edge. Priority 1 routes are cleared first after a snowfall.

Accessible crossing

The nearest accessible pedestrian signal is at 8 Avenue and Macleod Trail, 91 m from the parcel. The closest signalised crossing, 8 Avenue and 3 Street at 88 m, has no accessible signal recorded.

Straight-line tests against The City of Calgary Calgary Bikeways, Snow and Ice Clearing Priority Routes and Traffic Signals, retrieved 2026-09-24. Bikeways are ranked by the City's comfort level, where 1 is a protected lane and 4 a major street. Snow priority is a clearing order, not a clearing time. An accessible pedestrian signal gives audible and tactile crossing cues; a signal recorded as unknown is not counted as having none.

Transit service

Scheduled Calgary Transit service at the door, not only the distance to a platform.

1,300 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 172 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 14 routes and 13 stops. The closest stop is EB 9 AV @ Macleod TR SE, 85 m away.

Service class	Trips on the service day
LRT	672
REGULAR	385
BRT	118
MAX	107
EXPRESS	18

Routes: 1 Bowness/Forest Lawn · 4 Huntington · 10 City Hall/Southcentre · 24 Ogden · 90 Bridgeland/University of Calgary · 101 Inglewood · 117 McKenzie Towne Express · 131 East Bow Express · 151 New Brighton Express · 201 Red Line - Somerset - Bridlewood/Tuscany CTrain · 202 Blue Line - Saddletowne/69 Street CTrain · 302 BRT Southeast/City Centre · 500 Airport Express · MP MAX Purple City Centre/East Hills.

Calgary Transit Scheduling Data (GTFS), service day 2026-09-28 inside the 2026-09-15 to 2026-12-20 service period. A trip is counted once however many stops it calls at inside the radius. Schedules change each service period; this is the schedule, not observed service.

Parking

What the City’s own tariff record says about kerbside parking beside this parcel.

Paid on-street parking within 200 m

256 metered stalls across 29 City parking zones touching this walking radius, at $1.00 to $3.50 per hour depending on zone and time of day. Maximum stay 15 to 240 minutes. Tariff zones 14, 15, 2, 4c.

Enforced 0710-1750 MON-FRI, 0910-1750 SAT; 0910-1450 MON-FRI; 0910-1520 MON-FRI; 0910-1520 MON-SAT.

Closest zone

3 St SE, Fr 7 Av SE To 8 Av SE — 16 m from the parcel, 10 parallel stalls, tariff zone 2, 60-minute maximum.

When	Rate
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM	$3.00 per Hour
Mon-Fri 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM	$3.50 per Hour
Mon-Fri 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM	$2.50 per Hour
No Parking at this time	See Street Signs
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM	$1.00 per Hour
Sunday/Holidays:	Free parking
Free parking to 7 AM	See Signs /Parking Restrictions

The City of Calgary On-Street Parking Zones with Rates, retrieved 2026-09-24. Counts cover Active paid parking zones only: loading bays, taxi stands, accessible stalls and permit-only zones are excluded, and off-street parkades are not in this dataset. Tariffs and enforcement hours change; confirm on the sign.

Heritage inventory

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

Original Centre Street Bridge Lions

Construction year: 1917
Architect: —
Style: —
Typology: Bridge
Development era: 1914 to 1918 (WWI)
Original use: Transport
Planning theme: Urban Development
Designation: Inventory listing only
Inventory class: CWHR · featured resource

This resource is significant because:

-The sculptures exemplify artistic skill in their craftsmanship, and the dry process of sculpting in which they were constructed, which was unique in the region at the time for work of this scale. (Construction value: City-wide significance)

-The lions are symbolic of Calgary's strong ties to the British Empire in the early 20th century, and have since become familiar Calgary icons. (Symbolic value: City-wide significance)

Character-defining elements: - original sand-rich mortar construction material; -overall form of reposing lion with fine detail; -their grand scale of 12 feet in length, 5 feet in width, and 8 feet in height; and -their grey colour

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 681.

Historic City Hall (Old City Hall, Calgary City Hall)

Construction year: 1911
Architect: Dodd, William
Style: Romanesque Revival
Typology: City Hall
Development era: 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
Original use: Government
Planning theme: Politics and Government
Designation: Municipal Historic Resource, Provincial Historic Resource, Federal designation
Municipal: 1990-04-17
Provincial: 1980-01-01
Federal: 1984-11-23
Inventory class: CWHR

Character-defining elements: The exterior character-defining elements of City Hall includes such features as its: - four-storey, symmetrical form with an elevated main floor; - centrally placed tower forming the frontispiece on the main façade with a four-faced clock (Seth Thomas Clock Co., Thomaston, Connecticut); - rock-faced, sandstone-clad façades; - decorative stone elements pertaining to the Richardsonian Romanesque style such as its (window) voussoirs; the semicircular entrance arch that contains a keystone carved with the City's coat-of-arms and containing an erroneous date of city establishment; the associated re

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 354.

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 068088293 · 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 year	Assessed value	Change
2005	$145.2M	—
2006	$209.3M	44.2%
2007	$342.9M	63.8%
2008	$395.7M	15.4%
2009	$396.9M	0.3%
2010	$285.4M	-28.1%
2011	$208.4M	-27.0%
2012	$230.7M	10.7%
2013	$323.8M	40.4%
2014	$343.4M	6.1%
2015	$435.8M	26.9%
2016	$327.9M	-24.8%
2017	$273.9M	-16.5%
2018	$216.6M	-20.9%
2019	$83.4M	-61.5%
2020	$99.6M	19.5%
2021	$66.3M	-33.5%
2022	$68.9M	4.0%
2023	$68.6M	-0.4%
2024	$69.2M	0.9%
2025	$71.4M	3.1%
2026	$66.0M	-7.5%

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 8 since 2012

Applied	Permit	Category · description	Status
2026-07-24	DP2026-04324	Signs - Permitted Use NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGNS - 2)	Released Approval
2020-07-15	DP2020-4356	Change of Use - Permitted Use CHANGE OF USE: RETAIL AND CONSUMER SERVICE	Cancelled
2019-03-16	DP2019-1241	Special Function Tents TEMPORARY USE: SPECIAL FUNCTION - CLASS 2	Cancelled
2019-03-16	DP2019-1240	Signs - Permitted Use NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGNS - 2), SIGN - CLASS D (CANOPY SIGN)	Cancelled
2018-08-21	DP2018-4004	Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required TEMPORARY USE: HOME OCCUPATION - CLASS 2 (ONLINE SALES)	Cancelled
2013-11-01	DP2013-4554	Signs - Discretionary Use NEW: SIGN - CLASS E (DIGITAL MESSAGE SIGN-2) - 3 YEARS	Expired Approval
2012-04-05	DP2012-1338	Renovations - Non-Residential REVISION: EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS (GREEN ROOF)	Cancelled
2012-03-29	DP2012-1223	Signs - Discretionary Use SIGN - CLASS A: WINDOW SIGNS (7) - SIZE RELAXATION	Released Approval

Recent building permits 98 since 2012 · 66 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2026-08-12	BP2026-15273	6399 - Municipal/Commercial Misc. · Alteration	$11.2M	Pending Plans Review Assignment
2026-08-11	BP2026-15160	3305 - Service Station · Alteration	—	Cancelled
2026-06-05	BP2026-10251	6399 - Municipal/Commercial Misc. · Alteration Municipal Complex Maglock Replacement	$1.0M	Issued Permit
2026-05-19	BP2026-08698	3402 - Office · Alteration Interior Alterations	$80,000	Completed
2026-04-29	BP2026-07090	6399 - Municipal/Commercial Misc. · Fire/ Security Alarm Modifications to Fire Alarm System	$50,000	Issued Permit
2026-01-21	BP2026-00949	3402 - Office · Alteration Interior alterations - MUNICIPAL BUILDING - 11TH FLOOR HUMAN RESOURCES SECURITY /EGRESS DOOR	$32,147	Issued Permit
2025-11-06	BP2025-21634	3402 - Office · Alteration Interior alterations	$250,000	Issued Permit
2025-06-19	BP2025-11844	3402 - Office · Alteration Interior alterations	$995,000	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 98 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $122.3M. Permit descriptions are the City’s records at retrieval; applicant and contractor names are not reproduced.

Inspections

What City inspectors recorded against the permits on this parcel.

403 inspection results are published against 77 of the 98 building permits on this parcel, from 2012-10-03 to 2026-08-17. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2021-09-14. 53 inspections used a life-safety checklist and 9 a barrier-free checklist.

What was inspected

Result of each visit

Outcome	Inspections
Acceptable Add Inspection	238
Acceptable	79
Acceptable with Conditions	60
Not Acceptable	26

Stage

Inspection type	Count
Progress	258
Final	103
Occupancy	34
Framing	7
Pub Protect Safety	1

The 14 most recent inspection results

Date	Permit	Stage	Checklist	Outcome	Inspector note
2026-08-17	BP2026-08698	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2026-07-22	BP2024-24950	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2026-07-20	BP2026-08698	Progress	All Documents	Acceptable	NBC AE Division C 2.4.2. Schedules of Professional Involvement - Provide C schedules at final inspection.
2026-07-20	BP2026-08698	Progress	All Directives	Acceptable	Inspections can be booked at inspections.calgary.ca - Call for final when ready.
2026-07-20	BP2026-08698	Progress	All Documents	Acceptable	NBC AE Division C 2.4.1.3. Fire Suppression System Designs (Sprinkler VI) - Provide sprinkler VI when ready.
2026-07-09	BP2024-24950	Progress	All Documents	Acceptable with Conditions	NBC AE Division C 2.4.2. Schedules of Professional Involvement - Provide C- schedules from consultants.
2026-07-09	BP2024-24950	Progress	All Documents	Acceptable with Conditions	NBC AE Division C 2.4.1.3. Fire Suppression System Designs (Sprinkler VI) - Provide sprinkler VI
2026-07-09	BP2024-24950	Progress	All Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	File complete upon receipt of required documents. - E-mail documents to SCO to complete file.
2026-04-02	BP2025-09040	Progress	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2026-04-02	BP2025-09040	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2026-02-13	BP2024-25259	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2026-02-10	BP2024-25259	Final	All Directives	Not Acceptable	File complete upon receipt of required documents. - Provide completed required documents.
2025-12-19	BP2025-11844	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2025-12-10	BP2025-11844	Progress	All Directives	Acceptable	Inspections can be booked at inspections.calgary.ca - Ok to proceed. Call for final inspection when ready.

An inspection result is a record of one visit, not a verdict on the building. 26 of these 403 results are recorded as Not Acceptable. In the City's process a Not Acceptable result is an ordinary step: the inspector lists what must change and the work is re-inspected, which is why the most common outcome across the record is Acceptable Add Inspection. Most results relate to a single tenant improvement rather than the whole building. Inspector notes are The City of Calgary's own text at retrieval, with contact details removed; applicant and contractor names are never read.

The City of Calgary Building Inspections Results, joined to building permits by permit number, retrieved 2026-09-24.

Occupiers and licensed businesses

The public record of who operates on the parcel, labelled by source.

Businesses licensed by the City on this parcel 1 as of 2026-09-24

Licensed business	Address	Licence type	Status	Licensed since
Good Earth Coffeehouse Calgary City Hall	800 Macleod Trail SE	Food Service - Premises (Seating), Retail Dealer - Premises	Licensed	2018

Not a tenant roster. The City licenses specific business types (retail, food service, personal services, contractors, wholesalers, schools and similar). Most office occupiers such as professional firms need no municipal licence and do not appear here. Matched by civic address and by licence location inside the parcel; home-based licences are excluded.

No individuals are named. The City issues many personal-service licences to people trading under their own name. Suite numbers are never published, and where a licence reads as an individual rather than an organisation the name is withheld and only the licence category is shown. Names of sources this site does not use are omitted.

Nearby office buildings

The six nearest office building sites in the record, by straight-line distance between parcel centroids.

Burns Building237 8 Ave SEheight n/a · built 1913 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 111 m
303 9 Ave SE15.5 m · built 1966 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 118 m
407 9 Ave SEheight n/a · built 2018 · Office · Downtown East Village · 176 m
W.R. Castell Central Library616 Macleod Trail SE30.5 m · built 1974 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 188 m
St. Louis Hotel430 8 Ave SE13 m · built 1913 · Office · Downtown East Village · 219 m
615 Macleod Trail SE62.8 m · built 1972 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 228 m

Where this building sits in the record

Every collection this building belongs to, from the same public data shown above.

Downtown Commercial Core office buildings Southeast Calgary All Office sites Built in the 1980s Land use CR20-C20/R20 #82 tallest office roof in Calgary Plus 15 connected buildings Heritage office buildings Named office buildings Paid street parking Office buildings near CTrain Transit service ranking Assessment cycle 2015–2026 Construction record

Historic City Hall questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Historic City Hall?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 57.2 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 15 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Historic City Hall built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1982 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1917.

What is the assessed value of Historic City Hall?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $66.0M in total on the 2026 roll, 32nd of 822 sites in this record. Assessed value is the City’s figure for property tax, not a sale price or an asking price.

What is Historic City Hall zoned?

The parcel is designated CR20-C20/R20, Commercial - Residential Core, under the City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw. Confirm the designation and any amendments with the City before relying on it.

Which CTrain station is closest to Historic City Hall?

City Hall Station, 146 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in Historic City Hall?

The City of Calgary business licence register lists 1 licensed business at this address or inside the parcel as of 2026-09-24, shown in the occupiers section. Most office occupiers such as professional firms do not need a municipal licence, so the register is not a tenant roster.

Has Historic City Hall been inspected?

The City publishes 403 inspection results against 77 permits here, between 2012-10-03 and 2026-08-17. 53 used a life-safety checklist such as fire separations, firestopping or emergency lighting. 9 used the barrier-free checklist. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2021-09-14. Each result records one visit and most relate to a single tenant improvement, so this is not a verdict on the building.

How good is transit at Historic City Hall?

1,300 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 172 of them in the morning peak, across 14 routes. The closest stop is EB 9 AV @ Macleod TR SE, 85 m away. That is the published schedule for one service period, not observed service, and it counts each trip once however many stops it makes nearby.

Can staff cycle or get there in winter at Historic City Hall?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 48 m away. The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route. These are straight-line tests against City layers.

Where can visitors park at Historic City Hall?

The City of Calgary's tariff record shows 256 paid on-street stalls in 29 zones within 200 m of the parcel, at $1.00 to $3.50 per hour. The closest is 3 St SE, Fr 7 Av SE To 8 Av SE, 16 m away. Loading bays, taxi stands, accessible stalls and off-street parkades are not counted, and rates change, so confirm on the sign.

Is office space available at Historic City Hall?

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), Calgary Business Licenses, On-Street Parking Zones with Rates, Building Inspections Results, Residential Parking Zones, Snow and Ice Clearing Priority Routes, Traffic Signals, Calgary Bikeways — The City of Calgary, retrieved 2026-09-24. 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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