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Original Centre Street Bridge Lions

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

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: #83 of 580 citywide · #63 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Site coverage: 66% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 18 titled pieces · roll 068088293
Coordinates: 51.045078, -114.056921

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.

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: —
Builder: James Langlands Thomson
Style: —
Typology: Bridge
Development era: 1914 to 1918 (WWI)
Designation: Inventory listing only

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
Builder: Alberta Building Co.
Style: Romanesque Revival
Typology: City Hall
Development era: 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
Designation: Inventory listing only

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

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

Original Centre Street Bridge Lions questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Original Centre Street Bridge Lions?

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 Original Centre Street Bridge Lions built?

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

Which CTrain station is closest to Original Centre Street Bridge Lions?

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

Is office space available at Original Centre Street Bridge Lions?

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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