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815 8 Ave SW

Office · high-rise office building · built 1981 · 815 8 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height55.7 m
Storey-equivalent (derived)14
Footprint1,689 m²
Parcel1,705 m²
Year built (roll)1981
Assessed 2026$12.9M
Structures on parcel1
Nearest CTrain133 m
Civic address
815 8 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
#86 of 580 citywide · #66 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Site coverage
99% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces
1 titled piece · roll 067080291
Coordinates
51.045745, -114.079717

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 →

55.7 mN20 mLiDAR roof outlines · City of Calgary · true scale
55.7 m · 1,689 m²
7.5 m structure8.2 m structure8.3 m structure8.4 m structure8.5 m structure9.4 m structure10.3 m structure11.2 m structure12.6 m structure39.5 m structure45.3 m structure52.2 m structure91.3 m structure118.1 m structure118.1 m structure157.2 m structurePlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — Open to SkyPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — Bridge EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — Open to SkyPlus 15 — Open to SkyPlus 15 — Enclosed55.7 m · 1,689 m² footprint8th Street SW CTrainN50 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.

815 8 Ave SW55.7 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: 8th Street SW, 133 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 842 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

Other office buildings near 8th Street SW Station →

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.

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 067080291 · 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$13.1M
2006$17.6M33.6%
2007$29.8M69.8%
2008$42.5M42.6%
2009$46.3M8.9%
2010$41.5M-10.4%
2011$21.9M-47.2%
2012$25.3M15.6%
2013$57.1M125.4%
2014$71.6M25.5%
2015$65.6M-8.4%
2016$54.6M-16.7%
2017$37.7M-31.1%
2018$28.6M-24.0%
2019$16.5M-42.3%
2020$14.6M-11.9%
2021$11.5M-20.9%
2022$9.4M-18.8%
2023$8.5M-9.6%
2024$9.2M9.2%
2025$12.9M39.7%
2026$12.9M0.0%

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: 1 development permit2013: 1 building permit132014: 0 development permits2014: 1 building permit142015: 0 development permits2015: 0 building permits152016: 0 development permits2016: 0 building permits162017: 1 development permit2017: 0 building permits172018: 0 development permits2018: 0 building permits182019: 0 development permits2019: 0 building permits192020: 0 development permits2020: 1 building permit202021: 1 development permit2021: 0 building permits212022: 0 development permits2022: 0 building permits222023: 0 development permits2023: 1 building permit232024: 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 3 since 2012

AppliedPermitCategory · descriptionStatus
2021-02-03DP2021-0675Signs - Permitted Use
NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGN)
Released
Approval
2017-11-01DP2017-5028Signs - Permitted Use
NEW: SIGN - CLASS B & D (FASCIA SIGN, PROJECTING SIGN)
Released
Approval
2013-11-22DP2013-4841Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required
CHANGE OF USE: COMMERCIAL SCHOOL (150 STUDENTS)
Released
Approval

Recent building permits 4 since 2012 · 0 in the City’s office class

AppliedPermitClass · workEst. costStatus
2023-06-27BP2023-101623611 - Restaurant/Drinking Establishment · Improvement
Group D Office 3.2.2.55.
$60,000Completed
2020-12-18BP2020-184794002 - Vacant · Improvement
Interior Alterations
$30,000Completed
2014-04-15BP2014-050335114 - School, Other · Improvement$100,000Completed
2013-04-15BP2013-046743611 - Restaurant/Drinking Establishment · Improvement
interior reno - existing tenant
$100,000Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 4 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $290,000. 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.

  • 855 8 Ave SW45.3 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 87 m
  • Nexen Building, Calgary801 7 Ave SW157.2 m · built 1979 · Office · 2 accounts · Downtown Commercial Core · 89 m
  • 735 8 Ave SW91.3 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 119 m
  • 903 8 Ave SW48.7 m · built 2009 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 155 m
  • 816 7 Ave SW31 m · built 1965 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 165 m
  • 718 8 Ave SW17.8 m · built 2013 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 169 m

815 8 Ave SW questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is 815 8 Ave SW?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 55.7 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 14 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was 815 8 Ave SW built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1981 as the year of construction.

Which CTrain station is closest to 815 8 Ave SW?

8th Street SW Station, 133 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at 815 8 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.