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Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1922 · 902 11 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height15.7 m
Storey-equivalent (derived)4
Footprint1,414 m²
Parcel3,328 m²
Year built (roll)1922
Assessed 2026$7.6M
Structures on parcel1
Nearest CTrain445 m
Civic address
902 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
#251 of 580 citywide · #75 of 119 in Beltline
Site coverage
43% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces
1 titled piece · roll 067090803
Coordinates
51.043196, -114.082268

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 →

15.7 mN20 mLiDAR roof outlines · City of Calgary · true scale
15.7 m · 1,414 m²
3.4 m structure6.3 m structure7 m structure9.5 m structure30.9 m structure42.8 m structure45.3 m structure66.4 m structure67.9 m structure114.1 m structure118.3 m structure15.7 m · 1,414 m² footprintN50 mFootprints within 153 m · City of Calgary
Context within 153 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.

Ford Motor Company of Can…15.7 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, 445 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Beltline is 1.1 km away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

Other office buildings near 8th Street SW Station →

Plus 15

Outside the Plus 15 network area.

Heritage inventory

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

Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse

Construction year
1922
Architect
Wells-Grey Ltd. (engineer)
Builder
C.W. Pettifer Construction Co.
Style
Edwardian Classical
Typology
Warehouse
Development era
1919 to 1929 (Post WWI to Stock Market Crash)
Designation
Inventory listing only

This site is significant because...

The Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse is significant for its contribution to the development of a warehouse and industrial district south of the CPR's mainline, recalling Calgary's historic status as the most important wholesale and distribution centre between Winnipeg and Vancouver. (Activity Value, City Wide Significance).

The Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse is an elegant and rare expression of late-Edwardian industrial architecture in Calgary. (Style Value, City Wide Significance).

It contributed to the development of the northern Beltline area as Calgary's main wholesale/warehouse district, and continues to contribute to the warehouse district's historic identity and character. (Symbolic Value, Community Significance)

Character-defining elements: Character-defining elements of the Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse include, but are not limited to: - form, scale and massing as expressed by its: square plan; two-storey height with full-height basement, partially above grade; flat roof with parapet with recessed panels; - steel-frame construction including: board-formed concrete foundation; red brick exterior laid in common bond with light grey mortar; uniformly distributed brick pilasters separating structural bays on east and south façades; - fenestration including: single assembly rectangular window openings at the basement; large

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 832.

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 067090803 · Office

$0$3.8M$7.5M$11.3M$15.1M200520082011201420172020202320262005 roll: $3.3M2006 roll: $3.5M2007 roll: $5.6M2008 roll: $10.8M2009 roll: $14.0M2010 roll: $9.8M2011 roll: $7.4M2012 roll: $7.3M2013 roll: $9.6M2014 roll: $11.6M2015 roll: $12.1M2016 roll: $13.3M2017 roll: $13.3M2018 roll: $13.3M2019 roll: $13.3M2020 roll: $12.0M2021 roll: $10.1M2022 roll: $10.1M2023 roll: $8.3M2024 roll: $8.7M2025 roll: $8.5M2026 roll: $7.6M$7.6M (2026)
Published values by roll year
Roll yearAssessed valueChange
2005$3.3M
2006$3.5M5.4%
2007$5.6M60.2%
2008$10.8M93.7%
2009$14.0M29.0%
2010$9.8M-29.6%
2011$7.4M-24.9%
2012$7.3M-0.9%
2013$9.6M31.6%
2014$11.6M20.0%
2015$12.1M4.8%
2016$13.3M9.6%
2017$13.3M0.0%
2018$13.3M0.0%
2019$13.3M0.0%
2020$12.0M-9.6%
2021$10.1M-15.8%
2022$10.1M0.1%
2023$8.3M-17.9%
2024$8.7M4.5%
2025$8.5M-2.1%
2026$7.6M-10.7%

Development and building permits

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

0122012: 0 development permits2012: 0 building permits122013: 0 development permits2013: 0 building permits132014: 0 development permits2014: 1 building permit142015: 0 development permits2015: 1 building permit152016: 0 development permits2016: 0 building permits162017: 0 development permits2017: 0 building permits172018: 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: 2 building permits26Development permitsBuilding permits (non-residential)

Recent development permits 0 since 2012

None located on this parcel since 2012.

Recent building permits 4 since 2012 · 2 in the City’s office class

AppliedPermitClass · workEst. costStatus
2026-09-08BP2026-171435114 - School, Other · Improvement$495,000Pending Plans Review Assignment
2026-06-06BP2026-102825114 - School, Other · Improvement
Internal Alterations
$475,000Issued Permit
2015-02-19BP2015-018053402 - Office · Improvement
Exterior Alterations - Patio
$200,000Completed
2014-01-29BP2014-011923402 - Office · Improvement
Interior Alteration
$12,000Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 4 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $1.2M. 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.

Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 15.7 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 4 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1922 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1922.

Which CTrain station is closest to Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse?

8th Street SW Station, 445 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Ford Motor Company of Canada 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.