903 8 Ave SW
Office · high-rise office building · built 2009 · 903 8 Ave SW
- Civic address
- 903 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
- #100 of 580 citywide · #73 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
- Site coverage
- 65% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
- Parcel pieces
- 1 titled piece · roll 201050135
- Coordinates
- 51.045807, -114.081922
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 →
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: 8th Street SW, 185 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 993 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).
Plus 15
The nearest Plus 15 segment is 24.9 m from the parcel boundary; the parcel itself is not touched by the network geometry.
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 201050135 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | $9.3M | — |
| 2009 | $22.9M | 145.4% |
| 2010 | $48.2M | 110.1% |
| 2011 | $34.2M | -28.9% |
| 2012 | $37.4M | 9.4% |
| 2013 | $61.7M | 64.8% |
| 2014 | $65.3M | 5.8% |
| 2015 | $82.3M | 26.1% |
| 2016 | $63.5M | -22.9% |
| 2017 | $53.6M | -15.6% |
| 2018 | $42.1M | -21.3% |
| 2019 | $17.0M | -59.6% |
| 2020 | $20.2M | 18.6% |
| 2021 | $12.5M | -37.8% |
| 2022 | $11.5M | -8.2% |
| 2023 | $9.9M | -14.3% |
| 2024 | $13.5M | 37.0% |
| 2025 | $13.6M | 1.0% |
| 2026 | $13.1M | -4.3% |
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 3 since 2012
| Applied | Permit | Category · description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-10 | DP2020-4952 | Change of Use - Permitted Use CHANGE OF USE: FITNESS CENTRE | Cancelled |
| 2014-08-28 | DP2014-4167 | Signs - Permitted Use NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGN), SIGN - CLASS D (PROJECTING SIGN) | Released Approval |
| 2013-08-19 | DP2013-3449 | Signs - Permitted Use SIGNS - CLASS 1: FASCIA SIGN (1) | Released Approval |
Recent building permits 19 since 2012 · 14 in the City’s office class
| Applied | Permit | Class · work | Est. cost | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | BP2026-06141 | 3402 - Office · Improvement Window Replacement | $48,980 | Completed |
| 2025-12-13 | BP2025-23654 | 3402 - Office · Unspecified Fire Alarm - Repair | $8,000 | Completed |
| 2022-08-03 | BP2022-13291 | 3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Renovation Phase 2 (BDO). | $918,200 | Completed |
| 2022-07-04 | BP2022-11645 | 3402 - Office · Improvement Group D Office 3.2.2.55. | $388,800 | Completed |
| 2022-02-15 | BP2022-02314 | 3402 - Office · Improvement Manulife 8 West Flex - Interior Alteration | $200,000 | Completed |
| 2021-10-04 | BP2021-17255 | 2306 - Parking Garage · Improvement Manulife 8 West Parkade Repair | $49,764 | Issued Permit |
| 2021-07-22 | BP2021-12951 | 2306 - Parking Garage · Improvement Parkade Repair | $58,183 | Issued Permit |
| 2021-03-09 | BP2021-03495 | 4002 - Vacant · Improvement Interior Alterations - Manulife 8 West 8th Floor Level | — | Cancelled |
Declared estimated project cost across all 19 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $4.3M. 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.
- Medical Centre Building906 8 Ave SW
903 8 Ave SW questions
Answers drawn from the record.
How tall is 903 8 Ave SW?
The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 48.7 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 12 at 3.9 m per storey.
When was 903 8 Ave SW built?
The City’s assessment roll records 2009 as the year of construction.
Which CTrain station is closest to 903 8 Ave SW?
8th Street SW Station, 185 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.
Is office space available at 903 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.