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Medical Centre Building

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1958 · 906 8 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height27.9 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)7

Footprint3,881 m²

Parcel4,103 m²

Year built (roll)1958

Assessed 2026$13.2M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain164 m

Civic address: 906 8 Ave SW, Calgary, AB
Community: Downtown Commercial Core (DNC)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: DC — Direct Control (Direct Control)
Height rank: #150 of 580 citywide · #93 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Site coverage: 95% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 067070508
Coordinates: 51.046365, -114.082133

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 →

27.9 m · 3,881 m²

Context within 160 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: 8th Street SW, 164 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 1.0 km away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

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Plus 15

Nearest Plus 15 segment: 46 m. Not on the network.

Heritage inventory

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

Medical Centre Building

Construction year: 1957
Architect: J. Stevenson and Associates
Builder: Burns and Dutton
Style: Modern
Typology: Office and Clinic
Development era: 1957 to 1982 (Modern)
Designation: Inventory listing only

Heritage Character Statement

A Modern movement style building - it features; curtain wall cladding with expressed structural frame and large flat panels of Tyndall stone. It was designed by J. Stevenson & Associates, prominent architects. A purpose-built structure assembled by a group of medical practitioners to counter the shortage of space during the post WWII boom in Calgary. It was an important building in establishing the dominant character of the area.

Summary History

Following a major oil discovery at Leduc, Alberta in 1947, Calgary entered a sustained period of economic and population growth. Very little major construction had taken place in the city since before the Great Depression, and increasing need for professional office space quickly outgrew the available supply. The city's two purpose-built medical centres - the Calgary Associate Clinic, built around 1930 (214 -

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 219.

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 067070508 · 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	$12.3M	—
2006	$13.5M	9.7%
2007	$16.8M	24.5%
2008	$29.1M	72.8%
2009	$23.1M	-20.3%
2010	$12.1M	-47.6%
2011	$17.0M	39.8%
2012	$21.8M	28.4%
2013	$49.5M	127.6%
2014	$21.0M	-57.7%
2015	$22.6M	7.9%
2016	$19.2M	-15.3%
2017	$21.2M	10.4%
2018	$16.1M	-24.2%
2019	$11.7M	-27.2%
2020	$13.3M	14.3%
2021	$12.0M	-10.1%
2022	$12.0M	0.0%
2023	$11.9M	-0.8%
2024	$13.2M	11.2%
2025	$13.6M	2.8%
2026	$13.2M	-2.7%

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 1 since 2012

Applied	Permit	Category · description	Status
2017-12-04	DP2017-5560	Renovations - Non-Residential EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS: MULTI-USE COMMERCIAL (ROOFTOP MECHANICAL)	Released Approval

Recent building permits 10 since 2012 · 2 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2026-06-10	BP2026-10544	5115 - University Of Calgary · Improvement Parkade Repairs	$440,330	Issued Permit
2020-07-27	BP2020-10087	3402 - Office · Improvement Interior Alterations	$63,100	Completed
2018-06-28	BP2018-08471	5115 - University Of Calgary · Improvement U of C Downtown Campus Event Centre Mechanical Upgrade	$420,000	Completed
2015-06-02	BP2015-06413	5114 - School, Other · Improvement Classroom 140 alteration	$238,500	Completed
2014-11-17	BP2014-17846	5115 - University Of Calgary · Improvement Interior alteration for tenant improvement	$818,135	Completed
2014-11-17	BP2014-17849	5115 - University Of Calgary · Improvement Interior alteration for tenant improvement	$859,560	Completed
2013-01-22	BP2013-00721	3402 - Office · Improvement INTERIOR ALTERATION AND USE CONFIRMATION	$190,000	Completed
2013-01-11	BP2013-00340	5115 - University Of Calgary · Improvement Installation of interior wall to separate two future tenants	$30,000	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 10 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $3.2M. 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.

903 8 Ave SW48.7 m · built 2009 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 63 m
855 8 Ave SW45.3 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 105 m
910 7 Ave SW56.4 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 105 m
1000 8 Ave SW23.7 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown West End · 138 m
1009 7 Ave SW6.7 m · built 1961 · Office · Downtown West End · 164 m
200 1010 8 Ave SW22.4 m · built 1980 · Office Condo · 6 accounts · Downtown West End · 171 m

Medical Centre Building questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Medical Centre Building?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 27.9 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 7 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Medical Centre Building built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1958 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1957.

Which CTrain station is closest to Medical Centre Building?

8th Street SW Station, 164 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Medical Centre Building?

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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