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940 6 Ave SW

Office · high-rise office building · built 1981 · 940 6 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height48.5 m
Storey-equivalent (derived)12
Footprint1,448 m²
Parcel1,620 m²
Year built (roll)1981
Assessed 2026$12.9M
Structures on parcel1
Nearest CTrain265 m
Civic address
940 6 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
#101 of 580 citywide · #74 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Site coverage
89% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces
1 titled piece · roll 067043794
Coordinates
51.048297, -114.083076

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 →

48.5 mN20 mLiDAR roof outlines · City of Calgary · true scale
48.5 m · 1,448 m²
3 m structure3.6 m structure4.5 m structure5.7 m structure14 m structure18.2 m structure33.8 m structure42.2 m structure42.9 m structure44.4 m structure52.5 m structure63.4 m structure66.5 m structure90.8 m structure103.7 m structure115.5 m structurePlus 15 — EnclosedPlus 15 — Enclosed48.5 m · 1,448 m² footprintN50 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.

940 6 Ave SW48.5 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, 265 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 1.1 km away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

Other office buildings near 8th Street SW Station →

Plus 15

Nearest Plus 15 segment: 76 m. Not on the network.

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 067043794 · 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$13.3M
2006$17.8M34.3%
2007$26.6M49.6%
2008$38.3M43.8%
2009$43.3M12.9%
2010$32.0M-26.0%
2011$11.2M-65.0%
2012$22.3M98.7%
2013$35.4M58.9%
2014$52.9M49.7%
2015$50.6M-4.3%
2016$41.6M-17.8%
2017$29.9M-28.1%
2018$15.0M-49.8%
2019$16.1M7.1%
2020$13.2M-17.7%
2021$10.8M-18.7%
2022$8.3M-22.5%
2023$6.8M-17.9%
2024$9.8M43.8%
2025$12.2M23.9%
2026$12.9M5.7%

Development and building permits

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

02462012: 1 development permit2012: 6 building permits122013: 0 development permits2013: 1 building permit132014: 0 development permits2014: 0 building permits142015: 2 development permits2015: 2 building permits152016: 0 development permits2016: 4 building permits162017: 0 development permits2017: 1 building permit172018: 0 development permits2018: 3 building permits182019: 1 development permit2019: 0 building permits192020: 2 development permits2020: 2 building permits202021: 1 development permit2021: 0 building permits212022: 0 development permits2022: 0 building permits222023: 0 development permits2023: 0 building permits232024: 0 development permits2024: 2 building permits242025: 0 development permits2025: 1 building permit252026: 0 development permits2026: 0 building permits26Development permitsBuilding permits (non-residential)

Recent development permits 7 since 2012

AppliedPermitCategory · descriptionStatus
2021-07-08DP2021-4974Signs - Permitted Use with Relaxation
RELAXATION: SIGN - CLASS A (WINDOW SIGNS - 15)
Released
Approval
2020-11-02DP2020-7036Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required
CHANGE OF USE: CHILD CARE SERVICE
Cancelled
2020-10-16DP2020-6569Change of Use - Discretionary Use or Relaxations Required
CHANGE OF USE: CHILD CARE SERVICE (35 CHILDREN)
Cancelled
2019-01-15DP2019-0197Change of Use - Permitted Use
CHANGE OF USE: COUNSELLING SERVICE
Cancelled
2015-12-22DP2015-5326Change of Use - Permitted Use
CHANGE OF USE: OFFICE
Released
Approval
2015-07-23DP2015-3109Change of Use - With Change to Site Plan
EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS: MULTI-USE COMMERCIAL (CANOPY ADDITION, REPLACEMENT OF VESTIBULE AND SIDEWALK REPAIR); NEW: SIGN - CLASS D (CANOPY SIGN)
Released
Approval
2012-11-06DP2012-4688Signs - Permitted Use
SIGNS - CLASS 1: FASCIA SIGNS (2)
Released
Approval

Recent building permits 22 since 2012 · 20 in the City’s office class

AppliedPermitClass · workEst. costStatus
2025-07-29BP2025-146863402 - Office · Unspecified
Fire alarm verification
$1,500Completed
2024-08-01BP2024-158763402 - Office · Unspecified
Fire alarm device replacement
$4,500Completed
2024-04-17BP2024-068733402 - Office · Unspecified
Fire Alarm Modifications - Place 9-6 Condominum
$1.0MCompleted
2020-11-26BP2020-173433499 - Office/Bank/Professional Misc. · Unspecified
Fire alarm upgrade.
$3,100Completed
2020-11-02BP2020-160425301 - Child Care Facility · Improvement
Interior Alteration - Group A2 - Vista Kids Town Child Care
$40,000Completed
2018-04-18BP2018-042283402 - Office · Improvement
Interior alterations
$265,000Completed
2018-04-09BP2018-037943402 - Office · Improvement
2nd Floor Office for Stratus Interior Demolition
$28,000File Closed
2018-03-14BP2018-027573799 - Personal Service. Misc. · Improvement
New Tenant - Fitness Centre
$115,000Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 22 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $2.8M. 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.

  • 932 5 Ave SW42.9 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 110 m
  • 700 900 6 Ave SW42.2 m · built 1979 · Office Condo · 9 accounts · Downtown Commercial Core · 119 m
  • 518 922 5 Ave SW90.8 m · built 2006 · Office Condo · 7 accounts · Downtown Commercial Core · 120 m
  • 1000 5 Ave SW52.5 m · built 1993 · Office · Downtown West End · 121 m
  • 1011 6 Ave SW9.7 m · built 1980 · Office · Downtown West End · 121 m
  • 910 7 Ave SW56.4 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 130 m

940 6 Ave SW questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is 940 6 Ave SW?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 48.5 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 12 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was 940 6 Ave SW built?

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

Which CTrain station is closest to 940 6 Ave SW?

8th Street SW Station, 265 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at 940 6 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.