Boma Building Guide – Calgary 1 2011-2012 Choosing a Security Provider Is One of the Most Important Decisions You Have to Make
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BOMA BUILDING GUIDE – CALGARY 1 2011-2012 Choosing a security provider is one of the most important decisions you have to make. That doesn’t mean it can’t be easy. Protecting the safety and assets of your Key Solutions: property has many facets. Personal • Advanced Access Control, Intrusion security. Organizational liability. Maintaining Detection and Video Surveillance profitability. Guarding intellectual property, • 24/7 Monitoring and Remote Monitoring equipment and inventory. Fortunately, you • Call Centre Services can address all of these concerns with one • Comprehensive IP-Based Solutions simple decision. Choose ADT and Intercon • Long-Term and Short-Term Security Personnel Services Security. From cutting-edge access control • Mobile Alarm Response and 24/7 monitoring to security personnel • Locksmith Services and locksmith services, ADT and Intercon Security offer comprehensive security For more information, call 403.291.2868 or solutions and protection you can trust. visit www.ADT.ca or www.interconsecurity.com Drawing from a wide range of experience, products and services, we can offer specific solutions to help protect your employees, your assets and your business as a whole. Monitoring Access Control Video Surveillance IP Solutions Intrusion Detection Security Guards Locksmithing RBQ 3019-4070-50. © 2011 ADT. All rights reserved. ADT and the ADT logo are registered trademarks of ADT Services AG and are used under licence. Intercon Security is an affiliate of ADT Security Services Canada, Inc. 2011-2012 2 BOMA BUILDING GUIDE – CALGARY BOMA BUILDING GUIDE – CALGARY 3 2011-2012 PUBLISHER: BOMA Calgary 25th ANNUAL BOMA BUILDING GUIDE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: William G.R. Partridge, CAE BOMA COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE: CALGARY 2011–2012 Vicki Gibbs, Design Group Staffing Inc. (Chair); Dana Burns, Calgary Herald Blair Carbert, Stones Carbert Waite Wells LLP; Jay de Nance, Fairfield Commercial Real Estate Inc.; Miles Durrie, Calgary Herald Roger Hanks, Skyling Roofing Ltd.; Carol Lewis, Calgary Herald Lia Robinson, BOMA Calgary ADVERTISING SALES CO-ORDINATOR: Dana Burns, Calgary Herald EDITOR: Miles Durrie, Calgary Herald ContRIBUTIng WRITERS: Shannon Sutherland; Michael Kehoe; Luke Stiles; William Partridge Contents PHOTOGRAPHY: Wil Andruschak; Calgary Herald archive CovER DESIgn: Lorraine Chartier, Calgary Herald DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Calgary Herald Special Projects The BOMA Building Guide is a joint venture of BOMA Calgary, Suite 120, 4954 Richard Rd. SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3E 6L1 Telephone 403-237-0559, Fax 403-266-5876, 6 Fast facts: Calgary at a Glance e-mail: [email protected] and the Calgary Herald - 215-16th Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 7P5 403-235-7219, Fax 403-569-4703 8 BOMA Views Additional copies of the Building Guide are available from BOMA Calgary. 1 2 View the Building Guide online at www.boma.ca ©2011 by the Calgary Herald and BOMA Calgary. Printed in Canada 19 Message from the Mayor of Calgary1 11 Buildings tell tale of city’s history BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS 14 Cover to cover: 25 years of the BOMA Building Guide ASSOCIATION OF CALGARY 16-47 Building listings and maps 19 Catching the retail wave 33, 41 Commercial sector overviews 50 Industrial space demand on the rise 51 Technology changing building operations We produce easy to read computerized 54 Career opportunities poised for growth “As Built” floor plans of existing Commercial Real Estate measured The BOMA Building Guide to BOMA standards. uses environmentally responsible papers The Solution to your “As Built” needs since 1989. BOMA is committed to environmental stewardship. By choosing partially post-consumer recycled fibre instead of virgin paper for this magazine, the following savings to our natural resources have been realized: BOMA CERTIFIED n Trees: 14 (1.8 tonnes of wood) MEASUREMENT PROFESSIONAL n Wastewater: 28,931 litres n Landfill material: 183 kilograms n Net greenhouse emissions: 640 kilograms Calgary • 403-238-3555 [email protected] n Energy: 6,330,335 kilojoules All area measurements are drawn to scale, are guaranteed and — Teldon Print Media Eco Audit backed by a $1,000,000.00 Errors & Omissions Insurance Policy 2011-2012 4 BOMA BUILDING GUIDE – CALGARY BOMA BUILDING GUIDE – CALGARY 5 2011-2012 corporate profile: Calgary at a Glance CREB – Commercial Situated in the beautiful Rocky Mountain Foothills, property expertise Calgary rates as the world’s cleanest city. Calgary ranks fourth among major elling and buying commercial Calgarians are proud of their surrounding playground Sproperty requires special skills and of mountains and rivers, which help attract and retain the Canadian cities in real GDP growth, experience, and CREB has built a strong energetic individuals that make up the city’s workforce. cohort of specialized realtors to make at 3.2 per cent in 2010. sure it’s done right. ConneCted. Invested. ResouRCed. “Our Commercial Department has u Year Incorporated: 1884 as a town, 1894 as a city about 1,300 members,” says Gemma your link to commercial real estate opportunities u Location: 51.6N; 114.1W Beierback, Commercial Department manager with CREB (formerly the Cal- u Geographical size: 848 square km. gary Real Estate Board). “Our members u Elevation: 1,084.1 metres (3,556.8 feet) above sea level GDP DISTRIBUTION are required to have advanced com- mercial real estate experience or take u Climate: Calgary ranks first among Canada’s 100 largest BY INDUSTRY, CALGARY CMA additional education.” IndustRIal cities, with: INDUSTRY 2010 DISTRIBUTION Benefits include membership in the Ca- • More than 2,300 hours of sunshine annually. Forestry, logging 0.0% nadian Commercial Council of Realtors, a offICe • Sunniest days year-round and in winter. Mining, oil and gas extraction 16.8% national group that advocates on issues Utilities 1.7% RetaIl • Summer temperature (June – August) Construction 7.4% surrounding commercial real estate. – Daily average: 15.2C (59.4F) Manufacturing 8.3% What does this mean for clients? A Wholesale trade 5.0% multI-famIly – Daily maximum: 21.9C (71.4F) Retail trade 4.9% highly specialized level of expertise from • Winter temperature (December – February) Transportation, warehousing 5.7% professionals who have access to tools Information, cultural industries 3.6% www.creb.com – Daily average: -7.5C (18.5F) Finance, insurance, real estate, renting, leasing, mgmt 19.8% such as ICX.ca, a Professional, scientific,technical services 7.2% [email protected] – Daily maximum: -1.4C (29.5F) national commercial Administrative, support, waste mgmt, remediation srvcs 2.0% real estate market- • Rainfall per year is 321mm (12.6 inches) Arts, entertainment, recreation 0.7% Educational services 3.7% ing database and • Snowfall per year is 127cm (50 inches) Health care, social assistance 4.7% Accommodation, food services 2.0% information site. Other services (except public administration) 2.4% While the public can Calgary has the youngest population of Public administration 3.0% search the site, only Benefits of using CREB® — Source: Corporate Economics Canada’s major cities, with a median age of accredited members Commercial members: 35.8. Nearly 60% of Calgarians are within can add listings. the core working age group of 25-64. EMPLOYMENT DISTRIBUTION At the same time, CREB’s Commercial Department also has a strong govern- • Canadian Commercial BY INDUSTRY, CALGARY CMA u Population: ment relations program, speaking out on Council (CCC) member INDUSTRY 2010 DISTRIBUTION Calgary Economic Region (July 2010): 1,338,241 issues that effect clients, such as capital Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing,Hunting 1.2% cost allowance recovery and rollovers in • National exposure on Calgary CMA (July 2010): 1,242,624 Mining, Oil and Gas Extraction 6.6% Utilities 0.8% capital gains tax. www.icx.ca City of Calgary (April 2010): 1,071,515 Construction 10.0% “CREB’s Commercial Department is u Population density : Manufacturing 6.6% a powerful, well-educated group,” says • Adhering to a strict Wholesale Trade 3.5% 2,289 people per square km Retail Trade 11.2% Beierback. “Our members adhere to a Code of Ethics u Transportation, Warehousing 5.5% higher level of ethics; we have a code of Personal income per capita: Information, Cultural Industries 2.1% $54,364 (2010) Finance, Insurance 4.4% conduct, we do government lobbying and • Strong effective Real Estate, Rental, Leasing 1.9% we offer ongoing training and education government relation Transportation access: Fourth busiest airport in Canada, with Professional, Scientific, Technical Services 10.6% Management of Companies and Enterprises 0.0% so our members keep themselves in the 12.6 million passengers in 2010. Administrative, Support 3.7% forefront of knowledge.” initiatives Educational Services 5.9% The department has worked with the Health Care, Social Assistance 10.2% • Commercial Member Arts, Entertainment, Recreation 2.8% City of Calgary to present seminars, and 1,090,936 1,071,515 1,065,455 Calgary’s PoPulation growth: 1,042,892 Accommodation, Food Services 5.3% 1,019.942 Roster of 1300+ 991,759 has held presentations on topics like Public Administration 3.2% 933,495 Other Services 4.5% environmental assessment and taxation. 904,987 members — Source: Statistics Canada 860,749 Beierback says clients looking to buy 819,334 767,059 or sell a commercial property can explore 738,184 717,113 CREB’s roster of 1,300 Commercial De- 692,885 657,118 640,645 partment members to find the expert who 619,184 623,133 560,618 best suits their needs. Members are also Calgary has the second-highest