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UNIVERSITY DISTRICT·rentalData refreshed 2026-11-14

The Forge (estimated name)

4030 UNIVERSITY AV NW, Calgary

  • Built 2021The year the City record gives for the building's construction. Where the City has no year, the page says Unknown rather than guessing. Methodology.
  • Unit count unknownHow many residential units the City record lists for this address. A resident correction replaces the City figure when a verified representative confirms a different count. Methodology.
  • Construction unknownThe likely construction type, estimated from the storey count and the year built under the Alberta Building Code rules in the methodology. A moderator-confirmed value replaces the estimate. Methodology.
  • 0 short-term rental licencesThe number of active short-term rental licences the City has issued at this address. An address with no licence cannot lawfully offer short-term rentals. Methodology.

Unit count unknownHow confident the site is in the unit count: a resident correction, a National Address Register estimate, a plain City roll count, or unknown. The label travels with the number everywhere it appears. Methodology.

  • unit count source: unknown

The storey count is an estimate from the building's LiDAR height divided by 3.1 m per storey, so a short or tall floor plan can shift it by one. It is labelled "estimated" wherever it appears. Methodology.

    The construction class is estimated from the storey count and year built under Alberta Building Code rules, not published by the City. A moderator-confirmed value replaces the estimate. Methodology.

    • year built: 2021
    • class: unknown

    1. Assessed valueThe value the City places on each property each roll year, used to set property taxes. For a condo building the page shows the median of its unit roll values; for a rental building, the total. Methodology.

    Source: assessment_current. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Method

    Source: assessment_history. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Method

    052375k104750k6,320,00018,100,00020052025

    The change in the building's median unit assessed value over the last two roll years, with the community and city changes for comparison. It is arithmetic on City assessment records, not a prediction. Methodology.

      Where the building's median unit value sits against its community median and the Calgary median. "Near" means within 5 percent. Methodology.

        • 2025: $18,100,000 total assessed value
        • 2024: $6,320,000 total assessed value

        2. PermitsCity records of approved construction and trade work at this address: building, development, plumbing and gas permits. A permit's status tells you whether work was approved, finished, allowed to lapse or is still being reviewed. Methodology.

        Source: permits. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Method

        Source: development_permits. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Method

        Source: plumbing_permits. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Method

        Source: gas_permits. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Method

        • 9Completed
        DecJanAprJulOctJanAprJulOct

        No permits are open. Last completed: gas permit GP2024-20468 (25 Nov 2024).The count of open permits and the most recently completed permit at this address. Open means the City issued the permit and the work is not reported finished. Methodology.

        • open permits: []
        • latest completed: {"permit_type":"gas","permit_number":"GP2024-20468","issued_date":"2024-11-25","description":null}

        1 permit predate this building (built 2021) and belong to the site.Permits issued before the building's construction year describe work on the site under a previous building. They belong to the address, not to the current building. Methodology.

        • year built: 2021
        • permits before build: 1

        • 2024

          2024-11-25: gas permit GP2024-20468, ImprovementCompleted

          2024-08-23: development permit DP2024-06176, Change of Use - Permitted Use, described as "CHANGE OF USE: VETERINARY CLINIC"Completed

          2024-04-03: plumbing permit PP2024-02511, NewCompleted

        • 2023

          2023-12-01: gas permit GP2023-18493, ImprovementCompleted

          2023-11-02: gas permit GP2023-15992, NewCompleted

          2023-10-31: gas permit GP2023-15747, NewCompleted

        • 2022

          2022-11-04: gas permit GP2022-14004, ImprovementCompleted

        • 2021

          2021-12-16: development permit DP2021-9065, Mixed Use - Other Areas, described as "REVISION: OUTDOOR CAFE, DWELLING UNIT, RETAIL AND CONSUMER SERVICE, RESTAURANT: LICENSED (1 BUILDING, INCREASE IN FLOOR AREA RATIO, INCREASE IN DWELLING UNITS, CHANGES TO DP2019-5085)"Completed

        • 2019

          2019-10-01: development permit DP2019-5085, Mixed Use - Other Areas, described as "NEW: DWELLING UNIT, RETAIL AND CONSUMER SERVICE, RESTAURANT: NEIGHBOURHOOD, OUTDOOR CAFE (1 BUILDING)"Completed

        3. Assessment appealsA property owner can appeal the City's assessment of their property to an independent review board. These are the recorded outcomes for this building, with the City's spelling of the outcome normalized. Methodology.

        Source: appeals. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Method

        • 2025: Resolved without hearing

        1 appeal in 15 years (1 Resolved without hearing); the median Calgary rental building has 0.How many assessment appeals this building has had in 15 years, against the median for Calgary buildings of the same type. An appeal is not evidence the assessment was wrong; most are resolved without changing it. Methodology.

        • appeals 15y: 1
        • city median appeals 15y: 0
        • appeals outcomes: [{"outcome":"Resolved without hearing","count":1}]
        • building type: rental

        4. Community context: UNIVERSITY DISTRICTThese figures describe the whole community, not this building. They come from City records aggregated by community boundary. Methodology.

        About the community, not this building

        Source: community_stats_1. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Method

        Source: community_stats_2. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Method

        Service requests, last 12 monthsThe community's City service requests over the last 12 months, normalized per 1,000 residents and per 100 dwellings so communities of different sizes can be compared. The percentile says where the community sits among Calgary communities with at least 1,000 residents. Methodology.607 (632.29 per 1,000 residents; 184.5 per 100 dwellings)
        Roads172Assessment107Bylaw75Water Services69Parks46Fire38Transit28RSP1303773294249597047627164373849435341434949476148414245413833446258645873586711Dec 2023Nov 2026

        The community's City service requests over the last 12 months, normalized per 1,000 residents and per 100 dwellings so communities of different sizes can be compared. The percentile says where the community sits among Calgary communities with at least 1,000 residents. Methodology.

        • total 12m: 607
        • population: 960
        • dwellings: 329
        • community: UNIVERSITY DISTRICT

        The most common requests were Roads (28%), Assessment (18%) and Bylaw (12%).The three largest categories of the community's service requests, by share of the 12-month total. Categories are the City's own service names, grouped by their prefix. Methodology.

        • top categories: [{"category":"Roads","share":28},{"category":"Assessment","share":18},{"category":"Bylaw","share":12},{"category":"Water Services","share":11},{"category":"Parks","share":8},{"category":"Fire","share":6},{"category":"Transit","share":5},{"category":"RSP","share":2}]

        Requests rose 8% compared with the previous 12 months.Whether the community's service requests rose or fell compared with the previous 12 months. Two years of history, not a long-run trend. Methodology.

        • requests 12m: 607
        • requests prior 12m: 562

        This community has fewer than 1,000 residents: too few residents for a reliable rate.Why a raw per-resident rate can mislead here. Downtown communities carry city-wide services, and very small communities have too few residents for a reliable rate. Methodology.

        • sector: NORTHWEST
        • population: 960
        Population 2021The community's population from the 2021 federal census. The year is shown with the figure because it moves only every census. Methodology.960
        Dwellings 2019The community's dwelling count from the 2019 civic census, with the share that are apartments. Used to normalize service requests per 100 dwellings. Methodology.329 (5% apartments)

        Social disorder reports: Not available for this community; see methodology.

        5. ResidentsComments from residents who have lived at or visited this building, published under the site's moderation rules. A comment is one resident's experience, not a verified fact about the building. Methodology.

        No resident comments on record for this building.

        6. About this dataEvery dataset this page draws from, with its City dataset id and the date the pipeline last refreshed it. The methodology page explains what each source covers and what it cannot tell you. Methodology.

        • Source: appeals. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: assessment_current. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: assessment_history. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: community_profiles. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: community_stats_1. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: community_stats_2. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: development_permits. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: estimates. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: gas_permits. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: osm_names. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: permits. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: plumbing_permits. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: price_series. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Source: short_term_rentals. Last refreshed: 2026-11-14. Licence: City of Calgary open licence.
        • Methodology