Calgary's Industrial Areas, Compared

The ten largest industrial areas

The two halves of industrial Calgary

Almost all of Calgary's industrial stock sits east of Centre Street, split between the southeast and the northeast:

• Northeast Calgary — 2,555 industrial accounts, median site 86K sq ft, median construction year 1995.
• Northwest Calgary — 39 industrial accounts, median site 105K sq ft, median construction year 1979.
• Southeast Calgary — 3,450 industrial accounts, median site 84K sq ft, median construction year 1993.
• Southwest Calgary — 161 industrial accounts, median site 63K sq ft, median construction year 1979.

The southeast is the older, larger-parcel half: median construction year 1993, median site 84K sq ft. The northeast skews newer at a median construction year of 1995, with a median site of 86K sq ft — and it is the half wrapped around the airport, which shapes both its tenant mix and its road network.

Where the big-box space is

198 Calgary industrial accounts sit on parcels of 500,000 sq ft or more. They cluster hard:

• Foothills Industrial — 20 large-parcel accounts
• East Shepard Industrial — 20 large-parcel accounts
• Great Plains — 15 large-parcel accounts
• Stoney 2 — 9 large-parcel accounts
• Stonegate Landing — 8 large-parcel accounts
• Stoney 1 — 7 large-parcel accounts

If your requirement is genuinely large-format, the practical search area is those few districts, not the city. Every large-parcel Calgary industrial property →

Where the small-bay space is

At the other end, 925 accounts sit on parcels under 25,000 sq ft. Small-bay space concentrates in different areas than big box does:

• Greenview Industrial Park — 119 accounts on 10,000–25,000 sq ft parcels
• Alyth/Bonnybrook — 79 accounts on 10,000–25,000 sq ft parcels
• Manchester Industrial — 58 accounts on 10,000–25,000 sq ft parcels
• Meridian — 33 accounts on 10,000–25,000 sq ft parcels
• Stoney 1 — 31 accounts on 10,000–25,000 sq ft parcels
• Golden Triangle — 23 accounts on 10,000–25,000 sq ft parcels

More on the Calgary small-bay market →

Age is the underrated variable

Calgary's industrial stock spans 1900 to 2025, and the age profile varies enormously by area. Older districts tend to mean lower clear heights, fewer dock positions per square foot, tighter truck courts and more deferred capital — but also central location and, often, lower occupancy cost. Newer districts on the fringe give you height and loading, and cost you drive time.

How to use this

Pick the geography from drive time and labour first, then narrow by age and parcel size, then look at buildings. Doing it the other way round — starting from whatever is being marketed — is how tenants end up in the wrong half of the city on a ten-year term.

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