Calgary Built Brief #20 | November 13, 2026
Scotia Place’s roof is now self-supporting. Crews removed all four temporary shoring towers in October. The City’s November 12 update also reports that glazing advanced at the indoor plaza and food hall, limestone installation began near the southwest entrance, and crews poured the Esso Community Arena roof. City construction update
At the 6 Street S.E. underpass, crews have set the first eight steel girders for the bridge that will carry CPKC trains. The City expects another eight to arrive by year-end. The reconstructed north lanes of 9 Avenue S.E. have restored access to 6 Street and reopened the west driveway to The Confluence. City underpass update
Calgary Airports announced November 4 that the final two lanes at YYC’s consolidated domestic security checkpoint are operating. The airport puts capacity across all nine lanes at 1,800 to 1,980 passengers an hour, more than 70 per cent above the configuration it had before the first seven lanes opened last December. Calgary Airports
On airport land, an October 30 environmental review concluded that a proposed 125,000-square-foot aviation training and de-icing facility at McCall Way and 78 Avenue N.E. is unlikely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. The Canada Infrastructure Bank has committed financing for the project. Federal project registry
CBRE put third-quarter suburban office vacancy at 15 per cent, its lowest since 2014, alongside 241,000 square feet of positive net absorption. Suites under 5,000 square feet remained the most sought after, and availability in that size range fell 19.5 per cent year over year. CBRE suburban office report
CBRE reported 28.4 per cent vacancy downtown. The City’s office reuse program lists 21 projects approved for funding, covering 2.68 million square feet. Downtown strategy director Thom Mahler told RENX for its November 3 report that nine had been completed and that 14 new applications were under review, with another $25 million available. The City targets year-end for decisions that fall to its incentives committee. CBRE downtown report · City program and decision timeline · RENX interview