This isn't a huge project by any means, but an interesting one.
The Barron building is a former office building is one of 13 office buildings being converted to residential.
But...there's an interesting back story with this one. This building is a big reason (and some say the main reason) Calgary became the head office city for the oil and gas industry.
The building was built on spec by local Calgarian Jacob Barron right after oil was discovered in Leduc. Oil companies needed office space and the Barron building was already u/c, while Edmonton didn't have any modern office space available or u/c at the time. Several companies moved into the building (Sun Oil, Shell Socony, Vacuum Oil, Mobil and Trans Canada Pipelines)
From that point on all the oil companies settled in Calgary and the rest became history.
More back story for those interested
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