East Calgary Condos for Sale

Communities and condo stock

On this site, East Calgary follows the City of Calgary's East community sector: Albert Park/Radisson Heights, Dover, Forest Heights, Forest Lawn, Penbrooke Meadows, Red Carpet and Southview as established communities, Erin Woods from the 1980s and 1990s, and Applewood Park, Belvedere, Huxley and Twinhills as newer areas. Forest Lawn was once its own town, and 17 Avenue SE, known as International Avenue, runs through it.

Forest Lawn and Southview have the oldest housing, with many homes from before 1960. Most homes in Dover, Forest Heights and Penbrooke Meadows were built between 1961 and 1980. Row houses are about a quarter of homes in Forest Heights and about a fifth in Penbrooke Meadows, and roughly a quarter of Dover's homes are apartments. Albert Park/Radisson Heights has a large share of apartments, about two-fifths of homes in the 2021 Census. Applewood Park, mostly built in the 1990s and 2000s, has about a third of its homes in apartment buildings, and Belvedere is still being built out.

Transit and main roads

There is no CTrain station inside East Calgary. The Blue Line runs along Memorial Drive, the north edge of Albert Park/Radisson Heights, and its Barlow/Max Bell and Franklin stations sit just across the road in the Northeast sector. The main transit line is MAX Purple (Route 307), running since November 2018 from downtown along 17 Avenue SE, with dedicated bus lanes in the middle of International Avenue. It serves Albert Park, Forest Lawn, Penbrooke Meadows, Applewood Park and Belvedere, ends at East Hills, and some trips continue to Chestermere.

By car, Deerfoot Trail and Memorial Drive connect the area to downtown, and 17 Avenue SE, 52 Street SE, 68 Street SE and Peigan Trail are the main local roads. The southeast section of Stoney Trail, which opened in 2013, runs past the east end of 17 Avenue SE near East Hills.

Shopping and everyday errands

International Avenue is a business revitalization zone along 17 Avenue SE, known for restaurants and shops run by people from many cultures; MAX Purple has been credited with drawing new interest and development to the street. At the eastern end, the East Hills shopping centre is next to Belvedere, at 84 Street SE. The Blue Line stations along Memorial Drive give Albert Park/Radisson Heights a train connection to downtown.

What to check before you buy

Many complexes in Forest Lawn, Dover, Forest Heights and Penbrooke Meadows are more than 45 years old. Alberta requires a condo corporation to renew its reserve fund study at least every five years, and to provide documents within 10 days of a written request, so ask for the study, plan and recent minutes and check for coming roof, window and siding work or special assessments.

Along 17 Avenue SE, the median bus lanes reduced the number of places where drivers can cross or turn, so check how a building's parking entrance connects to the street. In Belvedere and other new projects, Alberta's new home warranty covers one year for labour and materials, two years for delivery systems, five years for the building envelope and ten years for major structural parts.