Hillhurst is one of the few inner-city communities where apartment living is a first-class option rather than a compromise. The 2021 census puts low-rise apartment and high-rise apartment essentially level behind single-detached, which together makes roughly half the community. The stock ranges from older wood-frame walk-ups on the residential blocks to newer concrete buildings around Kensington and the 10 Street corridor, and the difference between those two things is the whole game. several apartment units are listed.
This is the most walkable position in inner-city northwest Calgary. The Kensington district — cafes, restaurants, shops — is at the centre of the community, the Bow River pathways and Riley Park are at the bottom edge, the Peace Bridge puts downtown within a walk, and the CTrain, SAIT and the University of Calgary are all close. For a buyer who wants to use a car rarely, an apartment here delivers that better than almost anywhere else in the city. What varies enormously is the building: age, construction, what the fee covers, and whether there is parking at all.
Establish construction and vintage first — an older wood-frame walk-up and a recent concrete building can advertise similar fees and mean completely different things by them, in sound transmission, envelope risk, insurance and reserve requirements. Confirm what the fee actually covers, and confirm parking in writing: titled, assigned and none are three different answers, and in Kensington the difference is material. Read the reserve fund study, the financial statements, two years of board minutes, the bylaws and the insurance certificate. Check the rules on rentals and short-term rentals before you plan on either.
Hillhurst carries an unusually even three-way mix. The 2021 census puts single-detached first, with low-rise apartment and high-rise apartment essentially tied behind it — which is why the apartment market here is not a footnote but roughly half the community. The detached side is heritage character housing and modern infill; the apartment side runs from older walk-ups on the residential blocks to newer concrete buildings around Kensington and the 10 Street corridor.
Buildings and complexes here include Providence (1321 Kensington Close NW), The Vue (429 14 Street NW), Kensington Mews I (2 14 Street NW) and Kensington by Bucci (301 10 Street NW). Each corporation runs its own finances, so two units at the same price can carry very differently.
The single most useful question in Hillhurst is how old the building is and what it is built of. An older wood-frame walk-up and a recent concrete building can advertise similar fees and mean completely different things by them. Establish what the fee covers — heat, water, reserve contribution — whether parking is titled or assigned, whether there is any at all, and what the last two years of minutes say about envelope, roof, windows and plumbing work.
Close to the core, a stall can be titled, assigned or rented from the corporation, and some units have none at all. Which of those applies changes what you can sell later as much as what you can park today, so confirm the stall’s legal status on the title and the condominium plan rather than from the listing photos.
Read the reserve fund study, the financial statements, the last two years of board minutes, the bylaws and the insurance certificate. A low fee on a thin reserve is not a saving — it is a special assessment you have not received yet.
We keep a page for each of the 8 corporations we track here, with the building’s own listings, fees and what the documents tend to show. They are a better place to start than a unit listing, because the corporation is most of what you are buying. Each address is confirmed against the MLS® record for Hillhurst rather than taken from a building label.
Nearby amenities include the Kensington shopping and dining district, Riley Park and its wading pool, the Bow River pathways and the Peace Bridge to downtown. Access is via Memorial Drive, 10 Street NW and Kensington Road NW.
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