Bedroom Options: 1, 2
Bathroom Options: 1
No of Floors: 25 in each tower
Square Footage: 600 – 910
Utilities Included: Water, Heat, Electricity
Monthly Rent: $$
Pets Allowed: Suites with vinyl flooring only
Walk/Transit Score: 94/86
Continental Towers is a two-tower building located at the west end of downtown Calgary. Each of the towers is 25 storeys high and have a selection of one and two bedroom units which can be rented in unrenovated, part-renovated and fully renovated states. Pets are only allowed in the apartments without carpets.
All of the units are of good sizes and layouts and have good storage options. The unrenovated apartments have old-fashioned kitchen and bathroom cabinets, older appliances and carpeted flooring. Part renovated can include any of those options being upgraded such as new vinyl plank flooring, new cabinetry, but still retaining some of the older elements. Fully renovated units have new blinds, vinyl plank flooring throughout, new tiling, modern cabinetry, quartz countertop and new appliances (fridge/freezer and oven/stove) that may be either white or stainless steel.
The 3 elevators in each tower are very old and we were told very temperamental, with some only stopping on certain floors or sometimes every other floor, or sometimes not working at all. We were not given any indication whether renovation or replacements were in the pipeline.
There is a gym in one of the towers that can be used by all tenants. There are also shared laundry facilities in each tower. Parking is in the garage which sits between the two towers. You can choose either assigned or unassigned parking, with assigned being slightly more expensive.
Building/Apartment Amenities
- Area: Downtown, West End
- Construction: Concrete
- Parking: covered / underground $$$
- Fitness Area
- Secure Entry/Intercom
- On-Site Management
- Shared Laundry
- Appliances (white or stainless)
- Countertops (laminate or quartz)
- Balcony or patio
- Elevators x per tower
Property Management Company
WRE Development Ltd
200 – 28 Queen Elizabeth Way
Winnipeg, MB
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Hadenough - July 12, 2019 @ 14:42
This is the worst place to live. Bed bugs, broken elevators, poor staff, homeless in the building, vehicles broken into, the list goes on and on. As for pros, no, nothing!
Long-Time Resident - June 9, 2019 @ 13:04
Long term-resident who is leaving in August. I’ve only been here for the last few years due to financial issues during the down-turn. I live in an original apartment, with no renovations. This is, by definition, a slum building the last 7-8 years. No maintenance (or very little) has been done to keep it up to standards.
The stories about the elevators are true. I’ve been late for work because the elevators were not working. To be fair, they are making renovations but there is still a long way to go before this will ever be a decent place to live. Until the elevators are renovated (they were supposed to be done in March, but it is June and I think they are working on the freight elevator now). Last year there was a water-pipe burst on the 2nd floor – twice – due to homeless leaving the garage door open in February. The repairs for these two floods are still going on. Yes, that is 16 months later.
The garage is finally under-going renovations as well… the last two years. They are redoing all the floors and supports. It has a new sprinkler system. What drew me to this building when I came to Calgary was the price was right, it was a 35 yr old building which was decently maintained, with resident managers, a courtyard you could use 3/4 of the year, a pool, sauna and huge floor plans with a great balcony. Somewhere in the first 7 years, we lost our resident managers and so with no one who worked for WRE actually living here, the building just took a dive. The elevators became damaged in February 2012 when the Bow backed up (many sub-basements were flooded along 9th Street that weekend). They have not been properly repaired since.
There is a constant rotation of staff and you rarely see the same person twice in the office when you go there. Calls and emails are never returned and if they are, it is usually to insult your intelligence with things like “well I have video showing the taps working now and maintenance said you just don’t know how to turn a tap off” or “We don’t know why you expect us to clean your carpet after you had a flood in your apartment from the living room heater” (a flood that was caused by their maintenance not doing their job by turning off the heat properly. I’ve also been told that it was not their problem that there was a smell in my closet after there was a tiny leak in the bathroom wall…. so yes, I’m sure there is mold in the walls too. I won’t mention the multi-legged creatures that live there or how we had to remove everything from our kitchens and bathrooms 3 times this winter so each suite could be sprayed. Instead of being supportive of us as our homes were being torn apart, we were threatened with fines and insulted. I look forward to a new home in the next few months.
Long term-resident who is leaving in August. I’ve only been here for the last few years due to financial issues during the down-turn. I live in an original apartment, with no renovations. This is, by definition, a slum building the last 7-8 yea
Frank - May 21, 2019 @ 14:06
Going on 1 out of 3 elevators since May 2018. And the one working breaks down often. WRE is a slum lord that doesn’t care. Continental Towers management should be forced to live in the building, on the top floor.
That way they would put up with the same crap we do and would be force to get things done.
Going on 1 out of 3 elevators since May 2018. And the one working breaks down often. WRE is a slum lord that doesn’t care. Continental Towers management should be forced to live in the building, on the top floor.
That way they would put up with
WHO CARES - May 14, 2019 @ 14:13
THE WORST. AND LISTEN TO REVIEWS. WRE IS THE WORST!! EVERYTHING HERE IS AWFUL.
Pissedoff - December 22, 2018 @ 11:39
Don’t rent here. My car has been broken in to twice and nothing done. The elevators are crap and never work. The finishes are poor, the homeless are everywhere in and out. Management are a laugh!