First

First earned its name: FRAM+Slokker's opening move in East Village, an 18-storey, 196-home riverfront building completed in 2015 on Riverfront Avenue, among the district's earliest condominium deliveries alongside Evolution's Fuse. The Toronto-based developer — later responsible for the taller Verve two blocks east — pitched First at buyers who wanted the Bow at their doorstep and the remade district's culture cluster minutes away.

A decade on, First offers a settled, owner-heavy corporation with the river promenade at its edge and the whole of East Village's ground-level urbanism — library, Studio Bell, RiverWalk — within a five-minute walk.

FRAM+Slokker led with First, an 18-storey brick-and-panel tower whose small-to-medium suites, live-work units and riverfront orientation set the developer's East Village template. Construction ran through the 2012 cycle the assessment roll records, with completion in 2015. Verve, its taller 25-storey sibling two blocks east, would follow in 2018 — the two buildings anchoring FRAM+Slokker's presence in the district.

First's 196 homes emphasize small- to medium-sized one- and two-bedroom plans, with some penthouses and ground-level live-work units engaging the street. Riverfront-facing homes overlook the Bow and St. Patrick's Island; interior faces read the district and downtown skyline. Registered-plan measurements are the reliable figures for any specific unit.

Public sources report a fitness facility, owners' lounge and the live-work format at grade. As a 2015 building the amenity terms are current but worth confirming in the bylaws and budget — East Village's rental appeal makes amenity and common-area use rules the kind boards actively manage. The river promenade functions as the building's true shared amenity.

Underground parkade with titled and assigned arrangements varying by unit; storage lockers likewise — confirm on title. The district is Calgary's most walkable new-build quarter: RiverWalk at the block's edge, a full grocery at the district's edge, and City Hall station a short walk make a car genuinely optional here.

City Hall station sits roughly 469 straight-line metres south-west — a six-to-seven-minute walk — with the free-fare 7 Avenue corridor running west from there. RiverWalk's Bow promenade begins at the block's north edge; St. Patrick's Island footbridge, the Central Library and Studio Bell are all inside a five-minute radius.

First sits on East Village's riverfront edge, the most pedestrian-complete stretch of Calgary's most-planned district: car-light streets, the RiverWalk seawall, the culture cluster to the south-west and a full-size grocery at the district's boundary. Remaining development parcels mean view lines deserve a current check, but the ground-level experience is already the most walkable attached to any Calgary condo.

A 2015 reinforced-concrete tower whose first-decade record is now readable: the reserve-fund study, envelope performance, elevator planning and insurance deductibles. Read them together with recent minutes. The corporation's structural drawings, engineering records and reserve-fund study define the slab system and its maintenance history.

For First: the reserve-fund study at the ten-year mark; insurance deductibles; pet, rental and short-term-stay bylaws — actively amended in a rental-attractive district; the live-work unit rules if that format interests you; and titled parking and storage by search. Walk the remaining development parcels near your exposure before waiving conditions.