While the 24,000 square foot market is slated for eventual demolition, the creative use of the building is part of a long-term plan to position arts and culture as an important element of the new East Village. The project is the result of a partnership between CMLC and the Calgary Arts Development Authority (CADA), which is administering the space with two full-time property managers.



The walls of the Seafood Market and the King Eddy Hotel both sport the work of one of western Canada’s leading visual artists, David Brunning, aka ‘The Kid Belo’.

CMLC first commissioned Calgary local Brunning to paint his largest mural to date on the east and south exteriors of the Seafood Market. Brunning took his inspiration from the East Village tagline, ‘Calgary’s newest, oldest, coolest, warmest neighbourhood.’