Building permit values for the first three months of the year are up over 200 per cent from last year.
City hall issued $3.4 million in permits for the period compared with not quite $1.1 million last year.
About half the increased value comes from housing. Three dwellings worth $1.15 million have started this year. None were started in the first quarter of 2023
In March permits worth $961,000 compared with $182,000 the previous year.
One single family dwelling worth $372,000 was started last month.
Major permits last month were $210,000 for a building by Jay’s Moving at 1109 Ominica Street East; $80,000 for a prefabricated building at Super Store; and $20,000 for a utility building at the Co-op Agri-Centre.
One demolition permit was issued.
Ron Walter can be reached at [email protected]
