Several developers received the green light from city officials to launch townhouse and low-rise residential projects, but a lack of new large-scale initiatives weighed down construction intentions last month.
The city awarded 706 building permits in April, up slightly from 694 a year earlier. However, the total value of those projects declined 15.42 per cent to $173.08 million.
The largest project to gain city approval was a partial permit to Claridge Homes to construct the structure of its new 17-storey hotel on the site of the former Union of Canada office building on Dalhousie Street in the ByWard Market.
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That was followed by a new two-storey office building on Prince of Wales Drive.
The top permits issued in April by value are:
325 Dalhousie St.
Description: Construct a 17-storey
hotel on an existing foundation
(structure only)
Contractor: Claridge Homes
Value: $18,984,400
2210 Prince of Wales Dr.
Description: Construct a two-storey
office building with basement
Contractor: Unknown
Value: $2,583,883
Jade Condo Flats
(60-66 Tipperary Pvt. – even)
Description: Construct a three-storey,
19-unit apartment building
Contractor: Richcraft Homes
Value: 19 permits at $2,316,666 each
415 Legget Dr.
Description: Subdivide a single-tenant building into three-tenant spaces and fit up unit B in a two-storey office building.
Contractor: M.P. Lundy Co.
Value: $1,690,000
Whole Foods
(951 Bank St.)
Description: Tenant fit-up in a two-storey retail building
Contractor: Unknown
Value: $1,609,548
Sawgrass Towns
(10-40 Dundalk Pvt. – even)
Description: Construct a two-storey rowhouse with attached garages
Contractor: DCR Phoenix
Value: Eight permits at $1,540,501 each; eight permits at $1,536,338 each
Thomas D’Arcy McGee Building – RBC
(90 Sparks St.)
Description: Interior alterations on the second floor of a 14-storey office building
Contractor: Unknown
Value: $1,497,000
141 and 143 Claridge Dr.
Description: Construct a three-storey, 12-unit stacked dwelling
Contractor: Richcraft Homes
Value: 12 permits at $1,473,097 each
Longfields Community
(220-228 Longfields Dr. – even; 379-389 Sweetflag St. – odd)
Description: Construct two-storey rowhouses with detached garages
Contractor: Monarch Corp.
Value: 12 permits at $1,177,894 each
