The value of local construction permits jumped by $150 million, year-over-year, in December, according to city records.
Municipal officials issued 681 permits, with a total value of $263.9 million, compared to 432 permits totalling $113.8 million in the previous year.
A two-storey research and development building in the Hawthorne Business Park lifted the total value of the permits by $6.6 million. Other sizable permits include interior alterations to the RCMP’s new headquarters on Leikin Drive, construction of a Kanata grocery store and the foundation for an eight-storey condo building on Richmond Road.
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Homebuilders, notably Ashcroft, were particularly active in December, receiving dozens of permits for residential developments across the city.
Some of the top permits in December
by value are:
Iridian Spectral Technologies
(2700 Swansea Cres.)
Contractor: M.P. Lundy Construction
Description: Construct a two-storey research and development building
Size: $6,596,117
RCMP Headquarters
(73 Leikin Dr.)
Contractor: Ron Engineering and Construction
Description: Interior alterations – campus realignment
Value: $3,080,000
Food Basics
(5703 Hazeldean Rd.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a one-storey commercial building.
Value: $2,455,325
111 West
(111 Richmond Rd.)
Contractor: Ashcroft Homes
Description: Construct a three-level reinforced concrete structure below grade for a future eight-storey residential building (foundation permit only)
Value: $2,350,000
1282 Algoma Rd.
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a one-storey pre-engineered storage warehouse
Value: $1,700,000
130 Anderson St.
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Interior alterations in a one-storey commercial building; limited exterior work
Value: $1,618,272
École Secondaire Catholique Pierre-Savard
(1110 Longfields Dr.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a one-storey addition at the side of a two-storey institutional building
Value: $1,574,410
