CALGARY — The estimated value of building permits in March in Calgary reached $476.7 million, up 25 per cent from a year ago.
The City of Calgary says the increase in value is due to the residential sector which rose by 56 per cent to $341.6 million while the non-residential sector fell by 18 per cent to $135.1 million.
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Birchcliff was the busiest summer village around Sylvan Lake as far as new construction was concerned in 2012.
Permits were issued for three new residences and a camp cottage, according to information supplied by the summer villages administration office.
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EDMONTON, AB, Apr. 10, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Construction intentions in the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) increased at a very healthy pace in February 2013, following a strong year-over-year increase recorded in January.
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Developers have some catching up to do if Red Deer’s 2013 building permit tally is going to match last year’s total.
As of March 31, the city’s Inspections and Licensing Department had issued 303 building permits for $38.1 million in work.
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With the downtown Edmonton remand set to close its doors next month, the question remains — what will happen with the building?
It’s a question Alberta Infrastructure has yet to answer.
“The building has to go under review,” said spokeswoman Roxanne Nanuan. “They are going to go in and take a look if anything has to be removed, any hazardous materials. After that, a study would have to be done and they would look into other possible uses for the building.”
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CALGARY — Coming off a Centennial year that broke several attendance records, the Calgary Stampede will have difficulty topping that in the near future.
But new president and chairman of the Calgary Stampede board, Bob Thompson said the organization plans to build on the successful foundation that has been laid.
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Construction starts of multi-family housing of all kinds declined 62 per cent in Calgary in February compared to the same month a year ago, says a federal agency.
There were shovels in the ground on 254 units in February, down from 666 units during the same period in 2012, says Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
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Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the future growth of the city. It’s important that we have these sorts of discussions, but also that they are based on fact.
And the facts are that the future nature of development in Calgary is slowly changing. But this does not mean that there is a “suburban development freeze,” or that there is somehow a war on the suburbs, or that your council hates single-family homes.
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CALGARY — The value of building permits in the Calgary region neared $400 million in January, according to Statistics Canada.
The federal agency reported Thursday that permits in the Calgary census metropolitan area reached $392.3 million for the month, down 0.4 per cent from December but an increase of 29.4 per cent from January 2012.
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Alberta’s second-tier cities were busier places for building in 2012.
That about sums up the building stats for the past year, and it appears 2013 will bring more of the same in places such as Grande Prairie, Airdrie, Red Deer and Medicine Hat.
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