Building Permits Up
By 250 News
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 03:57 AM
Prince George, B.C. – The number and value of building permits continues to grow. The number of year to date permits and their value is nearly double what was experienced at this time last year.
Single family dwellings seem to be driving the increase with 53 homes valued at more than $12 million dollars started so far this year, compared to just 17 new homes valued at a little over $4 million during the first 5 months of last year.
Some of the highlights for May include:
• 697 Quebec Street, Interior and Exterior renovations, Commonwealth Health Corporation, $1,000,000.
• #131 3055 Massey Drive, Tennant Improvements, The Boathouse, $140,000.
• 15 Single Family Dwellings, $3,392,566.
Development Permits
The following are development permits that were issued in May 2010.
Commercial Development Permit
• 697 Quebec Street, Exterior renovations to accommodate office and retail use, Commonwealth Health Corporation.
Residential Development Permit
• 7364 and 7406 Hart Highway, 30 unit Seniors Housing, Access Engineering for Colin Mathew Holdings Ltd.
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Posted by: opinte on June 25 2010 1:48 AM
The following is the link to a chart of the lumber prices over the last couple of years:
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/LS/W
The following is a link to a web site which tells you what lumber future contracts are currently trading at:
http://data.tradingcharts.com/futures/quotes/LS.html