A nearly 12% drop in building permits in December left year-end numbers for 2011 off 3.5% compared to 2010, the city-parish Public Works Department reports. A total of 1,556 permits were issued in December, compared to 1,763 in the same month a year prior—a decrease of 11.7%. The dip left 2011 permits at 21,759, down 3.5% from the 22,565 permits issued in 2010. Valuation of projects permitted was down even sharper. The $548.5 million in projects permitted in 2011 represents a 22.8% drop from the $710.5 million in 2010. The largest commercial project permitted in December was a $3.9 million development by Tyco Safety Products at 15789 Old Perkins Road. The second largest project permitted was an interior remodeling of Gerry Lane Cadillac on Reiger Road, valued at $2.2 million.
December plunge leaves EBR building permits down 3.5% in ’11
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