Apartment complex boosts construction values 10-02-14

Primarily due to the Stonebridge of Plainview apartment complex, permitted construction in the city is running more than double the pace set in 2013.

The citys September building permit report, released Wednesday, shows total permitted construction for the month at $6,292,722. That brings the total permitted construction to date in 2014 to $8,306,378. That compares to just $3,230,107 for the same period in 2013.

The bulk of Septembers construction activity is for a single new residential project, valued at $6,227,000.

According to city officials, that project is the 80-unit Stonebridge complex.

The Plainview City Council in July unanimously approved the annexation of a 5.79-acre site just north of the Walmart Supercenter for the project, at the request of apartment builder State Street.

That request was made, according to an announcement at the time, so that the complex could connect to city utilities and have access to Plainview police and fire protection along with garbage collection.

Up until the September report, construction totals for 2014 were trailing 2013 slightly, coming in at the end of August to $2.01 million compared with $2.38 million for the same period in 2013.

During the entire month of September, the citys building and zoning department issued a total of 16 permits. In addition to the apartment complex, the city issued one permit for residential addition ($5,000), six for residential remodels ($24,320), three for garage/carport ($4,700), one storage building (no value listed), one commercial remodel ($30,000) and three signs ($1,702).

For the entire year, five new residential construction permits have been issued for both single and multi-family projects: 21 for residential additions, 21 for residential remodels, one residential repair, four residential demolitions, two residential accessory structures, 23 garage/carport projects, four storage buildings, one new commercial, one commercial addition, 14 commercial remodels, three commercial demolitions, two commercial accessory structures, one masonry fence and 24 signs.

For the year, 127 permits for various types of construction have been issued by the city. Thats down 56 from the 183 total permits issued during the same period in 2013.

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Apartment complex boosts construction values 10-02-14