Permits for $53.6 million worth of construction have been taken out at city hall so far this year, according to a staff report.
That's down from $59 million seen by the same point last year, but so far 61 permits for $17.4 million worth of new single family homes have been issued, compared to 46 permits for $12.5 million by the end of June 2014.
By far the largest project so far this year is located at the Magnolia Garden on the Park condominium complex at 2055 Ingledew St. on the edge of Fort George Park. In May, a permit was taken out to add 42 units, worth a total of $8 million, to the complex. The next largest is the new cross-dock warehouse near the north end of the runway at Prince George Airport.
The value of that work has been set at $4 million, according to the report, although the Prince George Airport Authority has said the final cost will be $5.5 million for the 25,000-square-foot facility.
The values assigned to building permits are for the cost of the structure and do not include the cost of the mechanical equipment.
Other major projects include the Prince George Native Friendship Centre's Ketso Yoh youth shelter at 140 Quebec St., worth $3.6 million, repairs worth $2.5 million to the Latitude apartment building at 3172 Westwood Dr., where a fire ripped through a section of the 32-unit building a year-and-a-half ago, and tenant improvements worth $2.3 million at the Wood Innovation and Design Centre at 499 George St.
