Permits for $4.5 million worth of construction were taken out in January, according to a city staff report.
The number is down from $6.5 million over the same month last year, but up from $1.8 million reached over January 2017.
The difference centres largely on permits for new single-family homes. Four permits for $2.3 million were issued in that category last month, compared to eight for $4.3 million in January 2018 and two for $515,735 in January 2017.
As well, a permit was issued for a three-unit multiple-family project worth $694,000, while eight were issued for commercial alterations adding up to $819,894. One was also issued for an industrial alteration worth $165,600 and one for an institutional alteration, worth $50,000.
