The City of Oshawa claimed three new records in the past month despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Construction value issued in Oshawa saw an increase in the previous two months, with the city setting three building records for the month of April 2020:
- Highest April for Residential permit value ($124.4 million, surpassing $63.4 million set in 2015).
- Highest April for number of Apartment Units (371 units, surpassing 171 units record set in 1981).
- Highest April for total number of residential units (452 units, surpassing 281 units record set in 1981).
The two major projects issued in April 2020 were a 370-unit apartment building for Bond & Mary Phase II Development Inc. located at 80 Bond St. E. with a total value of $95 million, and a parking structure for Tribute (Simcoe Street) Limited located at 2550 Simcoe St. N. with a value of $11,070,400. These two permits, together with townhouses and single detached houses, established three new building records for Oshawa, the city said in a statement.
During the month of April, the city issued 132 building permits for a total of $128.5 million in construction value. Of that total, $124.4 million in Residential construction, $1.8 million in Governmental/Institutional, $1.7 million in Commercial, and $565,300 in Industrial construction (farm building) was issued.
452 new residential units
In April, the city recorded 452 new residential units consisting of 371 apartment units, 56 townhouse units, 14 single-detached dwellings and 11 accessory dwelling units.
In addition to the three building records in April 2020, the city set two building records the previous month in March.
Oshawa’s year-to-date residential construction value ($220,068,300) has already surpassed last year’s total by $66.5 million. Year-to-date categories of Commercial, Governmental and Total construction values, as well as, the number of Accessory Units, Semis, Apartments and Total Residential Units are all ahead of last year, the statement said.
Oshawa has kept monthly building records since 1965, while yearly records date back to 1963. For more information on Building Permits & Inspection Services, visit www.oshawa.ca/residents/building-and-renovating.asp.
“During these unprecedented times, the City of Oshawa continues to work to meet the needs of the business community, developers and builders. Oshawa has changed the way we do business – we continue to accept and process building permit applications and provide building inspections. This is ensuring that we continue to move forward major developments in our city and as a result, we achieved three building permit records in April,” said Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter.
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