City of Oshawa said two building records were set for the month of March – despite the slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Highest number of apartment units issued in any one month on record (504 units, surpassing 455 units record set in 1976)
- Highest March for residential permit value ($87.6 million, surpassing $63.2 million set in 2015)
The major project issued in March 2020 was a 504-unit apartment building for Tribute (Simcoe Street) Limited located at 2550 Simcoe St. N. Its total value was $80,693,800. This one permit established two new building records for Oshawa.
During the month of March, the city issued 83 building permits for a total of $88.5 million in construction value. Of that total, $87.6 million in residential construction, $622,900 in commercial, $233,200 in governmental/institutional and $40,000 in industrial construction, was issued.
There were 528 new residential units consisting of 505 apartment units, 12 single-detached and 11 accessory dwelling units, the city said in a statement.
Oshawa’s year-to-date total construction value ($105.7 million), residential value ($95.6 million) and total number of permits issued are all well ahead of last year.
“As cities around the world are facing the impacts of Covid-19, it has changed the way we do business. The City of Oshawa continues to work to meet the needs of developers and builders and is accepting and processing building permit applications and providing building inspections,” said Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter. “By changing the way we do business, we have continued to move forward major developments in our city leading to two new building records in March.”
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