Update
See first comment below: a request to come before the county commission for a zoning change for a new hotel north of Williston, a Value Place Hotel. Original Post
Last year, building permits set a record with a value of $100 million (rounded)
This year, as of August, one month past the halfway mark, building permits near $200 million (rounded in value).
I wish there was a way for me to get my mind around this. This is truly incredible.
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Activity at the Williston Building Department continued at its record pace in August, with a total value of permits for the year nearing the $200 million mark.A total of 134 building permits were issued in August, with a value of more than $36.9 million.Through August a total of 627 permits have been issued in 2011, with a total value of approximately $189.9 million.
The department's previous record for an entire year was in 2010, when 770 permits valued at $106.2 million were issued.
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Nearly $37 million worth of building projects rolled through the Williston Building Department last month.
According to the 2011 August Building Permits Report, 63 new single family homes were permitted totaling more than $11 million dollars and 7 commercial projects were permitted worth nearly $21 million. The remainder of the permits was for commercial and residential alterations and garages.
During the month of August, the number of housing units chased the 2010 record of 688 – but that number was shattered this month. As of September 8, 2011, 727 housing units had been permitted.
“Last year the problem was we ran out of land. This year, with the new subdivisions, that’s where everything is going,” says Kelly Aberle, Williston Building Department Office Manager/Plans Examiner.Data points:
- Three subdivisions with most housing action: Big Timbers, Granite Peak, and Creekside
- 727 housing units: 218 are single family home, 407 for apartments, 102 for mobile homes
- For September: > 100 apartment units
- New apartment buildings: Big Timbers subdivision; two 36-unit complexes; one 44-unit complex
- Developers bringing in their own construction crews from across the US
- What's missing? Retail
in the upcoming city commision meeting on the 13th, Granite Peak will be seeking a zone change for a new hotel north of Williston in the new Bakken Industrial Park. It is a fast growing chaing called Value Place Hotel's. They are 4 story extended stays that rent by the week. People will hear about this in another week.
ReplyDeleteI assume that's the 720-acre industrial park, truck stop, at the Epping turn-off. I have to get a photo of that; man-camp already there preparing to begin construction on the various projects there I assume.
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