Posted by Jack Poirier and Shawn Jeffords, The Observer www.theobserver.ca
Sarnia continues to enjoy a building boom.
Construction values for the year are on a torrid pace, with more than $42.4 million invested in projects to date.
That’s up from $34.4 million by this time in 2009, a year that posted the highest construction value total in city history at $99.3 million. And that figure doesn’t include infrastructure work, said Mayor Mike Bradley.
“It’s residential, commercial and some industrial. What’s not in there is the millions the city is spending with work on Wellington and East Street. That doesn’t show up in those permits.”
Sarnia is also on pace to break last year’s building permit totals, with 414 issues as of July 1. That’s up from 388 over the first six months of 2009.
Some of the major building permits issue in June included:
* A $1.8-million addition to the Pineview senior’s home on Exmouth, long on the books.
* A $900,000 project from Tay Inc., which includes a Goodwill Industries centre on Michigan Avenue.
“We’ve had four really good strong years,” Bradley said. “Even taking the hospital project out of the equations, the (city) staff prediction is we will hit $100 million.” A foundation permit has been granted for an affordable housing project on Maxwell Street value at nearly $9 million. Building and plumbing permits are outstanding for a $1.6-million addition to the London Road Medical Clinic.
Permits have also been granted for a $7-million four-storey hotel on Exmouth Street, but that project is on hold
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