In October 2016, the City of Altoona issued 9 commercial and 31 residential building permits representing over 130,00 square-feet of new or improved space and nearly $14 million invested. Continue reading…


September 2016 Building Permits Report
In September 2016, the City of Altoona issued 7 commercial and 22 residential building permits representing over 57,000 square-feet of new or improved space and over $6 million invested. Continue reading…

August 2016 Building Permits Report
In August 2016, the City of Altoona issued 15 commercial and 16 residential building permits representing over 450,000 square-feet of new or improved space and nearly $35 million invested. Continue reading…

Development is Happening Now, in the City of Altoona
City of Altoona issues $53 million in construction permits for over 400,000 square-feet of space.
As of July 31, the City of Altoona has issued a total of 139 building permits. This represents over $53 million in permit valuation and over 400,000 square-feet of new or improved space. By comparison, on July 31, 2015 the City had issued permits for $23 million and 194,000 square-feet, showing an increase of 124% in valuation and 105% in square-feet of space. Continue reading…

July 2016 Building Permits Report
In July 2016, the City of Altoona issued 14 commercial and 8 residential building permits representing over 300,000 square-feet of new or improved space and nearly $31 million invested. Continue reading…

June 2016 Building Permits Report
In June 2016, the City of Altoona issued 12 commercial and 10 residential building permits representing nearly 18,000 SF of new/improved space and over $9 million invested. Continue reading…

May 2016 Building Permits Report
In May 2016, the City of Altoona issued 24 commercial and 8 residential building permits representing over 12,000 SF of new/improved space and over $5 million invested. Continue reading…

April 2016 Building Permits Report
In April 2016, the City of Altoona issued 11 commercial and 8 residential building permits representing over 1,000 SF of new/improved space and nearly $2.5 million invested. Continue reading…

March 2016 Building Permits Report
In March 2016, the City of Altoona issued 8 commercial and 13 residential building permits representing over 27,000 SF of new/improved space and nearly $3 million invested. Continue reading…

February 2016 Building Permits Report
In February 2016, the City of Altoona issued 8 commercial and 4 residential building permits representing over 6,000 SF of new/improved space and nearly $700,000 invested. Continue reading…