A good month for building permits

A mostly positive month in North Bay when it comes to building permits.

There were 82 building permits last month in the city and they are valued at 22 Million Dollars and the total so far this year is 52 Million.

The year to date number in the institutional, industrial and commercial sectors is up about 50 per cent from 12 months ago.

Mayor Al McDonald says the month shows investors are confident in building in North Bay. He says it was a diverse month in terms of projects with many projects valued at a Million Dollars each. He says the local businesses in many cases are expanding.

He says he is optimistic that permits will remain strong for the 2nd half of 2016.

The city says single family and multi family residential building units are down but the mayor says that decrease is in line with the rest of the province.