By Kirk Kern
There were 195 building permits issued by the city of Mesquite in October, with a total value of $19.3 million. This is an increase from the same month in 2021, when the city issued 171 permits with a value at $9.4 million.
On a year-to-date basis, the city has issued 2,150 permits valued at $130.2 million, above the year-to-date total from 2021, which was 1,679 permits valued at $96 million.
As usual, single-family residences made up the bulk of the October permits, with 32 issued at a value of $7.4 million. This is a decrease from October of 2021, when there were 38 permits issued with a value of $8 million.
Pulte Homes of Nevada issued 14 permits for single-family homes, followed by Warmington Apartment Communities with seven, LHSC with four, NRC with three, Beazer Homes with two, Richmond American Homes of Nevada with one along with Shane and Shannon Hughes..
The most expensive single-family home construction permit was valued at $576,966 by Shane and Shannon Hughes, while the least expensive was by Pulte Homes, valued at $149,214.
There were nine permits issued for multi-family residences in October, valued at $7.5 million, compared to none in October 2021.
There were two commercial buildings permitted in October valued at $2.8 million, compared to none in October 2021. There were six permit for commercial modifications in October, valued at $2.8 million, compared to four in October 2021, valued at $497,855.
The city issued one new business permits in October, compared to three in October 2021.
The city issued 18 permits for blocks walls in October, compared to eight in October 2021. There were nine permits for swimming pools/spas in October, while there were 19 in October 2021.
There were two demolition permit filed in October, with none in October 2021. There was two grading permit in October, compared to one in October 2021.
