Brunswick County boom? Construction permits reach 9-year high

BOLIVIA, NC (WWAY) – The number of construction permits issued in Brunswick County in the 2016 fiscal year was the highest since 2007, and year-to-date numbers for the current year are on track to be even higher, according to Brunswick County officials.

In fiscal year 2015-16, there were 318 commercial construction and 2,077 residential construction permits, for a total of 2,395 construction permits issued in Brunswick County.

The number is the highest since fiscal year 2006-07, when there were 516 commercial and 2,841 residential permits issued, for a total of 3,357 construction permits.

And the number of permits issued in the current fiscal year is on track to be even higher. There were 740 construction permits issued July – October 2015; in the same time period in 2016, 786 permits have been issued.