Building permits data for January 2010

In January, 136 residential building permits were issued, compared to 150 issued in 12/'09.  Of those, 117 were single-family residences (SFRs) and 19 were multi-family units.  SFR activities were mostly concentrated in 4 cities: Fontana (26), Victorville (23), Adelanto (11), and Apple Valley (10).  All 19 multi-family units were in Fontana.

For the first time in five months, San Bernardino County saw a permit issued for one of the three main categories of nonresidential construction.  While there were still no commercial office nor retail building permits issued in January, there was a little life in the industrial sector -- some new equipment for a mining operation in the High Desert.  For commercial office, it was the eighth consecutive month of no activity.  For the past 17 months, there were 13 months in which no commercial office building permits were issued.  For retail, it was the fifth consecutive month of no activity.