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Local News - Local News - February 14, 2013
Spokane-area building permit valuations climb to four-year high
City cites public works projects as contributing to 50 percent increase

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

The value of building permits issued countywide in 2012 rose to a four-year high, records for Spokane County and the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley show.

The permit valuations for the last year in the three jurisdictions totaled $682.1 million, up 25 percent from a year earlier.

The city of Spokane saw the largest increase in dollar value, rising to $349.5 million in 2012, up 50 percent from $233 million in 2011.

"Commercially, we had a good year,"...


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