Welland issues record building permit total in ‘21
Building is booming in Welland.
The Niagara-area city announced recently that it issued more than 1,100 building permits across the entire year last year. That figure is 44 percent higher than the 767 permits it issued in 2020, and 759 of those permits were for new-housing units.
The construction value for all 2021 building permits issued by the city was approximately $245 million—an increase of 22 percent from the $200 million worth of permits issued a year previous.
"What these 2021 numbers represent is a strength in the city's economy and the confidence people have in making Welland a preferred destination for their homes and businesses," said Grant Munday, the city’s director of planning and development services. "We knew coming out of the pandemic that numbers would naturally increase, but the types of permits issued, especially when it comes to apartments and other options for housing, tells you where the city is heading in its growth."
Residential growth within the city's built-up area finished at 85 percent, a 10-percent increase over the previous year.
Some notable developments in Welland in 2021 include a four-storey, 103-unit apartment building at 300 South Pelham Road; a six-storey, 137 unit apartment building at 699 Niagara Street; a 37-unit townhouse development on the south-east corner of Broadway and Perenack Avenue (former Broadway School Site); a 108-lot subdivision on the north-west corner of Webber Road and South Pelham Road (known Sparrow Meadows Phase 7); and a 98-lot subdivision on the north side of Sauer Avenue, west of Bradley Avenue (known as Waterways Commons Phase 2).