The issuance of the first permits for construction of new homes in the city of Henderson in 2023 highlighted last month’s city and county building permits.

The city codes office issued permits for four new homes, including three to Hugh Stone & Sons Construction for housing starts in their Canoe Creek Subdivision off South Green Street. The firm has been the leading homebuilder in Henderson in recent years.

No permits for new houses were issued by the county codes office in March. The four issued by the city brings the total number of housing starts in Henderson and Henderson County during the first three months of the year to just seven, compared with eight during the same period in 2022.

No significant new commercial permits were issued last month. The biggest commercial-related projects were a $26,000 permit for a new sign at the Thornton’s convenience store at 1000 N. Green St. and a $12,600 permit for a new sign at the Thornton’s at 2000 U.S. 41 North.

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The construction value of all permits issued by the city and county last month totaled $1.4 million, compared with $20.8 million in March 2022, which included three large commercial projects: a $12.1 million permit for the new Henderson Municipal Power & Light headquarters and operations center that’s under construction on Barret Boulevard behind the Walmart Supercenter; a $1.6 million permit for HMP&L’s new fiber optic network operations center at 417 N. Main St.; and a $2.9 million permit to Envision Contractors LLC for the new Ollie Wash car wash at the corner of Watson Lane and U.S. 41-North.

The value of all permits issued here during the first three months of 2023 totaled more than $9.9 million, compared with $20.8 million during the same period in 2022.

Here are the permits issued here last month:

March building permits

City of Henderson

Manufactured home demolition: Ignacio C. Toribio, 129 S. Julia St., $5,000.

Single-family residential demolitions: Virgil (Jr.) and Deborah Turner, 405 Fagan St., $3,000; Kathleen A. Lawson, 209 Oakway St., $1,500; Brandon Commercial Property LLC, 819 N. Green St., $6,866; and Hazex Construction Co. Inc., 1127 S. Main St., $12,000.

Single-family residential accessory: Oscar T. Dieguez and Angelina M. Pascal, 510 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., $1,500; Steven and Tracy Powell, 2430 U.S. 60-East, $3,000; Travis A. and Michelle L. Denton, 2550 Wood Dr., $6,500; William D. (II) and Kelly R. Schwartz, 2531 Red Bird Lane, $25,000; and Gregory W. and Kathy S. Thomas, 1122 Powell St., $400.

Single-family residential additions: Derek Mullins, 1553 S. Main St., $47,000; and James Ward, 124 N. Gardengate Dr., $35,000.

New single-family residences: Hugh Stone & Sons Construction LLC, 1466 Kayak Lane, $174,000; Hugh Stone & Sons Construction LLC, 1471 Kayak Lane Temp, $168,000; Jeffrey Peters and Christina Poole, 604 S. Main St., $162,000; and Hugh Stone & Sons Construction LLC, 1442 Kayak Lane, $171,000.

Single-family residential remodel: I & J Services, 111 Thompson St., $25,000; Felipe Corvea, 1106 Pringle St., $15,000.

Signs: United Way of Henderson County Inc., 428 Second St., $525; Heritage Henderson LLC, 2601 U.S. 41-North, $6,095; Cole Th Henderson (Green) Ky LLC, 1000 N. Green St., $26,000; and Thornton’s Inc., 2000 U.S. 41-North, $12,600.

Total: $906,986.

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Henderson County

Room addition: Rhanda Wilson, 15557 U.S. 41-Alternate, $135,000.

Manufactured homes: Christian and Emily Jones, 4938 Kentucky 416-West, $80,000; and Jimmy and Karen Baxter, 8963 Pleasant Hill Road, $185,000.

Garages/utility structures: Rick Thompson, 4409 Kentucky 416-West, $40,000; Natasia Willlett, 10144 Kentucky 136-East, $3,900; David and Connie Lamb, 1089 Country Club Dr., $20,000; Tony Cain, 9493 Ridgewood Road, $20,000; Michelle and David Ball, 3869 Ridgelane Dr., $10,000; and Vickie Hobgood,6286 E. Doubletree Dr., $7,200.

Total: $501,100

This article originally appeared on Henderson Gleaner: Henderson, Kentucky, issues first permits for new homes in 2023