Homebuilding finally shows some life In Henderson during June
HENDERSON, Ky. – Homebuilding stirred to life a bit in Henderson and Henderson County in June.
The city and county issued permits for construction of seven new single-family residences with a combined construction value of more than $2 million. That was the most housing starts here since May 2021.
The city codes office issued permits for four new homes averaging $261,250 to build while the county codes office issued permits for three new homes averaging $333,073.
Those permits for seven new homes compares with four in June 2020.
So far this year, the city and county have issued permits for 19 new homes with a combined construction value of nearly $5.5 million, compared with 33 during the first half of 2021.
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New commercial projects were relatively sparse. RFI VI LLC received a $275,000 commercial remodeling permit to remodel the Graystone Apartments complex near the cloverleaf at 1750 N. Green St.
42420H LLC received a $9,900 demolition permit for demolishing a former bank drive-through unit at the corner of Second and Main streets, part of an ongoing project to remodel the adjacent former First National Bank/Henderson National Bank building at 212 N. Main St. for a new event space, coffee shop and upstairs apartments.
The total value of all building permits issued here last month totaled $2.75 million, including nearly $1.6 million in the city and $1.2 million in the county. That compares with permits valued at nearly $2.6 million in June 2020.
Through the first half of 2022, the value of all permits issued in the city and county totaled nearly $154.7 million. That includes a $125 million permit issue for construction of the Pratt Paper corrugated box recycling mill on the Kentucky 425/South Bypass. Excluding that project, permits issued so far this year had a combined value of $29.7 million, compared with $15.9 million during the first six months of 2020.
Here is a listing of permits issued here last month:
June building permits
City
Antenna: Gavilon Grain LLC, 105 Towles St., $25,000.
Commercial accessory: Adams Construction, 1000 Pebble Creek Dr., $20,000.
Commercial remodeling: RFI VI LLC, 1750 N. Green St., $275,000; Double G LLC, 120 N. Elm St., $20,000; and Terry Spainhoward, 1210 Atkinson St., $18,000.
Commercial demolition: Gavilon Grain LLC, 105 Towles St., $6,000; and 42420H LLC, 200 N. Main St., $9,900.
Single-family residential accessory: James Lancaster, 2708 Piper Lane, $39,000; Kelley Spettel and Anne Marie Laurin, 302 Tartan Dr., $1,600; Rendon Shoulders Construction, 615 Gadwall Lane, $15,000; Ken M. II and Kathy L. Rogers, 3137 Sand Castle Dr., $9,163; Harry L. and Janet Morgan, 739 Cherokee Road, $4,500; and Codie Comer, 306 S. Main St., $4,100.
Single-family residential addition: Jason and Jessica Bond, 914 S. Main St., $40,000.
Single-family new residences: Hugh Stone & Sons Construction LLC, 1434 Arrow Way, $167,000; Glen D. and Judith A. Stone, 123 S. Main St., $180,000; Joe Mattingly Builders Inc., 606 Gray Stone Court, $399,000; and Joe Mattingly Builders Inc., 624 Hickory Wood Court, $299,000.
Single-family residential remodeling: Redco Contracting LLC, 306 S. Main St., $52,000.
Total: $1,584,263
County
New residences: Matt & Krystina Hudnall, 7267 Swann Lane, $285,000; Chris Caton, 2827 Holloway Lane, $389,219; and Moriah Hobgood and Lance Farley, 8381 Wathen Lane, $325,000.
Commercial: Adam and Melissa McCormick, 13521 U.S. 41-Alternate, $12,000.
Raze and remove: Jarrod Floyd, 5497 S. Pleasant Valley Road, $1,500.
Manufactured home: William A Woodard, 13120 Kentucky 1078-North, $21,000.
Garages/utility buildings: Barry D. McGarrh, 3256 Briarwood Dr, $23,930; Leanne Bell, 15153 Kentucky 351-East, $36,800’ Alex Walters, 4036 Dr. Floyd Road, $50,000; Erin and Rodney Spence, 4696 N. Pleasant Valley Road, $18,000; and Harry H. Robertson, 9851 Kentucky 1078-North, $4,997.
Total: $1,167,446
This article originally appeared on Henderson Gleaner: Homebuilding finally shows some life In Henderson during June
