-January 5,2019-
Visalia building permit value up by 53 percent in 2019
Visalia’s total building permits boomed in 2019 with their valuation up by 53% the City of Visalia reported January 2.. New commercial permit valuation increased the most dramatically- up 3-fold from $24.4 million in 2018 to $75.4 million, largely based on new industrial projects including the new UPS package sorting facility under construction.
But in the residential category construction of single-family homes jumped to a decade high of 576 units compared to 466 – up by 28%. The average cost of a new home in Visalia was $252,000 -up from $244,000 in 2018 – a bargain in most of California’s urban areas.
Big Plans at NAS Lemoore
NAS Lemoore base public information officer Roman Benitez told Kings Association of Governments (KCAG) at their meeting last month that he assisted in the planning for the arrival of the F-35 jets to the base. Since then, over $800,000,000 of new construction has been planned for the operations side, through 2030. The airfield will grow to the north, with most of the growth being in the Navy boundaries. A north entrance to the airbase is being explored. This would require a four lane surface road. The 2014 master plan called for a four lane above ground interchange from SR 198 to the base.