Monthly permit report

Cambridge commercial building permits, April 2025

Biggest projects in April 2025

By declared value.

290 Main St
Issued Apr 14
$8.9M
Fit out of conjoined tenant spaces within the ground of 290 Main Street. The spaces will be combined to to support a new food hall. New work to include creating a new open…
commercialBuildingLee Kennedy Co
33 Oxford St
Issued Apr 18
$7.9M
Tenant fit out of levels 1, 2, & 3 in Maxwell Dworkin Hall on the HarvardUniversity campus. Finish upgrades and minor reconfiguration to existingmeeting / conference rooms,…
commercialBuildingWise Construction
1 Plympton St
Issued Apr 11

In April 2025, Cambridge issued 81 building permits on commercial and multifamily properties, on 46 projects, declaring $33.8M of work.
The busiest trade was general building (81 permits).
The most active contractor was Chapman Construction/Design, with 2 permits.
The largest project was at 290 Main St, with $8.9M declared.
Half of the month’s permits were issued within 23 days of application.

Source: building permit records from official city open-data portals, checked daily. Data through October 28, 2026. How we count