Monthly permit report

Los Angeles commercial building permits, September 2025

Biggest projects in September 2025

By declared value.

554 S San Pedro St 1-104
Issued Sep 5
$54.4M
ADDITION OF TOWER 1B, NEW 11 STORY WITH ROOF DECK TYPE IA 104 UNITS (103 VLI) AFFORDABLE HOUSING APARTMENT, PER CPC-2017-614-GPAJ-ZCJ-HD-SPR INCENTIVES, TO EXISTING TOWER 1A, 19…
multifamilyBuildingContractor not published
533 N Glendale Blvd
Issued Sep 26 · 5 permits
$8.2M
ePlan. CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING 2-STORY PLUS BASEMENT, OFFICE BUILDING TO A PUBLIC CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR 500 STUDENTS.
commercialBuilding · SignsContractor not published
8222 N Sepulveda Pl 1-34

In September 2025, Los Angeles issued 1,161 building permits on commercial and multifamily properties, on 757 projects, declaring $171M of work.
The busiest trade was general building (1,136 permits), then demolition (21).
The largest project was at 554 S San Pedro St 1-104, with $54.4M declared.
Half of the month’s permits were issued within 90 days of application.

Source: building permit records from official city open-data portals, checked daily. Data through October 24, 2026. How we count