Norfolk commercial building permits, September 2025

Norfolk building permits in September 2025: key facts

• In September 2025, Norfolk issued 174 building permits on commercial and multifamily properties, on 84 projects, declaring $5.7M of work.
• The busiest trade was electrical (49 permits), then general building (30).
• The largest project was at 135 Kingsley Lane, with $997K declared.
• Half of the month’s permits were issued within 5 days of application.

Source: building permit records from official city open-data portals, checked daily. Data through October 31, 2026. How we count