Urbana issued 146 building permits in October; apartment plumbing job and University Avenue remodels top the list

URBANA - The City of Urbana issued 146 building permits in October, according to the city's building-permit open data. The estimated costs listed on the permits add up to $4,757,644; that total is this paper's sum, and 36 of the permits list no cost. Estimated costs are the applicants' own figures.

Plumbing permits were the most common type, with 38, followed by 25 mechanical, 21 electrical, 17 single- and two-family building permits, 14 for accessory structures such as sheds, decks, fences and pools, 10 commercial building permits, nine solar installations, eight certificates of occupancy, three permanent signs and one demolition. Twelve of the 17 home building permits were for window or roof replacements.

The largest was a $553,000 plumbing permit for a multi-family building at 802 E. Kerr Ave., issued Oct. 7. Next were a $511,299 commercial remodel at 901 W. University Ave. by Bear Construction Company, issued Oct. 2; a $350,000 home addition at 2513 S. Stone Creek Blvd.; a $300,000 commercial remodel at 110 E. University Ave.; and a $290,000 commercial remodel at 1001 W. Killarney St., where the applicant is listed as Wyndham Garden Inn.

Source: City of Urbana building permits, October 2026 (open data) and dataset page (read Nov. 4, 2026).