As I noted on January 1st, building permits issued in the city of St. Louis surpassed $1 billion in 2020 for only the second time. Below is a map of them with their amount by the diameter of the circle. As per usual most of the big ones were in the central corridor and the density of them is low in the north side.
Nextstl – Over $1 Billion in Building Permits Issued in 2020
And by ward. Thanks again to the Building Division for the handy dandy data resource!
| Ward | # | $ |
| 1 | 53 | $1,482,276.00 |
| 2 | 63 | $25,217,143.52 |
| 3 | 50 | $1,060,844.00 |
| 4 | 42 | $746,579.00 |
| 5 | 63 | $55,964,247.00 |
| 6 | 280 | $408,546,583.11 |
| 7 | 492 | $72,786,328.38 |
| 8 | 189 | $11,149,650.00 |
| 9 | 260 | $21,134,839.26 |
| 10 | 286 | $24,186,748.19 |
| 11 | 110 | $16,028,630.75 |
| 12 | 181 | $4,087,200.18 |
| 13 | 132 | $1,890,913.38 |
| 14 | 136 | $1,989,884.46 |
| 15 | 201 | $7,192,759.20 |
| 16 | 249 | $5,109,644.41 |
| 17 | 447 | $163,470,562.00 |
| 18 | 123 | $12,036,140.00 |
| 19 | 146 | $37,517,276.80 |
| 20 | 122 | $4,436,418.00 |
| 21 | 49 | $860,591.00 |
| 22 | 58 | $6,628,730.35 |
| 23 | 204 | $5,566,762.00 |
| 24 | 261 | $10,811,589.45 |
| 25 | 88 | $1,816,328.00 |
| 26 | 133 | $29,348,655.00 |
| 27 | 24 | $785,892.00 |
| 28 | 355 | $112,623,708.39 |
