Seattle construction activity — August 2026
A monthly roundup of building and land-use permits across Seattle, from the City of Seattle SDCI datasets.
In August 2026, Seattle logged 1074 permits — 509 newly filed and 565 newly issued — across Seattle's building and land-use permitting, representing an estimated $599.5M in construction value. The largest project on file was “PHASED PERMIT: Construct substantial alterations to a commercial office building for a mi…” — a Over $2M job. Most activity fell in the $100k–500k range.
- 509
- New applications
- 565
- Issued permits
- 1074
- Total permits
- $599.5M
- Est. project value
Projects by value band
Notable projects
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PHASED PERMIT: Construct substantial alterations to a commercial office building for a mixed use - multi-family building occupy per plan. Mechanical included with Phase 2.
Land Use Application to allow future development of a 7-story, 199-unit apartment building. No change to parking. Existing building to be demolished with foundation and below grade parking to remain.
Phased Permit: Construct a residential high rise building occupy per plan. Mechanical included.
Phased Project: Construct institutional building [UW CHEMISTRY SCIENCES] per plan. Mechanical included with Phase 4.
Establish multifamily use (apartment) with ground-level commercial uses per land use code. Construct new mixed use building occupy per plan.
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