Seattle construction activity — September 2026
A monthly roundup of building and land-use permits across Seattle, from the City of Seattle SDCI datasets.
In September 2026, Seattle logged 903 permits — 427 newly filed and 476 newly issued — across Seattle's building and land-use permitting, representing an estimated $1911.3M in construction value. The largest project on file was “Shoreline Substantial Development Application to allow installation of new electrical inf…” — a Over $2M job. Most activity fell in the $100k–500k range.
- 427
- New applications
- 476
- Issued permits
- 903
- Total permits
- $1911.3M
- Est. project value
Projects by value band
Notable projects
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Shoreline Substantial Development Application to allow installation of new electrical infrastructure for the operation of a new hybrid electric ferry fleet at the Seattle Ferry Terminal (Colman Dock). The project includes 2 vessel charging systems at the ferry terminal, electrical equipment on the Pier 48 uplands, 2 submarine electrical cables from the Pier 48 uplands to the ferry terminal, and 7 dolphins for vessel berthing. A portion of Pier 48 to be demolished. Determination of non-significance has been prepared by Washington State Ferries.
Demolish existing commercial building per plan.
Demolish commercial warehouse building per plan.
Land Use Application to allow modification to the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) payment.
Land Use Application to allow modification to the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) payment.
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