Building permit leads in Orange
Orange's counter isn't switched on yet. We're still mapping which permit system the city runs. The nightly sweep starts the day we have a road in, and the first scored leads reach subscribers the morning after.
Why Orange permits will be worth watching
Orange guards its Old Towne plaza, one of California's largest historic districts, while Chapman University and the St. Joseph medical corridor keep the counter modern.
A building permit is the earliest public record most projects ever produce, filed months before anything reaches a bid board or the trade press. Around Orange, Orange County's market runs on hotel and resort corridors from Anaheim to Dana Point, the Irvine Business Complex office market, and a steady churn of restaurant and retail build-outs, and the live counters linked below are already being read nightly.