Housing starts dominated new Henderson construction in June

HENDERSON, Ky. − The city and county codes offices issued permits for seven new single-family homes in June, the most of any month so far this year.

Those permits — four in the city and three out in the county — compares with six housing starts in June 2023.

So far this year, the city and county have issued permits for 22 new houses, compared with 25 during the first half of last year.

The biggest permit issued last month was a $475,000 permit for a commercial remodeling project at 101 Second St. Baird Private Wealth Management, currently located at 231 Second St., has leased the first floor of that building at Second and Water streets and is building out the interior with a target move-in date of Nov. 1, according to Branch Manager Kevin Farmer.

The construction value of last month’s permits totaled just over $4 million, compared with $13.1 million in June 2023, which included a $10.5 million permit for the city’s sports complex at 5845 Airline Road. Excluding that project, the June 2023 permit value totaled $2.6 million.

Through the first six months of this year, the construction value of all permits totaled nearly $141 million, driven largely by a $119.8 million permit for construction of the Sebree Solar solar energy farm near Robards. Excluding that, permits for the first half of this year totaled $21.2 million, compared with $28.7 million during the same period last year (or $18.2 million excluding the sports complex permit).

Here are the permits issued last month:

City of Henderson building permits, June 2024

Commercial remodeling: Scott Thomas, 101 Second St., $475,000; and Milestone Development Corp., 5644 Airline Road, $25,000.

Manufactured home demolition: J & H Rentals LLC, 2375 Carter Dr., $5,000.

Single-family residential demolitions: Carolyn J. Sutton Estate, 124 Letcher St., $5,833; Lois Duckworth Estate, 113 Thompson St., $7,350; Jerel R. Briggs, 1601 Washington St., $7,097; Hazex Construction Co. Inc., 613 First St., $6,500; Hazex Construction Co. Inc., 807 First St., $6,800; and Hazex Construction Co. Inc., 313 Fagan St., $7,345.

Multi-family residential remodeling: RFI LLC, 701 Cherry St., $30,000 and $30,000 (two permits).

Single-family residential accessory: Robert & Lori A. Farris, 1273 Glengarry Way, $10,000; Johnanthan M. O’Connor, 828 N. Elm St., $14,000; Stacie L. Curry, 145 Garden Lane, $3,800; Timothy Garner & Liz Crawley, 609 Gray Stone Ct., $72,000; and Tamara L. Newton, 273 E. Fox Hollow Run, $3,000.

Single-family residential additions: CXB Construction, 863 Constanza Dr., $16,500; Crystal Stott, 833 Clay St., 1¢; Jerry & Gisele Purdy, 512 First St., 1¢; Anthony Wesby, 610 Sixth St., 1¢; Bobby R. & Shirley T. Neblett, 1918 Country Dr., 1¢; Gloria Hampton, 524 Lambert St., 1¢; Connie Madole. 716 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., 1¢; Melvin Miller, 124 S. Holloway St., 1¢; and Hills Handyman Service LLC., $7,300.

New single-family residences: Habitat for Humanity of Henderson, 428 Plum St., $170,000; Joe Mattingly Builders Inc., 1834 Old Madisonville Road #111, $299,000; Hugh Stone & Sons Construction LLC, 1431 Kayak Lane, $228,500; and Hugh Stone & Sons Construction LLC, 1443 Kayak Lane, $219,500.

Single-family residential remodeling: Jadar Home Improvement, 1204 N. Elm St., $2,000; Marvin Cartagena & Daysi Chinchill, 1300 Cumnock St., $50,000; and Harvey & Samuel Patterson, 1431 Clay St., $9,000.

Signs: Michael J. Richardson Family Trust, 1205 S. Green St., $645; Terry & Cynthia Spainhoward, 907 N. Green St., $300; and Sign Crafters Inc., 714 Barret Blvd., $2,650.

Total: $1.7 million

Henderson County building permits, June 2024

New residences: Levi Brown, 6244 Roberts Road, $500,000; Michael Phelps, 16035 Kentucky 351, $535,000; and Ed Neely, 5893 Rucker Road #1, $525,000.

Room additions: Mark Roberts, 7454 West W. H. Negley Road, $40,000; Donald Summers, 1047 Ernest Lane, $35,000; and Chad & Francis Scott, 11172 Old U.S. 60 Loop # 2, $16,500.

Commercial: Ellis Entertainment LLC, 3820 U.S. 41-North, $6,000.

Raze and remove: Henderson Propane, 2101 S Green St., $30,000.

Signs: Shamrock Technologies, 5233 Industrial Park Dr., $700 and $700 (two permits).

Manufactured homes: Drura Scott Farms, 2111 Posey Ball Road, $190,000; Garry Spiess, 8210 Corydon Geneva Road, $181,900; and Victoria Pike, 3097 Kentucky 136-West, $169,740.

Garages/utility structures: Chase Payne, 1618 Schuette Lane, $21,215; Chad Mackey, 2250 Book Dr., $42,000; Cinda Croft, 18048 Middle Delaware Road, $39,000; and George Vaughn, 1103 Busby Station Road, $2,700.

Total: $2.3 million

This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: Housing starts dominated new Henderson construction in June