Apartment project drives Tooele building permits up

(Tooele Transcript Bulletin) Residential construction in Tooele is off to a much better start this year than last year, thanks mainly to a large apartment project that is one of the first permitted in the city in recent years.

There were 99 dwellings permitted in Tooele from January through March this year, compared to 11 in the first three months of 2009, according to Tooele City. Driving the huge increase is a 85-unit apartment complex at 880 South and 1050 West, according to Richard Jorgensen, Tooele City land use technician.

“This will be the first new apartment complex built in the city in about eight years,” said Jorgensen. “This complex is entirely privately funded. It is not a HUD project or other dedicated low-income facility.”

The apartment complex is being built by Paul Shupe Construction, a Salt Lake-based company. The project will be built on just over 5 acres, and the construction costs on the building permits add up to $7.5 million, Jorgensen said.

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