New single-family houses in the Cypresswood Village subdivision led the building permits issued by the city of Orange for August. DSLD Homes Southwest obtained five permits for houses valued at a total of $946,310.
The second most valuable permit was for $200,000 to Wells Fargo Bank at 400 16th Street to “repair water infiltration.”
The permits included one to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., for $2,000 worth of concrete work at the group’s flag memorial off Interstate 10 at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Volunteers with the group have been installing a sidewalk and flag poles in the concrete.
Cypresswood Village is a subdivision off Highway 87 South near FM 105 developed by ITex Group. In the past five years, construction permits for houses have been issued to ITex, Wheat Homes and DeLeon Construction. The August permits are the first to DSLD Homes.
On Wednesday, the city of Orange issued a media press release quoting City Economic Development Director Jay Trahan “The City of Orange welcomes the opportunity to partner with the ITex group and DSLD Homes to bring new single-family residential development to the market. The Cypresswood Village residential development will meet current and future housing needs to support the demand in the market.”
The release said DSLD will build 21 houses in the “first phase” and “has also committed to an additional 40 homes in the second phase” in Cypresswood Village.
The city’s release says “Students in the area attend Bridge City Independent School District, including Bridge City High School, Bridge City Middle School, and Bridge City Elementary School.”
In August, the city’s building permits also included one to Ron D. McAnelley, owner of Triangle Rescue, for a new training tower valued at $66,807. The tower is part of the company’s new training center at 3875 Interstate 10.
The city is giving the company a maximum $75,000 economic development for the complex, which will include the tower and a 2,000 square foot office building. Trahan told the City Council last month the total project is valued at $560,000.
Spanky’s Restaurant, 1703 16th Street, got a permit for $78,000 worth of concrete work for a new parking lot.
The block is getting more work. C & B Plaza, for 1709, 1711, and 1713 16th Street, took a permit for remodeling worth $90,000.
Other commercial concrete work was for Licatino Properties, 1001 Green Avenue in downtown, for $7,500 to repair drainage.
Three permits were issued for residential concrete work like new driveways worth a total of $7,000.
Four permits for commercial mechanical work for HVAC systems totaled $105,500, and three residential mechanical permits had a total of $22,500.
Two houses were issued permits for swimming pools. One valued at $71,900 is going on Bear Trail, and one valued at $40,900 is going on Red Oak Drive.
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