Austin Commercial Building Permits: September 2026

The City of Austin issued 328 commercial building permits in September 2026, with $115.9 million in reported value. That's down from $379.9 million in August, when several large projects were approved. Permit counts were steady: 335 in August, 328 in September. New filings in September point to big projects coming next.

Approved in September: largest commercial projects

1. 4810 Gonzales Street: $51.8 million. New affordable housing units and a parking garage.
2. 1103 West 24th Street: $17.7 million. A new residential building and a 60,527 square foot parking garage near the University of Texas.
3. 6620 Ed Bluestein Boulevard: $10.1 million per building. Three new five-story apartment buildings (three stories of homes over two of parking).
4. 4611 Tilley Street: $9 million. A new two-story community arts education building.
5. 2801 San Jacinto Boulevard: $5 million. Partial interior remodel of a fraternity house.
6. 44 East Avenue: $3.75 million. First-time finish-out of a 10,643 square foot restaurant with a mezzanine.
7. $3 million: a new four-story research and development office.

Filed in September: what's coming

These applications were submitted in September and are in review:

• $60 million: a ground-up 285,000 square foot warehouse.
• $34 million: a new five-story hotel.
• $19.5 million: classroom, gym and athletics additions at a middle school.
• $2.5 million: a new self-storage building.

How we count

Commercial building permits issued by the City of Austin, September 1–30, 2026 (August 1–31 for comparison). Each permit is counted once, and buildings filed as one project are valued once. Values are the valuations reported on the permits. "Filed" projects are applications submitted in September that had not been issued by the end of the month.

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