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Denver building permit backlog spooks homebuilders and buyers

Builders say they’re waiting 12 months and more for approval on single-family home plans or 18 months or more for condos

Construction workers work on the foundation of a building site on Champa Street near 30th Street on Oct. 3, 2022, in Denver. Both residential and commercial construction projects in Denver are being delayed by long permit review times. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Construction workers work on the foundation of a building site on Champa Street near 30th Street on Oct. 3, 2022, in Denver. Both residential and commercial construction projects in Denver are being delayed by long permit review times. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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Denver’s years-long building permit delay is scaring off homeowners who might want to build and homebuilders who must navigate the Kafka-esque system. Chris Withers, the owner of Old Greenwich Builders, said he knows one property owner who sold her property in Southern Hills after waiting more than eight months for a permit. She’d planned to […]
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