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What North Florida is building: county permit figures · CRE8 Steel

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    "eyebrow": "COUNTY PERMIT FIGURES",
    "eyebrow_id": "NORTH FLORIDA",
    "size": "page",
    "subtitle": "Permit counts by building type, from the records each county publishes.",
    "title": "What North Florida is building",
    "type": "hero"
  },
  {
    "body": "These figures count permits whose description names one of the building types on this network. The type is read from the permit's own wording, so a permit that names no building type is not counted, and neither is work that is not a new building, such as re-roofs, pools or garage doors.\nOnly totals are kept. Permit numbers, parcels, addresses, owners, applicants and contractors are not read or are dropped before counting.\nEach county publishes a different slice of its records, over a different period. Read each county on its own; do not add them together or compare one against another. A building type with fewer than 5 permits is not listed.",
    "border_bottom": true,
    "eyebrow_label": "HOW TO READ THIS",
    "heading": "Counts from public permit records, nothing more.",
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    "type": "content_section"
  },
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    "anchor": "alachua-county",
    "caption": "Source: Alachua County Building Permits (Alachua County GIS, ArcGIS layer), retrieved 2026-10-02. Permit office: Alachua County Growth Management, Building Division.",
    "columns": 4,
    "eyebrow": "ALACHUA COUNTY",
    "items": [
      {
        "description": "Of 1,233 read, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026.",
        "label": "Permits naming a building type",
        "value": "509"
      },
      {
        "description": "In the permit text or the filed drawings.",
        "label": "Name metal or steel",
        "value": "143"
      },
      {
        "description": "Middle half: 288 to 1,200 sq ft (187 permits with dimensions).",
        "label": "Median footprint",
        "unit": "sq ft",
        "value": "576"
      },
      {
        "description": "Middle half: 7 to 38 days (217 permits).",
        "label": "Median, applied to issued",
        "unit": "days",
        "value": "15"
      }
    ],
    "lede": "Applications dated 2025-10-01 or later whose work description names one of: metal, steel, barn, garage, workshop, shop, shed, carport, pole, storage, greenhouse, hangar, warehouse, church, stable, arena, canopy, pavilion.",
    "title": "Alachua County",
    "type": "stat_grid",
    "variant": "strip"
  },
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    "actions": [
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        "href": "https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=897058ec94ff4f9cb548ca666174cf49",
        "label": "The county's records",
        "target": "_blank",
        "variant": "secondary"
      },
      {
        "href": "https://growth-management.alachuacounty.us/",
        "label": "Permit office",
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      }
    ],
    "anchor": "alachua-by-type",
    "border_bottom": true,
    "caption": "Includes pre-application screenings, which are filed before a building is bought. Footprint comes from dimensions written in the description (e.g. \"30x60\").",
    "columns": 3,
    "eyebrow": "BY BUILDING TYPE",
    "items": [
      {
        "cta": "metalsheds.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 200 to 360 sq ft, from 69 permits with dimensions. 9 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://metalsheds.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "137 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 288 sq ft",
        "title": "Metal Sheds"
      },
      {
        "cta": "agbarns.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 864 to 2,400 sq ft, from 45 permits with dimensions. 79 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://agbarns.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "116 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 1,200 sq ft",
        "title": "Ag Barns"
      },
      {
        "cta": "metalgarages.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 600 to 1,800 sq ft, from 32 permits with dimensions. 33 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://metalgarages.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "108 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 1,044 sq ft",
        "title": "Metal Garages"
      },
      {
        "cta": "carports.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 400 to 830 sq ft, from 30 permits with dimensions. 9 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://carports.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "56 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 539 sq ft",
        "title": "Carports"
      },
      {
        "cta": "canopies.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Too few permits record a size to give a footprint. 4 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://canopies.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "27 PERMITS",
        "title": "Canopies"
      },
      {
        "cta": "metalworkshops.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Too few permits record a size to give a footprint. 5 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://metalworkshops.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "22 PERMITS",
        "title": "Metal Workshops"
      },
      {
        "cta": "churchbuildings.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Too few permits record a size to give a footprint.",
        "href": "https://churchbuildings.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "11 PERMITS",
        "title": "Church Buildings"
      },
      {
        "cta": "rvgarages.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Too few permits record a size to give a footprint. 2 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://rvgarages.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "7 PERMITS",
        "title": "RV and Boat Garages"
      },
      {
        "cta": "industrialbuildings.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Too few permits record a size to give a footprint.",
        "href": "https://industrialbuildings.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "7 PERMITS",
        "title": "Industrial Buildings"
      }
    ],
    "title": "What was permitted in Alachua.",
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    "variant": "table"
  },
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    "anchor": "columbia-county",
    "caption": "Source: Columbia County Building and Zoning public permit search, retrieved 2026-10-01. Permit office: Columbia County Building and Zoning (Lake City).",
    "columns": 3,
    "eyebrow": "COLUMBIA COUNTY",
    "items": [
      {
        "description": "Of 63 read, Sep 2024 to Sep 2026.",
        "label": "Permits naming a building type",
        "value": "59"
      },
      {
        "description": "In the permit text or the filed drawings.",
        "label": "Name metal or steel",
        "value": "45"
      },
      {
        "description": "Middle half: 870 to 2,100 sq ft (56 permits with dimensions).",
        "label": "Median footprint",
        "unit": "sq ft",
        "value": "1,470"
      }
    ],
    "lede": "Storage-type and accessory-structure permits in the county's Q3 2026 export, each read from its permit detail page.",
    "title": "Columbia County",
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    "variant": "strip"
  },
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        "href": "https://www.columbiacountyfla.com/PermitSearch/",
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        "target": "_blank",
        "variant": "secondary"
      },
      {
        "href": "https://www.columbiacountyfla.com/",
        "label": "Permit office",
        "target": "_blank",
        "variant": "secondary"
      }
    ],
    "anchor": "columbia-by-type",
    "border_bottom": true,
    "caption": "metal_mentions here counts permits whose filed drawings are titled metal or steel building plans. A storage-type permit whose structure field names no building type is counted as a shed or storage building. Footprint is the permit's recorded length times width. The detail pages carry no issue date, so turnaround is not measured for Columbia.",
    "columns": 3,
    "eyebrow": "BY BUILDING TYPE",
    "items": [
      {
        "cta": "metalsheds.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 880 to 2,400 sq ft, from 37 permits with dimensions. 26 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://metalsheds.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "40 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 1,600 sq ft",
        "title": "Metal Sheds"
      },
      {
        "cta": "metalgarages.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 880 to 1,610 sq ft, from 13 permits with dimensions. 13 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://metalgarages.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "13 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 1,120 sq ft",
        "title": "Metal Garages"
      },
      {
        "cta": "autoshops.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 960 to 2,400 sq ft, from 5 permits with dimensions. 5 name metal or steel.",
        "href": "https://autoshops.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "5 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 1,000 sq ft",
        "title": "Auto Shop Buildings"
      }
    ],
    "title": "What was permitted in Columbia.",
    "type": "feature_grid",
    "variant": "table"
  },
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    "anchor": "leon-county",
    "caption": "Source: Tallahassee-Leon County active building permits (TLCGIS), retrieved 2026-10-02. Permit office: Leon County Development Support & Environmental Management; City of Tallahassee Growth Management (inside city limits).",
    "columns": 4,
    "eyebrow": "LEON COUNTY",
    "items": [
      {
        "description": "Of 1,426 read, Jan 2018 to Jul 2026.",
        "label": "Permits naming a building type",
        "value": "90"
      },
      {
        "description": "In the permit text or the filed drawings.",
        "label": "Name metal or steel",
        "value": "3"
      },
      {
        "description": "Middle half: 2,444 to 12,000 sq ft (84 permits with dimensions).",
        "label": "Median footprint",
        "unit": "sq ft",
        "value": "3,066"
      },
      {
        "description": "Middle half: 18 to 194 days (63 permits).",
        "label": "Median, applied to issued",
        "unit": "days",
        "value": "73"
      }
    ],
    "lede": "Every permit active on the retrieval date, City of Tallahassee and unincorporated Leon County.",
    "title": "Leon County",
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    "actions": [
      {
        "href": "https://intervector.leoncountyfl.gov/intervector/rest/services/MapServices/TLC_OverlayPermitsActive_D_WM/MapServer/0",
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        "variant": "secondary"
      },
      {
        "href": "https://www.tlcgis.org/",
        "label": "Permit office",
        "target": "_blank",
        "variant": "secondary"
      }
    ],
    "anchor": "leon-by-type",
    "border_bottom": true,
    "caption": "Leon's garage permits are left out: a median of 14,499 sq ft means parking structures, not the detached garages that site covers. Footprint uses the permit's TotalSqFt when recorded, else dimensions written in the description.",
    "columns": 3,
    "eyebrow": "BY BUILDING TYPE",
    "items": [
      {
        "cta": "canopies.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 2,137 to 3,066 sq ft, from 25 permits with dimensions.",
        "href": "https://canopies.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "25 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 2,625 sq ft",
        "title": "Canopies"
      },
      {
        "cta": "churchbuildings.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 1,613 to 17,000 sq ft, from 9 permits with dimensions.",
        "href": "https://churchbuildings.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "9 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 2,484 sq ft",
        "title": "Church Buildings"
      },
      {
        "cta": "metalsheds.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 252 to 4,272 sq ft, from 6 permits with dimensions.",
        "href": "https://metalsheds.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "8 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 527 sq ft",
        "title": "Metal Sheds"
      },
      {
        "cta": "officebuildings.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 1,538 to 3,828 sq ft, from 6 permits with dimensions.",
        "href": "https://officebuildings.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "7 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 2,799 sq ft",
        "title": "Office Buildings"
      },
      {
        "cta": "carwashes.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 4,246 to 4,706 sq ft, from 5 permits with dimensions.",
        "href": "https://carwashes.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "5 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 4,680 sq ft",
        "title": "Car Wash Buildings"
      },
      {
        "cta": "warehouses.cre8.xyz",
        "description": "Middle half 12,000 to 20,346 sq ft, from 5 permits with dimensions.",
        "href": "https://warehouses.cre8.xyz",
        "meta": "5 PERMITS",
        "spec": "Median 12,000 sq ft",
        "title": "Warehouses"
      }
    ],
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    "body": "Tell us what the building is for and where the land is. Your request goes to one North Florida steel building contractor.",
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    ],
    "eyebrow": "NOT SURE WHICH BUILDING FITS",
    "headline": "Describe the project. We will point it the right way.",
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