by - December 3, 2025 3:03 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity in November was down almost 30% compared with the same period in 2024, but regional permit numbers continue to surpass those of last year, according…
by - September 4, 2025 3:58 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity did not come to a halt during the dog days of summer, but it did slow tremendously. August building permits issued in Fort Smith, Greenwood,…
by - June 9, 2025 1:19 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro had an upward swing in May. Building permits issued in Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren totaled $29.03 million, up 76.4% from the…
by - June 5, 2024 1:27 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity dropped significantly in May. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren reported combined May building permit values of $17.927 million, down 59.3% compared to the $44.057…
by - April 2, 2024 12:42 pm
Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren reported a combined total value of $22.603 million of building permits issued in the three cities in March. While that is up 92% from…
by - December 7, 2023 7:29 pm
Construction activity in the Fort Smith metro area slowed for the second consecutive month. Fort Smith, Van Buren and Greenwood had combined building permit values of $14.672 million in November,…
by - April 5, 2023 8:58 am
Building permit values in the Fort Smith metro area were on the rise in March, totaling $60.633 million, up 39.6% from the $43.352 million reported in February and up 82.5%…
by - March 1, 2023 5:54 pm
Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren totaled $43.352 million in February, down 15% from the $51.09 million reported in January and down 52% from the $121.362…
by - February 6, 2023 3:07 pm
The Fort Smith metro began the year off with a building boom thanks in large part to ongoing work at Mercy Fort Smith. Building permit values were up more than…
by - January 3, 2023 5:12 pm
Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren building permits totaled $480.376 million in 2022, almost $140 million more than the $343.289 million in 2021. The 39.9% increase sets a significantly higher…
by - April 4, 2022 4:23 pm
Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren had a combined $32.871 million in building permits in March, up 65.4% from the $19.879 million issued by the cities in March 2021. The…
by - January 7, 2021 2:35 pm
The three largest cities in the Fort Smith metro ended the year with $264.757 million in permitted building activity, a 9.52% increase over the 2019’s 241.741 million and a 14.2%…
by - September 17, 2020 4:21 pm
Fort Smith area building activity in 2020 continues to surpass 2019. Through August, permitted building activity in the region is up 38.5% over the first eight months of 2019. Building…
by - August 7, 2020 3:46 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith area remains robust in 2020 with permit totals for the first seven months of 2020 up almost 71% compared with the same period in…
by - July 1, 2020 4:48 pm
For the first month this year, building activity in the Fort Smith metro area came in below what it did at the same time in 2019, but activity in the…
by - May 4, 2020 5:39 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith region dropped from March but remained strong compared to the same time in 2019. The region issued permits valued at $34.98 million in April,…
by - February 5, 2020 4:04 pm
The year got off to a good start in terms of building activity in the Fort Smith region. The region issued $38.699 million in building permits in January’s 31 days,…
by - September 5, 2019 1:01 pm
Building activity in Fort Smith, Van Buren and Greenwood totaled an impressive $28.115 million in August, a 62% increase from July’s $17.348 million and a 4% increase from the $27.053…
by - August 8, 2019 6:14 pm
Regional building activity for Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren dropped dramatically in July after a robust June. Building permit values in the three cities combined for a total of…
by - July 8, 2019 5:43 pm
Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren jumped significantly during June, but totals for the first six months of the year fell short of 2018 and 2017…
