Kamloops Centre for the Arts footing, busier commercial construction month add to record-setting year

KAMLOOPS — The Kamloops building sector continued to run up the score in September amid a record-setting year. 

New numbers released by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection Division show $80.6 million in activity was recorded over 102 permits for September 2026, more than five times greater than the $14.8 million recorded over 80 permits from the same month last year. 

An institutional permit worth $37.4 million carried the Kamloops building sector in September. According to the city’s property information search portal, the permit is for the footing of the Kamloops Centre for the Arts project currently under construction. 

Elsewhere, eight commercial permits issued in September were worth nearly $23.5 million. On the residential side, 30 permits were worth nearly $18.7 million. That includes a four storey, 27-unit rental housing building at 969 St. Paul St. in downtown Kamloops.