{"slug":"most-new-construction-permits","topic":"City Hall","query":"new_construction_permits_by_neighborhood","title":"Most new construction permits by Milwaukee neighborhood","question":"Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most new commercial construction?","answer":"It's a tie. Bay View and Town of Lake have the most new construction permits of any City of Milwaukee neighborhood, with 2 new construction permits.","finding":"Count by residents and Calumet Farms comes first, at 0.8 per 1,000, even though it ranks 3rd by plain count.","metric":"Commercial new construction permits","period":"As of November 3, 2026","source":{"title":"City of Milwaukee residential and commercial permit work data","url":"https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/buildingpermits","license":"Public domain (City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016); the dataset page states Creative Commons Attribution","redistributable":true},"method":"We count the City's commercial permits marked as new construction, by the neighborhood each address is in.","caveat":"This is only the stretch of permits we have today, and most neighborhoods have none in it. One project can hold more than one permit.","columns":[{"key":"per","label":"Per 1,000 residents"}],"floor":null,"city":[{"rank":1,"slug":"bay-view","name":"Bay View","value":2,"shown":"2","extra":{"per":"0.1"}},{"rank":1,"slug":"town-of-lake","name":"Town of Lake","value":2,"shown":"2","extra":{"per":"0.4"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"brewers-hill","name":"Brewer's Hill","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.4"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"calumet-farms","name":"Calumet Farms","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.8"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"capitol-heights","name":"Capitol Heights","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.2"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"goldman-park","name":"Goldman Park","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.6"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"harambee","name":"Harambee","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.1"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"juneau-town","name":"Juneau Town","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.2"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"kilbourn-town","name":"Kilbourn Town","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.2"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"lincoln-creek","name":"Lincoln Creek","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.1"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"menomonee-river-hills-east","name":"Menomonee River Hills East","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.4"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"menomonee-river-valley","name":"Menomonee River Valley","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.4"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"southgate","name":"Southgate","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.4"}},{"rank":3,"slug":"triangle-north","name":"Triangle North","value":1,"shown":"1","extra":{"per":"0.8"}}],"suburbs":[],"suburbs_note":"No suburb table: this is City of Milwaukee data.","left_out":"167 City neighborhoods aren't in this table: no new construction permit in this stretch is inside their boundary.","median":"1","median_value":1,"display_only":false,"photo":{"src":"/neighborhoods/bay-view/south-shore-park.jpg","credit":"Akaila of the Willows","license":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SouthShore_Park_1.jpg","caption":"Bay View, ranked 1st of 14","alt":"Bay View"},"related":["most-building-permits","most-license-hearings","most-tavern-licenses","most-late-night-licenses","most-entertainment-licenses","most-tobacco-licenses"],"trend":null,"scatter":null,"built_at":"2026-11-03T02:42:47.914Z","url":"https://littlemilwaukee.com/answers/most-new-construction-permits","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}