The City of Ottawa has reported 800 building permits in September, with a value of $257,244,232. This is a signif-icant decline from the $481,612,635 in permits recorded for September 2014, and reflects a continuing decline in the overall year to year construction permit volumes. Overall, year to date (January to September), the totals are $1.61 billion in issued permits, compared to $2.1 billion last year.