Topeka

Kansas
Development
FEBRUARY 2024
& Growth Management Report
Residential & Commercial Growth
Total Building Permits -- YTD
January YTD 2022
2023
2023 2023
2024
2024
60
18
30
16
17 The Planning & Development Department issues and tracks
building permit information in the City of Topeka.
16 52
15
25
50
25 14
14

40
12
20 Total building permits issued is an indicator of development
10 activity. Comparing February 2023 to
15
29
30
15
8
14

23
February 2024, total building permits
22
20
6
10 9
increased 41% (61 vs 86). Likewise,
4 3
Residential permits increased by 63.8% FEBRUARY
105
2
72
3
7
3 5 (36 vs 59) and commercial permits
1
increased 8% (25 vs. 27).
2
1 1
000
0
Building Permits
New Residential
New Resi Add/Alt New Commercial Comm Add/Alt
New Residential
Residential Resi
Resi Add/Alt
Add/Alt New
New Commercial
Commercial Comm
Comm Add/Alt
Add/Alt
48
In addition, both building square footage
and building value can be evaluated to Sq. Ft.
Building Permit
Building Permit Square
Square Footage January
January YTD
Footage -- February YTD
YTD 2022
2023
2021 2023
2024
2022
600,000
600,000
200,000
556,140
better understand the scale of 158,130
investment the City of Topeka.
177,170 519,283 519,283
180,000
500,000
500,000
160,000
144,767 Value
140,000
400,000
400,000 Comparing February 2023 to February $18,906,913
120,000
297,532
2024, building square footage
300,000
300,000
100,000 274,863
243,936 243,936 231,257 decreased by 51.8% (859,677 sq. ft. vs Housing Units
80,000 70,929
200,000
200,000
200,000
60,000 413,949 sq. ft.). The value of building 5
40,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
38,423
72,313
permits increased by 31.2% ($26,258,733
vs $34,455,574). The table below shows
53,381
20,000 11,381
7,337
14,101 19,576
10,024
4,788 8,268
14,573
4,983 24,528
14,537
4,788 7,337 11,381 8,268 10
0
000
New Residential
New Residential Resi Add/Alt
Resi Add/Alt New Commercial
New Commercial Comm Add/Alt
Comm Add/Alt the Top 10 Permits by valuation through
February 2024.

Building
Building Permit
Permit Valuation
Valuation -- February YTD
January YTD
January YTD 2023
2022
2021 2024
2023
2022
$30,000,000
TOP 10 PERMITS - FEBRUARY
$18,000,000
$8,000,000
7,497,894
$16,525,700 $16,525,700

$16,000,000
$7,000,000 $25,588,499
$25,000,000
$13,779,000
$14,000,000
$6,000,000

$20,000,000
$12,000,000 $18,513,850
$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$4,000,000
$8,000,000 $3,389,500 $3,350,000
$3,002,008
$3,000,000
$10,000,000
$6,000,000 $5,231,971
$4,500,000 $4,500,000
$2,000,000 $6,045,000
$4,000,000 $5,250,000
$5,000,000 507,349
$1,000,000 500,000
$1,745,000 $1,077,075
$2,000,000 $800,000
$650,000 $519,660
$1,979,000 $238,467
$650,000
$500,000 $507,349 $450,000
$515,883
$127,649
$238,467 $0 0
$0
$0
New
New Residential
Residential Resi
Resi Add/Alt
Add/Alt New
New Commercial
Commercial Comm
Comm Add/Alt
Add/Alt

* The Top 10 Permits table includes permits with the highest project
completion cost issued to date, both commercial and residential.

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FEBRUARY 2024 Residential Growth

Residential
Residential Building
Building Permits
Permits by
by Units
Units -- 2024
2023 2023
2021 2024
2022
12
6
25
23

105
10
5 The total number of residential building permits issued in
the City of Topeka are an indicator of housing growth.
20

The number of new residential building permits (by

84
7 7
15

63
3
12
11
6 3
units), when comparing February 2023 to February 2024,
10
42
4 increased 42.9% from (7 vs 10). Additions and alterations
increased by 79.3% from February 2023 to February 2024
5 1
21 3 3
(29 vs 52).
0 0
00
Single Fam
Single Fam Units
Units Multi Fam Units Total Units

Single
Single Family
Family Units
Units
New Single/Multi-Family
New Single/Multi-Family Units
Non
Non Single
Single Family
Family
100%
100% Tracking total new housing unit types can be an
90%
90%
33%
35%
indicator of more quality housing choices and
80%
80%
36%
51%
51% affordability in keeping with the priorities of the City’s
70%
70% 61%
61%

60%
60%
Housing Market Study and Land Use and Growth
50%
50% Management Plan 2040 (LUGMP). From 2010 to 2019, the
40%
40% share of new non-single family units surprisingly did not
67%
grow, accounting for only 39% of new units. While the
65%
64%
30%
30%
30%
49%
49%
49%
20%
sample size is much smaller, an important reversal of that
20%
20% 39%
39%
10%
10%
10%

0%
0%
0%
trend (64% non-single family share) is taking place since
2020.
2000-2009
2000-2009
2000-2009 2010-2019
2010-2019
2010-2019 2020-204
2020-204
2020-2023

City
City Share
Share Of
Of New
New Dwelling Units in
Dwelling Units in the
the County
County
County
80%
80%
75.3% 75.3%
75.3% 75.3%
In order to evaluate 2015 policy changes made in the
72.2% 72.2%
72.2% 72.2%

70%
70% LUGMP, tracking the location of new residential
61.6%
61.6%
61.6%
61.6%

60%
60% 57.9%
57.9%
57.9%
57.9%

53.3%
53.3%
dwelling units created within Topeka (City), Urban
51.8% 51.8%
51.8% 51.8%

Growth Area (UGA), Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (3-mile

49.1%
49.1%
49.1%
49.1% 49.6%49.6% 49.6%
49.6% 50.0%
50.0% 50.0% 50.0%
50%
50% 47.0%
47.0%
47.0%
47.0% 47.9%47.9%
47.9%
47.9% 47.8% 47.8%
47.8%
47.8%
45.8%45.8%45.8%
45.8% 45.5%
44.1%
44.1%44.1%
44.1%

40%
40%
33.3%
ETJ), and Shawnee County is vital. The City’s share of
30.0%
30%
30%
new dwelling units compared to all of Shawnee County
was 50% through February 2024 (10 out of 20 units)
20%
20%

10%
10%
compared to 53% in 2023.
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0%
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Building Permits

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3-Mile ETJ, UGA, and City Boundary

New Housing Units — February 2024

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