What construction projects are coming to Durham?

Durham permitted 396 projects with a declared construction value of $500,000 or more in the last six months, $717M in all. The largest filed more than 30 days ago: Change of contractor re: 26102010 bldg 7 - 6 units a-f no change in original scope at 3438 Hillsborough Rd ($74.5M); Upgrade To Williams Wtp -Basin Improvements at 1500 Hillandale Rd ($37.1M); Aura 751 - One contiguous Multi-Family Building comprised of 4 fire areas with 339 units at 8116 NC 751 Hwy ($33.3M).

How do I find upcoming construction projects in Durham?

Building permits are the earliest public record of most projects: a job can't start until its permit is issued, and the permit names the address, the work, its declared value and usually the contractor. Durham's permits are free to search on the Durham City-County Land Development Office site; search commercial and new-building permits by date and look for the large values. TarSignal gathers them from Durham and other North Carolina offices into one search, sorted by value.

Where does this list come from?

From Durham's building permit records. Every permit filed at one address in the last six months counts as one project, and its value is the largest construction value declared on those permits. A job whose address had a permit at least half as large in the 18 months before is an earlier project's tail, and is left out.

Why aren't the newest projects listed?

Projects first permitted in the last 30 days are counted here but listed only in TarSignal Pro — 55 of them right now, worth $144M. Pro has every permit the day it's filed, naming the contractor on nearly all and with a phone number on some.

Upcoming construction projects in Durham, NC

Durham permitted 396 projects with a declared construction value of $500,000 or more in the last six months, $717M in all. A building permit comes before the work, so these are the jobs about to break ground or just under way: what's being built, where, and which contractor pulled the permit.

Projects, last 6 months: 396
Over $1 million: 59
Declared value: $717M
Largest listed: $74.5M; 3438 Hillsborough Rd

The biggest projects in Durham

Permitted from May 6, 2026 until 30 days ago, largest first. The value is the construction cost the applicant declared; one project is every permit filed at its address.

1.$74.5M
Apartments
Change of contractor re: 26102010 bldg 7 - 6 units a-f no change in original scope
Where
3438 Hillsborough Rd, Durham, 27705
Contractor:
Jpi Construction, LLC
Filed:
August 14, 2026, 8 permits
Permit:
26103410
2.$37.1M
Project
Upgrade To Williams Wtp -Basin Improvements
Where
1500 Hillandale Rd, Durham, 27705
Contractor:
Pc Construction Company
Filed:
August 5, 2026
Permit:
26102514
3.$33.3M
Apartments
Aura 751 - One contiguous Multi-Family Building comprised of 4 fire areas with 339 units
Where
8116 NC 751 Hwy, Durham, 27713
Contractor:
Trinsic Residential Builders LLC
Filed:
July 27, 2026
Permit:
26101518
4.$28.7M
Apartments
BLDG 5300 NEW 225-unit 4-story multi-family apartment building; basement.
Where
5300 Farrington Rd, Chapel Hill, 27517
Contractor:
Nwr Construction, LLC
Filed:
August 21, 2026
Permit:
26101903
5.$18.6M
New building
Construct new restaurant (texas roadhouse) with building area 7485 sqft
Where
5340 Mcfarland Dr, Durham, 27707
Contractor:
Buffalo Construction, Inc.
Filed:
July 21, 2026
Permit:
26100652
6.$17.4M
Apartments
CLUB BUILDING - NEW 3 STORY 15 Unit R-2 BUILDING WITH CLUB ON FIRST FLOOR. Level I - Unit 101 and Club; Level 2 units
Where
5302 Old Chapel Hill Rd, Durham, 27707
Contractor:
Jordan, Harold K. Co., Inc.
Filed:
May 6, 2026, 8 permits
Permit:
26101355
7.$16.4M
New building
Bldg 2 283,620 sf tiltwall shell building. not for occupancy
Where
4300 S Silicon Dr, Durham, 27703
Contractor:
Ordner Construction Co. Inc
Filed:
June 2, 2026, 3 permits
Permit:
26101986
8.$13.2M
New building
NEW CONSTRUCTION OF 2 STORY FIRE AND EMS STATION #19 A3; R2; B; S2 Non-separated (except for R2)
Where
31 Davis Dr, Durham, 27703
Contractor:
Samet Corporation
Filed:
August 11, 2026
Permit:
26100359
9.$11.5M
Apartments
Bldg 5000- construction of new 90-unit 4-story v-a, r-2 apartment building
Contractor:
Camden Development, Inc.
Filed:
August 11, 2026
Permit:
25100127
10.$10.9M
Apartments
Bldg 4000- construction of new 67-unit 4-story v-a, r-2 apartment building
Where
530 Keystone Park Dr, Raleigh, 27560
Contractor:
Camden Development, Inc.
Filed:
August 12, 2026, 4 permits
Permit:
25100128
11.$10.8M
Apartments
86 UNIT R-2 Level 1 Amenity
Where
2201 W Cornwallis Rd, Durham, 27705
Contractor:
Metrocon, Inc.
Filed:
June 25, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
26103106
12.$9.9M
New building
New construction of an elementary school.(Note - this project is not located at 5510 Wake Forest Highway. It is on REID 240318 ).
Where
4621 Kemp Rd, Durham, 27703
Contractor:
Hubrich Contracting Inc.
Filed:
July 21, 2026
Permit:
26100832
13.$8.8M
Apartments
Bldlg 1000- construction of new 67-unit 4-story v-a, r-2 apartment building
Contractor:
Camden Development, Inc.
Filed:
August 11, 2026
Permit:
25100126
14.$8.2M
New building
250,356 sf new building at welcome venture park
Where
120 Northern Durham Pkwy, Durham, 27704
Contractor:
Landmark Builders, Inc.
Filed:
July 27, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
26101832
15.$8.1M
Renovation
Architectural, structural, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical office upfit
Where
4820 Emperor Blvd, Durham, 27703
Contractor:
Barringer Construction, LLC
Filed:
August 25, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
26103758
16.$7.3M
New building
Gym New building & Existing Demo
Where
3116 Academy Rd, Durham, 27707
Contractor:
C.T. Wilson Construction Co., Inc.
Filed:
July 17, 2026
Permit:
26102785
17.$7.0M
New building
Concept Foods - Site plan D2300090 for new office and warehouse building - Durham 85 - Building 7
Contractor:
L.F. Jennings, Inc.
Filed:
July 9, 2026
Permit:
26102378
18.$5.8M
Apartments
Interior finish replacements and sitework 312 units
Where
100 Cascade Falls Ln, Durham, 27713
Contractor:
Community Construction Group, LLC
Filed:
June 10, 2026
Permit:
26101722
19.$4.7M
New building
DEMOLITION TO SLAB ON GRADE PER PLAN- EAST PARKING DECK, MOVIE THEATER, MAJORITY OF MALL. ALL DEMO ON REID 106003. 73,230 SF of mall to remain. (Excludes…
Where
1056 W Club Blvd, Durham, 27701
Contractor:
D.H. Griffin, Wrecking Company
Filed:
May 27, 2026
Permit:
26102372
20.$4.3M
Renovation
Suite 250 - Interior renovation of the AstraZeneca Office and Lab spaces
Where
4224 Emperor Blvd, Durham, 27703
Contractor:
Hitt Contracting Inc
Filed:
July 24, 2026
Permit:
26103132
21.$3.8M
Apartments
Clubhouse/Office Mckissick Square Apartments
Where
2120 E Geer St, Durham, 27704
Contractor:
Make It Happen Property Services, LLC
Filed:
August 6, 2026
Permit:
26101283
22.$3.8M
New building
Novartis Arrowwood - Bldg 300 - Footing/foundation permit for new manufacturing building - No MEP work - All other scopes will be permitted separately ----…
Where
14 T W Alexander Dr, Durham, 27703
Contractor:
Dpr Construction, A General Partnership
Filed:
July 10, 2026, 4 permits
Permit:
26102463
23.$3.7M
Apartments
Building u 11 units d2400280 bldg u- this work includes a new independent living bldg- units 1a-1d no unit c; 2a-2d; 3a-3d
Where
2600 Croasdaile Farm Pkwy, Durham, 27705
Contractor:
Frank L. Blum Construction Company
Filed:
July 29, 2026, 15 permits
Permit:
26102271
24.$3.6M
New building
New 60,000 sq ft type iib s-1 storage building with a m showroom and b office space
Where
2318 Operations Dr, Durham, 27705
Contractor:
Focus Design Builders, LLC.
Filed:
May 22, 2026
Permit:
26101216
25.$3.2M
New building
Han-Dee Hugo's #76 - Demo all existing structures on lot. New gas station/convenience store with canopy, gas pumps and dumpster enclosure
Where
423 Pleasant Dr, Durham, 27703
Contractor:
Eplus Construction LLC Aka Bunn-Brantley Enterprises
Filed:
September 11, 2026
Permit:
26102142
26.$2.8M
Addition
Holy Infantcatholic Church Addition
Where
5000 Southpark Dr, Durham, 27713
Contractor:
Beam, J. D., Inc.
Filed:
June 5, 2026
Permit:
26101847
27.$2.8M
Renovation
Suite 2160 - Restor3D - alteration of an existing manufacturing space - new printer and sieving rooms
Where
4001 E NC 54 Hwy, Durham, 27703
Contractor:
Skanska Usa Building, Inc.
Filed:
June 23, 2026, 2 permits
Permit:
26102621
28.$2.5M
Renovation
4912 sf commercial alteration on the ground floor of the building. existing lab & office space will be demolished and new washing suite will be put in its…
Where
5235 International Dr, Durham, 27712
Contractor:
Dpr Construction, A General Partnership
Filed:
September 4, 2026
Permit:
26103890
29.$2.3M
Apartments
New construction of duplex / mais 7757 prop 7410 / 2 street tree / 1 lot tree
Where
2030 Cotswood Ln, Durham, 27707
Contractor:
Chase Building Company
Filed:
May 19, 2026
Permit:
25106088
30.$2.1M
New building
New construction- club house for townes at greystone
Where
518 Morehead Ave, Durham, 27701
Contractor:
Hamel Builders, Inc.
Filed:
May 18, 2026, 12 permits
Permit:
26100715

55 more projects worth $144M filed in Durham in the last 30 days

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Month by month

Projects by the month their first permit was filed. The latest month is still filling in.

Month	Projects	Declared value
May 2026	70	$73.6M
June 2026	92	$94.3M
July 2026	61	$131M
August 2026	72	$238M
September 2026	39	$32.1M
October 2026	62	$148M

Where they are

Projects by town, across Durham.

Durham 372
Chapel Hill 3
Raleigh 2
Bahama 2
Rougemont 1
Morrisville 1

How to find upcoming construction projects in Durham

Start with the permits. A project can't start until its building permit is issued, and the permit names the address, the work, the declared value and usually the general contractor — months before a sign goes up.
Search the Durham City-County Land Development Office site. It's free: open it, search commercial and new-building permits filed in the last few weeks, and sort or scan for the large values.
Follow the general contractor. The GC on a permit is who hires the subcontractors and buys the materials. Call while they're still pricing the job, not once it's built.
Or let the list come to you. TarSignal reads Durham's permits every day, with the ones above and every smaller job, searchable by value, type and contractor.

Construction projects in Durham: common questions

What construction projects are coming to Durham?: Durham permitted 396 projects with a declared construction value of $500,000 or more in the last six months, $717M in all. The largest filed more than 30 days ago: Change of contractor re: 26102010 bldg 7 - 6 units a-f no change in original scope at 3438 Hillsborough Rd ($74.5M); Upgrade To Williams Wtp -Basin Improvements at 1500 Hillandale Rd ($37.1M); Aura 751 - One contiguous Multi-Family Building comprised of 4 fire areas with 339 units at 8116 NC 751 Hwy ($33.3M).
How do I find upcoming construction projects in Durham?: Building permits are the earliest public record of most projects: a job can't start until its permit is issued, and the permit names the address, the work, its declared value and usually the contractor. Durham's permits are free to search on the Durham City-County Land Development Office site; search commercial and new-building permits by date and look for the large values. TarSignal gathers them from Durham and other North Carolina offices into one search, sorted by value.
Where does this list come from?: From Durham's building permit records. Every permit filed at one address in the last six months counts as one project, and its value is the largest construction value declared on those permits. A job whose address had a permit at least half as large in the 18 months before is an earlier project's tail, and is left out.
Why aren't the newest projects listed?: Projects first permitted in the last 30 days are counted here but listed only in TarSignal Pro — 55 of them right now, worth $144M. Pro has every permit the day it's filed, naming the contractor on nearly all and with a phone number on some.

Every permit in the area, with the busiest ZIP codes and contractors: building permits and new construction in Durham. For builders and subs: how to find new construction leads in Durham.

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Source: TarSignal, from Durham's public building permit records, data through October 29, 2026. Refreshed nightly. Values are what the applicant declared on the permit, not a sale price or a bid. A project is every permit filed at one address in the window, valued at the largest of them; a new permit at an address that already had one as large in the 18 months before is left out as an earlier job's tail.