While developers put the finishing touches on a new 20-unit apartment building in Reno or Indianapolis, developers of a similar project in Honolulu are still waiting for their permits.
And the owners of a new single-family home in Spokane or Colorado Springs can turn the key to their front door while those in Honolulu still have another year to wait.
Those stark differences are highlighted in a new study of permit and construction timelines across 60 U.S. cities over the last two decades. Overall the research shows Honolulu still has a way to go to compete with the permitting and building timelines of other cities…