Every building that will need an elevator contract, from the day the permit is issued.
In short
Apartment and multiplex permits, residential elevator permits and custom homes over $2.5M — PermitRadius pulls them out of the building-permit feeds the week they land, with the developer or builder behind each one. Installation for the new ones, a maintenance contract for all of them. From CA$39 a month, no per-lead fees.
This week’s list
5 of 23 new · 15 km · updated this morning
Address
Builder
Value
Status
1100 blk W Broadway
Fairview · Addition / alteration · Oct 22Elevator
Owner-builder
$288K
new
100 blk Milross Avenue
Downtown · Addition / alteration · Oct 21Elevator
Owner-builder
$521K
new
1000 blk Cambie Street
Downtown · Addition / alteration · Oct 14Elevator
Mckinley Electric LTD
$30K
new
900 blk Seymour Street
Downtown · Addition / alteration · Oct 6Elevator
Fina Electrical Systems Ltd.
$95K
new
1200 blk Main Street
Downtown · Addition / alteration · Oct 5Elevator
Fina Electrical Systems Ltd
$40K
new
Real permits from the last 12 months, shown as they appear in the app (block addresses here; subscribers see the site address). Updated Nov 14.
169
Matching permits · 90 days
Across 5 cities we cover
38
Elevator permits · 12 months
Read from the permit itself
$2.0B
Declared value · 90 days
Construction value on the matching permits
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Busiest builder · 12 months
Aqua Homes Development Ltd
The library · not just this week
380 homes with elevator on file, back to 2017.
Every permit we’ve ever seen for these, organized by city and neighbourhood, inside your radius. A standing prospect list — mark them contacted, quoted, won, and export it.
Last 12 weeks
Matching permits issued per week, all cities. Updated every morning.
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How many of these jobs are near you right now?
Type your shop’s postal code. You’ll see the real count of matching permits inside your radius from the last 90 days, before you give us anything.
Elevators · permits by city
Built for elevator installers and service contractors.
From city hall to your phone, the same week.
Cities publish permits as open data. We read them every morning, tag what’s being built, and send you the ones that are elevator work.
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The city issues the permit
Every building permit is published as open data, usually the same day it’s issued. It carries the address, the value, the work type and often the builder.
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We read it and tag what’s being built
Each morning we pull every new permit, scrub personal details, and read the description for the features that matter to you.
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It lands in your Wednesday list
Your list is filtered to your trade and your radius. Anything you watch for is pinned to the top as “worth a call first”.
Wednesday · worth a call first
Elevator: a permit you’re watching landed this week.
Watching: Elevators · $1M+ builds
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You call first
Address, builder company, permit link, directions. Mark it contacted, set a follow-up, and the app keeps the pipeline for you.
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The permits that end in a job for you.
The elevator filter keeps these and drops the rest. You can switch any type off in Settings.
Permit
Why it matters
Typical value
Included
Apartment, multiplex or mixed-use building
Four storeys and up means at least one elevator, and a maintenance contract for the life of the building.
$4M–$150M
Yes
Residential elevator permit
A home elevator in the plans. Tagged Elevator the day the permit is published.
$2M+
Yes
Custom house over $2.5M
Three storeys, ageing-in-place, view lots: the homes that spec a lift.
$2.5M+
Yes
Commercial permit over $2M
Office, hotel and institutional builds and major fit-outs.
$2M+
Yes
Small renos, signs, demolitions
Nothing to lift
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No
Three plays that win the job.
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The spec call
Reach the developer the week the permit lands, before the mechanical package is tendered. Being on the drawings is half the job.
Best for: installers02
The maintenance handoff
Every new building becomes a service contract at occupancy. Start the relationship a year early.
Best for: service contractors03
The custom-home lift
Builders of $2.5M+ homes get asked for elevators constantly. Be the name they give.
Best for: residential liftsThis year’s permit is a 20-year service contract.
Elevators are specified early and serviced forever. The permit is your earliest possible signal that a building is really happening.
Week 0
Building permit issued
Week 1
You’re on the tender list
Month 6–12
Hoistway ready
Month 12–24
Install + inspection
Occupancy
Maintenance contract starts
Typical Lower Mainland timelines. Your mileage varies by builder and season.
Where the work is this quarter.
Elevators-matched permits issued in the last 90 days, from each city’s open-data feed. Updated Nov 14.
Not ready for a trial? Get one free Wednesday list.
This week’s new elevator installation + service permits inside 15 km of your postal code, with the builders. One email, no card.
What elevator installers and service contractors ask us.
How do you know a building has an elevator?
Apartment and multiplex permits are kept by type — four storeys and up needs one. Home elevators are found in the permit text and tagged Elevator.
Do you cover commercial?
Yes. Commercial permits over $2M are included in the elevator filter; you can switch them off in Settings.
Which cities?
Vancouver, Surrey, New Westminster, Maple Ridge and Victoria, with more added by permit volume. Vancouver publishes the most multi-storey permits.
Who else sees these leads?
Timing is your edge: the permit is public, we just read it the day it’s published so you can be first.
Also built for
Be on the drawings, not the phone list.
See which buildings inside your radius were permitted this month.