D-FW construction starts turned positive in the first quarter
After big 2020 building start declines because of COVID, North Texas construction activity is bouncing back.
D-FW construction starts were up 7% in the first three months of 2021.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
1:56 PM on Apr 29, 2021 CDT
North Texas construction starts turned the corner in the first quarter of 2021 after big declines during the worst of the pandemic.
Starts for residential and commercial buildings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area were up 7% in the first three months compared with first-quarter 2020 totals, according to the latest report by Dodge Data & Analytics.
In 2020, the D-FW area saw a 20% decline in construction activity because of COVID-19.