Remodeling a kitchen or bathroom can be a daunting undertaking for many homeowners, we hope to take the mystery out of the experience and help guide you through the many stages of a typical remodeling project. Planning A good first step before diving into the fun part of designing your dream bathroom or kitchen, is figuring out what you will be allowed to do. Local zoning … [Read more...]
Monsanto files permits for $56 million “greenhouse” in Chesterfield, Missouri
Monsanto has begun work on a $56 million "greenhouse" project in Chesterfield, according to a building permit filed with St. Louis county this week. The project is at 700 W. Chesterfield Parkway.There have been 325 improvements to this property over the past 8 years, for a total of $164,445,386.00, but this is by far the largest single project. Monsanto shares this site with … [Read more...]
BuildZoom office burglary — $5000 reward — update!!
Thanks for checking out BuildZoom! We help people remodel their homes by looking at the building permit records (55 million permits indexed so far) for millions of contractors. Let's say a contractor has worked in your neighborhood 3 times in the past year . We view that as a positive signal that the contractor is getting word of mouth business because they do a good job. We … [Read more...]
Apple building $74 million fitness center at new headquarters.
Apple is building a $74,163,495 million workout facility at their new campus, according to building permit records from the city of Cupertino.While Silicon Valley is famous for offering employee perks like shuttles with WiFi and free gourmet meals, spending more money than all but a few companies have ever raised in their lifetime on a fitness center is really taking things to … [Read more...]
Apple spending $161 million to build a theater at new headquarters
How much will Apple pay to have complete control of their event venues? A lot, apparently.The world's most valuable company will spend $160,999,985.00 to construct a "theatre" at its new headquarters in Cupertino, according to building permits on file with the city. And they've hired BNBT Builders, Inc to do the work.At BuildZoom, we've developed technology to automatically … [Read more...]