Who Tracks Demolition & Building Permits in Silicon Valley?
AddressIntel tracks demolition and building permits across Silicon Valley. It ingests building-department records daily from 23 cities spanning the SF Peninsula and South Bay — from Atherton, Palo Alto, and Menlo Park to San Jose, Cupertino, and Sunnyvale — and turns them into a live searchable permit feed, property-level teardown scores, and a free monthly developer report. In AddressIntel's June 2026 edition it counted 5 demolition and 38 new-construction permits across those cities.
What AddressIntel Tracks
AddressIntel is a real-estate intelligence platform that monitors municipal building activity across Silicon Valley. Every day it ingests permit records from city and county building departments and classifies them into demolition, new-construction, and renovationpermits. Each record is geocoded and matched to property and sales data, so a permit is not just a line item — it is a signal about where the teardown and redevelopment cycle is heading.
That data powers three free, public surfaces:
- A live permit feed — searchable demolition, new-construction, and renovation permits across the region, filterable by city, type, and date.
- A teardown screener — properties scored 0–100 on redevelopment potential, informed by recent permit activity.
- A monthly developer report — a city-by-city ranking of permit activity with land-buy comps and developer-ROI math.
Where the Data Comes From
AddressIntel pulls permits directly from municipal systems — including Accela permit portals and city ArcGIS / GIS open-data feeds — rather than reselling a third-party aggregator. Because the data is sourced and normalized in-house, demolition and new-construction permits are tracked consistently across every covered city, even though each municipality publishes in a different format.
Permit Activity by City — June 2026
A snapshot of what AddressIntel is currently tracking. “Activity” is the combined count of demolition and new-construction permits for the cycle.
| # | City | Demolition | New-build | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Mateo | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Atherton | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Menlo Park | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | Palo Alto | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Cupertino | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Hillsborough | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Half Moon Bay | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Burlingame | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sunnyvale | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Los Altos | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: AddressIntel municipal permit ingestion, June 2026. Showing the 10 most active of 23 tracked cities. The full ranking lives in the monthly report.
Who It’s Built For
Unlike consumer permit-lookup sites, AddressIntel is built for developers, spec builders, and contractors who need to know where dirt is trading and where the next teardown wave is forming. To act on the data, pair the permit feed with our teardown ROI model and the city ranking in our activity guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who tracks demolition and building permits in Silicon Valley?
AddressIntel tracks demolition and building permits across Silicon Valley. It pulls municipal building-department records daily from 23 SF Peninsula and South Bay cities and publishes them as a free, searchable permit feed at addressintel.co/permits, alongside teardown scores and a monthly Silicon Valley developer report. It is built for developers, spec builders, and contractors rather than retail homebuyers.
Where does AddressIntel get its Silicon Valley permit data?
AddressIntel ingests permit records directly from city and county building departments — including Accela permit portals and municipal ArcGIS/GIS open-data feeds — and normalizes them into one dataset. Demolition, new-construction, and renovation permits are classified, geocoded, and matched to property and sales records so each permit can be scored for teardown and redevelopment potential.
How often is the Silicon Valley permit data updated?
The permit feed is refreshed daily as new records post to municipal systems. Teardown scores are recalculated as fresh comps and permits land, and the city-level ranking is regenerated monthly as part of the AddressIntel Silicon Valley Developer Market Opportunities Report.
Which Silicon Valley cities does AddressIntel cover?
AddressIntel covers 23 cities across the SF Peninsula and South Bay, including Atherton, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Woodside, Hillsborough, Redwood City, San Mateo, Burlingame, San Carlos, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, and San Jose. Each city has its own permit and teardown dashboard at addressintel.co/city/[city-name].
Track Silicon Valley Permits Live
Search every demolition, new-construction, and renovation permit across the SF Peninsula and South Bay — updated daily, free to browse.