Magnolia Construction & Permit Activity Tracker

The map above pulls every building, land-use, and trade permit issued by the City of Seattle inside Magnolia over the trailing twelve months, refreshed nightly from the Seattle SDCI Open Data portal. You can filter by ground-up new construction, additions and major remodels, or just the last thirty days — useful if you’re tracking a specific street or watching how activity has shifted since spring.

Magnolia is a peninsula of stable, owner-held inventory, and that shapes what you’ll see here. Most activity clusters in three patterns: thoughtful additions and view-line remodels on the west bluff and Magnolia Boulevard, full teardown-and-rebuild projects on lots where mid-century homes no longer pencil to renovate, and infrastructure permits — seismic retrofits, sewer side-sewer replacements, and the steel-and-shotcrete work that comes with steep-slope properties. Commercial activity is concentrated along the Magnolia Village corridor on West McGraw and 32nd Avenue West.

For buyers, the heatmap is a way to vet a block before writing an offer — knowing a neighbor pulled a $1.2M renovation permit last quarter is the kind of context that doesn’t make it into the listing. For sellers, it’s a read on what the market is rewarding. Click any pin to see the address, scope, estimated project value, and a link to the official City record.