Figures released by the Order of Engineers of Beirut and Tripoli show that the number of construction permits reached 10,091 in the first seven months of 2014, constituting a marginal decrease of 0.2 percent from 10,115 for the same period last year.

However, the surface area of construction permits issued in the first seven months reached 8.3 million square meters, which constitutes an increase of 9 percent from the same period last year. Mount Lebanon accounted for 43.1 percent of the number of construction permits in the period, followed by South Lebanon with 16.8 percent, Nabatieh with 12.7 percent, the North with 12.5 percent, the Bekaa Valley with 9.8 percent, and Beirut with 5.1 percent. [Link]