{"id":27068,"date":"2026-02-20T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/?p=27068"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:29:56","slug":"construction-starts-grow-1-in-january-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/company-news\/construction-starts-grow-1-in-january-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Starts Grow 1% in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dodge Construction Starts \u2013 January 2026\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0InDo9bhFU8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW82327294 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW82327294 BCX0\">Topline growth obscures general weakness<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BOSTON,\u00a0MA\u00a0\u2014\u00a0February\u00a020, 2026\u00a0\u2014<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Total construction starts\u00a0expanded\u00a00.7% in\u00a0January\u00a0to a seasonally adjusted\u00a0annual rate of\u00a0$1.24\u00a0trillion,\u00a0according to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/construction.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dodge Construction\u00a0Network<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Nonresidential building starts fell by 15.4%, residential starts decreased 6.4%, and nonbuilding starts grew 24.3% over the month. On a year-over-year basis, total construction starts were up 5.0% from January 2025. Nonresidential starts were down 10.3%, residential starts were down 17.0% and nonbuilding starts were up by 46.1% over the same period. For the 12 months ending January 2026, total construction starts were up 6.1% from the 12 months ending January 2025. Residential starts were down 6.0%, nonresidential starts were up 5.5% and nonbuilding was up 21.0%. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cNonbuilding\u00a0construction\u00a0remained\u00a0the primary engine of growth\u00a0in\u00a0the first month of 2026,\u201d\u00a0stated\u00a0Eric Gaus Chief Economist\u00a0at Dodge Construction Network. \u201cThree mega projects in the nonbuilding sector accounted for nearly\u00a0$20 billion\u00a0or almost half of the growth in January,\u00a0which would mean total construction would have been negative without those three projects.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Residential<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Residential building starts\u00a0fell\u00a0by\u00a06.4% in\u00a0January\u00a0to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of\u00a0$345\u00a0billion. Single family starts\u00a0increased\u00a01.5%\u00a0m\/m, while multifamily starts\u00a0fell by\u00a017.8%\u00a0m\/m.\u00a0On a year-over-year basis, residential starts are down\u00a017.0% compared to January 2025,\u00a0with single family starts\u00a0down\u00a021.5% and multifamily starts down\u00a09.2%.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the 12 months ending\u00a0January\u00a02026, total residential starts fell\u00a06.0%. Single family starts fell\u00a015.2% compared to the 12 months ending\u00a0January\u00a02025, and multifamily starts increased\u00a013.6% over the same period.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The largest multifamily structures to break ground in\u00a0January\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were the\u00a0$335\u00a0million\u00a038 Gramercy Park East Condominiums\u00a0in\u00a0New York, New York, the $265\u00a0million\u00a0Lakeview Residence\u00a0in\u00a0West Palm Beach,\u00a0Florida\u00a0and the $200\u00a0million\u00a0Homestead Gateway Mixed Residential Tower\u00a0in\u00a0Jersey City,\u00a0New Jersy.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nonresidential<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nonresidential building starts\u00a0decreased\u00a015.4%\u00a0in\u00a0January\u00a0to\u00a0a seasonally adjusted annual rate of\u00a0$378\u00a0billion. Commercial starts were\u00a0down\u00a027.3%,\u00a0alongside\u00a0a drop\u00a0in offices and data centers (-52.2% m\/m),\u00a0parking garages (-6.7% m\/m)\u00a0and\u00a0hotels (-17.4% m\/m). Meanwhile,\u00a0warehouses (+10.2% m\/m)\u00a0and\u00a0retail starts (+6.5% m\/m)\u00a0posted an increase\u00a0between\u00a0December\u00a0and\u00a0January. Institutional starts\u00a0declined\u00a015.2%, driven by weaker education (-21.9% m\/m) and miscellaneous institutional (-26.1% m\/m) starts. This decline was partially offset by\u00a010.5% m\/m growth in healthcare facility starts. Manufacturing, meanwhile, pulled\u00a0up by\u00a097.5% in\u00a0January.\u00a0On a year-over-year basis, nonresidential starts are down\u00a010.3% compared to January 2025. Commercial starts are\u00a0up\u00a014.2%\u00a0and\u00a0institutional starts are down\u00a029.6% over the same period.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the 12 months ending\u00a0January\u00a02026, total nonresidential starts were up\u00a05.5% compared to the 12 months ending\u00a0January\u00a02025. Commercial starts were up\u00a019.4%, institutional starts\u00a0decreased\u00a04.4%, and manufacturing starts were\u00a0up\u00a03.5% over the same period.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The largest nonresidential building projects to break ground in\u00a0January\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were the\u00a0$1.2\u00a0billion\u00a0New York Presbyterian Cancer Center\u00a0in\u00a0New York, New York, the\u00a0$1 billion\u00a0Amkor Semiconductor Advanced Packaging\u00a0(Phase 1)\u00a0in\u00a0Peoria,\u00a0Arizona\u00a0and the $714 million\u00a0QTS CLT1 Data Center\u00a0(Phase\u00a01) in\u00a0York,\u00a0South Carolina.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nonbuilding<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nonbuilding construction\u00a0starts\u00a0grew\u00a024.3% in\u00a0January\u00a0to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of\u00a0$522\u00a0billion.\u00a0The category was\u00a0held up\u00a0solely\u00a0by the electric power\/utilities which soared by 184.8%.\u00a0However\u00a0highways and bridges (-42.3% m\/m),\u00a0miscellaneous nonbuilding\u00a0(-31.5% m\/m)\u00a0and environmental public works (-5.9% m\/m)\u00a0faced declines.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the 12 months ending\u00a0January\u00a02026, total nonbuilding starts were up\u00a021.0%.\u00a0Environmental public works\u00a0fell\u00a0by\u00a05.3% compared to the 12 months ending\u00a0January\u00a02025.\u00a0Highway and bridge starts were up\u00a03.4%, miscellaneous nonbuilding starts were up\u00a036.2%\u00a0and\u00a0utility\/gas starts increased\u00a067.9% over the same period.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The largest nonbuilding projects to break ground in\u00a0January<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0included the\u00a0$12\u00a0billion\u00a0Port Arthur LNG &#8211; Liquefaction Phase 2 (Trains 3 &amp; 4)\u00a0in\u00a0Port Arthur, Texas, the\u00a0$6 billion\u00a0Homer City Energy Campus 4.4\u00a0GW\u00a0in\u00a0Homer City, Pennsylvania\u00a0and the\u00a0$1.5 billion\u00a0Tehuacana Creek 1 Solar and Battery Storage\u00a0project in\u00a0Navarro,\u00a0Texas.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Regionally,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0total construction starts in\u00a0January\u00a0rose\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Northeast (+32.0%\u00a0m\/m),\u00a0the South Central (+9.6% m\/m), and\u00a0the South Atlantic (+2.2% m\/m).\u00a0Meanwhile, starts slowed down in\u00a0the West (-21.1% m\/m)\u00a0and the Midwest (-12.6% m\/m).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-monthly-chart-300x156.png\" alt=\"Startsfeb Monthly Chart\" width=\"765\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-monthly-chart-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-monthly-chart-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-monthly-chart.png 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-ytd-chart-300x156.png\" alt=\"Startsfeb Ytd Chart\" width=\"767\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-ytd-chart-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-ytd-chart-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-ytd-chart.png 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-bar-chart-300x156.png\" alt=\"Startsfeb Bar Chart\" width=\"713\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-bar-chart-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-bar-chart-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/startsfeb-bar-chart.png 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Topline growth obscures general weakness BOSTON,\u00a0MA\u00a0\u2014\u00a0February\u00a020, 2026\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Total construction starts\u00a0expanded\u00a00.7% in\u00a0January\u00a0to a seasonally adjusted\u00a0annual rate of\u00a0$1.24\u00a0trillion,\u00a0according to\u00a0Dodge Construction\u00a0Network. Nonresidential building starts fell by 15.4%, residential starts decreased 6.4%, and nonbuilding starts grew 24.3% over the month. On a year-over-year basis, total construction starts were up 5.0% from January 2025. 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