Orlando ranks seventh in the country in first-quarter starts on multifamily and single-family dwellings, trailing Las Vegas, Atlanta, Phoenix-Mesa, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, West Palm Beach-Boca Raton and Charlotte-Gastonia-Rockhill.

The ranking by the Dr. Phillips Institute for the Study of American Business Activity at the University of Central Florida is based on building permits pulled per 1,000 non-agriculture jobs in 61 metro area having nonfarm payroll work forces of at least 500,000 jobs.

Orlando contractors pulled 6.18 permits per 1,000 jobs in the first quarter. Las Vegas had 11.43 permits per 1,000 jobs.

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