SAN JOSE, CA-Multifamily construction was down 40% in Santa Clara County in the first 11 months of 2002, heading similar dramatic declines in office and industrial space, according to a construction industry research firm.

Fueled by the tech sector meltdown, new office and other nonresidential construction in the county fell by close to $1 billion to a total of $1.2 billion in construction permit valuation, according to the survey of building permit data by the Burbank-based Construction Industry Research Board.

Construction of new retail is up $14.8 million to $135.5 million. But declines in industrial and office properties have fallen to levels not seen in six years.

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