The new Home Depot store in Tampa, Fla., sold construction permits to its customers during its four-day grand opening in August.
The new Home Depot store here added a special service to its four-day grand opening in August. The city of Tampa sold construction permits to Home Depot customers at a counter positioned within the store. The service was available both to licensed contractors and unlicensed homeowners.
Employees of the city were stationed at the counter from Thursday to Saturday Aug. 19-21 during the four-day grand opening weekend. Permits were sold for nonstructural repair projects that do not require plan reviews and cost less than $1,000. Such jobs include replacing sinks, faucets and water heaters, or changing out condensing units and other minor air- conditioning work, said Nick D'Andrea, city manager of commercial development services.