ZURICH - Mid-May walks through Oerlikon and Altstetten showed more boarded pits than new floor slabs. Developers said the drawings exist. Ten-year money does not come cheap, and buyers know it. Municipal objections still slow some sites. They are no longer the first sentence.
Public housing agencies, backed by cantonal guarantees, moved a little faster. Their volume is not enough to change a city vacancy rate that has sat near 0.3 percent.
National figures tomorrow
Permit data for the large cantons follow in our 19 May report. Zurich is the loud version of that table.