New building application

A new building application is the Department of Buildings filing for ground-up construction — the filing type that declares a vacant or cleared lot is receiving a new structure. It carries the project's full plan set through review or professional certification, spawns the work permits construction proceeds under, and culminates, after inspections and sign-off, in the certificate of occupancy that gives the finished building its legal identity.

In records, a new building filing is the cleanest marker of redevelopment intent and progress: its status — filed, approved, permitted, signed off — locates a project on the arc from paper to occupancy, and its date anchors every question about which rules the building answers to.