David Merlin
David Merlin has filed 17 building permits in New Orleans since 2017, closing 63% of 16 rated permits. 7 permits remain open. Primarily files building permits. 3.7 points below the city median of 66.2%. Busiest year: 2018 with 5 permits.
Closure rate based on permits older than 1 year. "Issued" and "Stop Work" statuses are excluded.
Project Financials
Based on 17 of 17 construction permits with declared valuation data.
Performance by Permit Type
71.4% closed vs 72% median, 0.3 points lower
0.0% closed vs 33% median, 33.3 points lower
Median based on all applicants with 20+ rated permits in each category. Only permits older than 1 year are rated.
Year-by-Year Summary
2026(YTD)
Too early to rate — permits need 1 year to mature
2024
0 closed / 1 rated
2023
1 closed / 1 rated
2022
2 closed / 3 rated
2020
1 closed / 1 rated
2019
1 closed / 2 rated
2018
3 closed / 5 rated
2017
2 closed / 3 rated
All Permits
| Status | Permit # | Address | Issued▼ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Building | 513 Opelousas Ave, 705 Verret St, New Orleans | Mar 27, 2026<1yr | — | $760,434 | |
| Open | Building | 2301 Orleans Ave, New Orleans | Mar 25, 2024 | — | $185,699 | |
| Closed | Building | 5538 Magazine St, New Orleans | May 17, 2023 | — | $392,604 | |
| Open | Building | 5134 Paris Ave, New Orleans | Jun 9, 2022 | — | $402,354 | |
| Closed | Building | 611 O'keefe Ave Ste C-7, New Orleans | Jan 27, 2022 | — | $125,945 | |
| Closed | Building | 420 Bourbon St, New Orleans | Jan 5, 2022 | — | $500,000 | |
| Closed | Building | 3700 Canal St, New Orleans | Sep 24, 2020 | — | $3,500,000 | |
| Open | Demolition | 5800 Magazine St, New Orleans | Oct 25, 2019 | — | $600,000 | |
| Closed | Building | 4021 Behrman Hwy, Suite Q, New Orleans | Mar 6, 2019 | — | $287,151 | |
| Open | Building | 911 Third St, New Orleans | Apr 2, 2018 | — | $64,850 | |
| Closed | Building | 100 W Harrison Ave, New Orleans | Mar 28, 2018 | — | $895,614 | |
| Open | Building | 5346 Chestnut St, New Orleans | Feb 9, 2018 | — | $120,000 | |
| Closed | Building | 110-112 W Harrison Ave, New Orleans | Feb 9, 2018 | — | $180,493 | |
| Closed | Building | 1720 St Bernard Ave, New Orleans | Feb 6, 2018 | — | $120,045 | |
| Open | Demolition | 6252 Pontchartrain Blvd, New Orleans | Nov 27, 2017 | — | $6,500 | |
| Closed | Building | 2645 Toulouse St Ste A, New Orleans | Aug 18, 2017 | — | $148,505 | |
| Closed | Building | 4219 Magnolia St, New Orleans | Aug 10, 2017 | — | $210,000 |