We already have reported it has been a record-setting year for apartment construction. By the end of September Lawrence builders already had constructed more apartments than in any year in the city’s history. But perhaps you are asking: What ended up being the grand total of apartments built in Lawrence in 2016?

What? You hadn’t asked that question? Maybe this why I don’t get invited to dinner parties anymore. Regardless, the answer is 1,205 apartment units were built in the city last year. (And, for what it is worth, inauguration crowd estimators believe the number could be closer to 1 billion.) Lawrence didn’t just set a new record for apartment construction; it obliterated the old record. The previous high-water mark was 972 apartment units built in 1996.

Whether you think Lawrence needed that many new apartments, one thing not in dispute is apartment construction added a lot of dollars to the local economy in 2016. The highest dollar value project in the city last year was an a apartment complex — $26.4 million for The Links at Lawrence project just east of Rock Chalk Park. In case you have forgotten, that is the complex that will have apartment buildings built around a nine-hole private golf course.

In fact, the five largest construction projects in the city were all apartments — either the traditional kind or those focused on retirement living. This number also is interesting: $80.7 million. I looked at the 25 largest construction projects in the city in 2016, and added up the value of all the apartment projects on that list; $80.7 million is what I came up with. Another interesting number that comes from that: $1.2 million. Let’s assume $80.7 million is the fair market value of all the new apartments built in the city. Property in the Lawrence city limits pays property taxes at a rate of about 130 mills. That would mean local governments are collecting about $1.2 million in new taxes from the new apartment complexes.

But, hey, if you want big numbers, I’ve got lots of them to share. I’ve been touring Lawrence’s other building boom — fried chicken restaurants — and I just had a cholesterol test. Actually, I won’t share those numbers. Instead, here are some facts and figures from the 2016 year-end building permit report produced by Lawrence City Hall:

• The city issued permits for $220.8 million worth of building projects in 2016. That was nearly a record. It fell just short of the $227.8 million record that was set in 2015. There has never been a two-year period in Lawrence where there has been so much construction. And remember, none of these numbers includes huge amounts of construction underway on the KU campus. That construction is inspected by state officials, and thus does not show up in the city of Lawrence’s building permit totals.

Here’s a look at how 2016 stacked up to past years:

• 2016: $220.8 million

• 2015: $227.8 million

• 2014: $99.7 million

• 2013: $171.9 million

• 2012: $100.6 million

• 2011: $115.7 million

• 2010: $101.8 million

• 2009: $75.3 million

• There were a lot of building projects constructed on the public’s dime in 2016, but not quite as many as in 2015. The city issued permits for $25.6 million worth of publicly financed construction projects, ranging from city, county, school and Lawrence Memorial Hospital projects. That was down a bit from the $35.4 million total in 2015.

• Single-family and duplex construction had a better-than-average year but declined a bit from 2015 totals. The city issued permits for 171 single-family homes or duplexes. That was down from 239. The average since 2010, though, has been about 150 permits per year.

• The city’s building inspections department is setting records for the number of fees it is collecting. The city department collected $1.3 million in building permit inspection fees in 2016, up about $300,000 from the 2015 totals. Compared with 2009, when the community was still feeling the impacts of the recession, fee revenues are up about $735,000. In addition, builders will be paying higher fees in some cases in 2017. The city increased some of its fees on Jan. 1, primarily for multifamily and commercial construction projects.

• There were 26 construction projects valued at $1 million or more in Lawrence in 2016. I think we have written about all of them at one point or another. Here’s a look:

1. The Links at Lawrence apartments, 5400 Rock Chalk Drive: $26.4 million

2. Alvamar Apartments, 1575 Birdie Way: $14.4 million

3. West End Apartments, 5400 Overland Drive: $14.2 million

4. Village Cooperative, 5325 W. Sixth St.: $8.3 million

5. Bauer Farms apartments, 4541 Bauer Farms Drive: $6 million

6. Maple Street Pump Station, 547 Maple St.: $5.9 million

7. Pinckney Elementary School addition and renovations: $5.7 million

8. Bethel Estates of Lawrence, 2140 E. 25th Terrace: $5.5 million

9. 800 New Hampshire apartment addition: $4 million

10. KU Tennis Facility, 6100 Rock Chalk Drive: $3.9 million

11. Clinton Water Treatment Plant improvements: $3.8 million

12. Sunflower Elementary School renovations: $3.3 million

13. Growing Smiles Dental office, 4320 W. Sixth Street: $2.8 million

14. Douglas County Fairgrounds Pavilion: $2.7 million

15. PetSmart, 4820 Bauer Farm Drive, $2.3 million

16. Retail center at 525 Wakarusa Drive (Spin pizza et. al): $2 million

17. Lawrence Paper Company addition, 2801 Lakeview Road: $1.8 million

18. Lawrence Beer Company brewery and apartments, 826 Pennsylvania St.: $1.7 million

19. Regal Cinema renovations, 3433 Iowa St.: $1.5 million

20. Clinton raw water pump station improvements, 1316 E. 902 Road: $1.5 million

21. M&M Office Supply building renovation, 623 Massachusetts: $1.4 million

22. Popeye’s Restaurant, 2540 Iowa: $1.3 million

23. Wakarusa Township Fire Station No. 1, 300 W. 31st St.: $1.1 million

24. Broken Arrow Elementary School renovations: $1 million

25. KU Golf Practice Facility at Alvamar, 1610 Birdie Way: $1 million

26. Mid America Credit Union, 550 Wakarusa Drive: $1 million.