New apartment buildings in 2023: the year in review
From 1 January to 31 December 2023 the first building permit was issued for 879 new apartment buildings across the country.
In numbers
- 879 new apartment buildings.
- 568,155 m² total built area; half of the apartment buildings are below 509 m².
- 6,583 parking spaces.
- In 484 projects (55%) a company is among the owners.
- In 104 different municipalities.
By month
| Month | 2023 |
|---|---|
| January | 61 |
| February | 55 |
| March | 90 |
| April | 74 |
| May | 67 |
| June | 82 |
| July | 70 |
| August | 37 |
| September | 76 |
| October | 106 |
| November | 79 |
| December | 82 |
By region
| Region | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Attica | 581 |
| Central Macedonia | 78 |
| Thessaly | 77 |
| East Macedonia and Thrace | 51 |
| Crete | 27 |
| Peloponnese | 26 |
| Western Greece | 19 |
| Epirus | 9 |
| Central Greece | 6 |
| North Aegean | 2 |
| Western Macedonia | 1 |
| Ionian Islands | 1 |
| South Aegean | 1 |
The municipalities with the most new apartment buildings
| Municipality | New apartment buildings |
|---|---|
| Athens | 71 |
| Glyfada | 50 |
| Alimos | 32 |
| Larissa | 31 |
| Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni | 27 |
| Kallithea, Papagou-Cholargos | 25 each |
| Alexandroupoli, Volos | 24 each |
| Peristeri | 23 |
| Palaio Faliro | 22 |
| Agios Dimitrios, Piraeus | 21 each |
| Chalandri | 20 |
| Thessaloniki | 18 |
| Nea Smyrni | 17 |
| Elliniko-Argyroupoli, Ilioupoli | 16 each |
| Kalamata | 15 |
| Kalamaria, Nea Ionia | 14 each |
How tall
| Levels | Apartment buildings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 233 | 27% |
| 5 | 235 | 27% |
| 6 | 213 | 24% |
| 7 | 124 | 14% |
| 8 or more | 74 | 8% |
Levels: all floors together with the ground floor or pilotis, as on the permit form.
How we count
We count only new apartment buildings: buildings with at least 4 levels and dwellings on at least 2 floors. Each project counts once, on the date of the first building permit; revisions, updates and pre-approvals do not count as a new permit. A permit does not mean that works have started.
Source: acts of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) on Diavgeia. The numbers are recalculated every evening, because some acts are posted late.
First permits are counted from November 2022; a project with a permit from before then that received a new permit later may count as new.