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Permit office directory

North Lauderdale building department: contacts, hours, and officials

Every commercial build-out in North Lauderdale starts with its building department - permit intake, plan review, inspections, and the certificate of occupancy. This is the current contact and staffing record.

Verified against the Broward County ePermits One Stop support directory (Broward.org/ePermits), September 2026.

Permit office

Permit departmentCity of North Lauderdale Community Development Department Building Division
Address701 SW 71 Avenue, North Lauderdale, FL 33068
Building official line954-724-7069
Fax954-720-2064
Emailaattah@broward.org
HoursM-TH 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
ePermits One StopParticipating municipality

Building officials

Building OfficialAdam Attah (aattah@broward.org)
Assistant Building OfficialRonald Puentes
Chief ElectricalBrian Epstein
Chief MechanicalJose Tedim
Chief PlumbingEric Todd Nerenberg
Chief StructuralRodolfo Martinez

North Lauderdale is served by the Broward County Building Code Division, per the directory listing.

Broward mailing addresses often name a neighboring city. Confirm the address is actually inside North Lauderdale limits before you file - the wrong building department costs you weeks. All 31 Broward building departments.

Featured build-out partner

Shiff Construction & Development

Shiff Construction & Development, Inc. is a Fort Lauderdale commercial general contractor that has delivered office, retail, restaurant, medical, bank-branch, and municipal build-outs across South Florida since 1989. We feature Shiff because their project record in Broward and Palm Beach counties is long and verifiable, and because they answer the phone.

Send plans or a space brochure and get a realistic budget range back in 48 hours - before you sign a lease, not after. Call (954) 555-0132 or use the form below.

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