MOOSE JAW — A non-profit agency has taken out a $320,000 building permit to make improvements to the former Chez Nous seniors’ boarding centre.
The home has been closed for more than a year since the owner shut it. About 50 seniors were displaced by the closure.
The city building report calls the former St. Louis College an apartment.
The application for rezoning by Ranch Ehrlo plans to convert the building to 23 multi-room suites, 16 three-bedroom suites, five two-bedroom suites and two treatment units.
Ranch Ehrlo works with young people and families at risk from substance abuse.
Heavy truck dealer Warner Industries took out a $2.75 million permit for a primary industry building in Grayson Business Park.
The lock-out-bound Heritage Inn was issued a $110,000 permit for improvements.
A $145,000 permit for a storage building was issued for the new school at Vermont Drive on South Hill.
The Prairie South School Division's Education Centre on Ninth Avenue N.W. got a $155,000 permit for an office building.
Permits issued in June amounted to $4.17 million, a decline of $44,000 from the previous June
No permits were issued for new residences, compared to six worth $1.5 million for the first six months of 2025.
Value of building permits issued by the city to June 30 at $25.99 million was up 50 per cent from 2024.
Housing construction continues to lag last year’s levels.
To June 30 this year three buildings with 22 units worth $4.36 million were started
By the end of last June 14 residential structures with 41 units worth $9.57 million had started — a 50 per cent decline.
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