Two developments started last month spurred construction values in Moose Jaw past $6 million for April.
A $3.95 million commercial building at 52 Highland Road in Grayson Business Park will house the new SARCAN recycling centre.
The Moose Jaw Refinery on Manitoba Street East will perform $2 million in improvements to the site.
In all, city hall issued building permits worth $6.76 million — just $159,000 shy of April last year.
A slow start to construction this year means permit values year to date of $7.85 million are about 30 per cent lower than last year.
The first two single-family homes of the year were permitted for $560,000. That compares with five worth just over $2 million to the end of April last year.
One demolition permit was issued in April.