A rather large utility shed led commercial building permit values for the City of Moose Jaw in August.
The shed, worth $1.44 million, will be erected on land in the industrial park south of Moose Jaw. The owner was not identified.
School developments came in second with $750,000 renovations to Central Collegiate and $700,000 to Sask. Polytech School.
Commercial permits accounted for $2.93 million of construction with another $1.08 million taking the total to just over $4 million.
Last August, permit values were $1.74 million.
Three residential housing permits for the month were worth $943,000 compared with three last August worth just over $1 million. All three homes were infill developments.
City hall issued 15 residential permits for 27 units for the first eight months of the year, compared with 10 last year.
Value this year is $10.5 million, compared with $3.43 million last year.
Total permit values as the construction season comes to an end are $47.87 million — an increase of nearly 300 per cent from the 2020 total of $12.3 million
