MOOSE JAW — October building permits were led by a $1.7 million development of a retail/wholesale complex in the Civic Centre Plaza on Main Street.
Speculation says this is a discount grocery store.
Other major commercial permits were $230,000 for a retail outlet in the Civic Centre Plaza; $200,000 improvements to a restaurant at 345 Main Street North; $175,000 for an office building at 145 Main Street North; and $170,000 for expansion at Western Dodge.
Value of building permits for October was $4.3 million, a 162 per cent increase over last October.
Three new dwellings were permitted worth $1.56 million, compared with one worth $241,000 last year.
Year to date 32 housing structures with 60 units worth $13.5 million have been started versus 13 dwellings worth $4 million last year.
