StorageMart plans Southside Storage project, MidwayUSA adding $25M building.
Columbia-born StorageMart already has a global footprint. The company’s local presence is also growing. The Columbia Planning and Development office in February issued a building permit for StorageMart to construct three self-storage buildings at 3100 Chinaberry Drive.
The three buildings have a combined valuation of $7,268,529 comprising 57,270 square feet. (For context, that square footage is about the same as half of one block in downtown Manhattan, New York.)
Building 1 is permitted for 15,122 square feet and valued at $1.92 milion. Building 2 is permitted for 6,923 square feet and valued at $878,529. Building 3 is the largest, comprising 35,225 square feet and valued at $4.47 million. BBI Constructors, based in St. Peters, Missouri, is the general contractor.
The Boone County Resource Management office in February issued a $25 million building permit for Midway USA’s Roosevelt Building at 10100 N. Route J. The two-floor building will be 60,864 square feet.
The city’s February 2024 building permit report shows 118 permits were issued with a combined valuation of $29.12 million. The breakdown includes:
- Residential alterations: 15 permits, $1.16 million valuation
- Residential additions: 3 permits, $124,282
- Auxiliary dwelling unit: 1 permit, $74,552
- Commercial alteration: 17 permits, $2.26 million
- Deck only: 7 permits, $151,494
- Reroof: 24 permits, $363,004
- Single-family detached homes: 43 permits, $16.13 million
- Solar system: 1 permit, $15,000
Some of the significant projects include:
St. Raymond’s Society at 300 Portland Street is eyeing a commercial alteration for partial interior renovation and adding a conference center and a coffee bar. The 369 square foot project has a valuation of $185,000. Jones Design Company is the contractor.
KV Missouri, previously known as Great Circle, is renovating six buildings off Bearfield Road, from 4300 Bearfield to 4310 Bearfield. Building A at 4304 Bearfield is the administration building, and interior renovation will amount to $125,000. Jenkins Cottage, Stricker Cottage, Miller Cottage, and Moore Cottage at 4300, 4306, 4310, and 4308 Bearfield, respectively, are slated for $150,000 renovations. The mess hall at 4302 Bearfield has a listed value of $125,000 for that work. (The cumulative value is $850,000. Rick Spencer Inc. of Overland Park, Kansas, is the general contractor.)
3M at 5400 Paris Road is permitted for a molding equipment relocation, a $612,000 project involving 2,800 square feet. Septagon Construction Company Inc. is the contractor.
Good Day Farm at 812 Vandiver Drive, across from Waffle House, is building a new cannabis dispensary. The permit is for a new building with interior build out, consisting of 3,492 square feet and a valuation of $619,062. Arkansas Clark Contractors LLC is the builder. Good Day Farm has 37 dispensaries spread throughout Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Missouri.
A storage building for LaCrosse Lumber at 3408 Grindstone Parkway has a permit valuation of $615,465 for a 4,850 square foot project. Professional Contractors and Engineeers is the builder putting up the pre-engineered metal building.
The long-awaited cross-country racecourse building for race officials and the press at 3104 E. Gans Road is a $274,044 project involving 2,128 square feet. That permit had an original application date of June 18, 2020, but the project was delayed by the COVID pandemic. The permit was issued February 8, 2024. The general contractors are listed as Zach Nikin and Columbia Parks and Recreation.
The top-valued single family home project receiving a building permit is for construction on Portrush Drive at Old Hawthorne. The home will be 8,297 square feet with a valuation of $1.1 million. Anderson Homes is the contractor. Next on the list of single-family homes is a permit for construction on Kirby Knowle Court at The Gates, with Lombardo Homes of Columbia LLC as the contractor. The home will be 7,301 square feet with a valuation of $788,868.
Construction Update
Work is rapidly progressing on Columbia Independent School’s expansion (featured image) at 1801 N. Stadium Blvd. Coil Construction is the contractor for the project that lists 29,249 square feet of new space that will primarily expand the school’s upper grades — nine through 12 — with a new building, as well as renovations to the existing building. More classrooms and a program for 3-year-olds will also be added.
Boone County’s Resource Management office issued 82 building permits in February 2024, representing a valuation of $36.7 million. Comparatively, that office issued 56 building permits in February 2023, and that list had a combined valuation of $5.8 million.
Notable projects from the new list include the Roosevelt Building at MidwayUSA. Coil Construction is the general contractor. The first footings were being placed in late March.
Other Boone County projects include:
Happy Hollow Investments at 5150 E. Meyer Industrial Dr., building a $350,000 mercantile structure for a lawncare contractor business.
A dance studio is planned for 7070 S. Cadet Dr., in Columbia. The project is valued at $2.25 million.
On the housing front, Boone County issued 16 permits totaling a $5.61 valuation for single family residences; one public works building with a valuation of $100,000; and, among others, 11 “other nonresidential” structures totaling a valuation of $1.4 million.
