A two-story building and a new stage area are among the improvements planned for Cooper’s Landing Riverside Resort & Marina, one of Columbia’s most popular outdoor destinations, located on the banks of the Missouri River.
The building permit issued by the Boone County Resource Management office lists a valuation of $999,999 for the project, though Cooper’s Landing owner Richard King said he did not provide that estimate. King, a local entertainment mogul who once owned The Blue Note and Rose Music Hall, said February 10 that he had not yet hired a builder for the new steel, glass, and concrete “flood-proof” building that will be “the first of its kind in Boone County.”
“It’s been in the works for well over two years,” he said. “Probably closer to three years since we started on this.”
The January 2025 building permit report from the Boone County office of Resource Management lists a 3,312 square foot building, valued at $999,999, for the year-round marina, campground, store, and live music venue at 11505 S. Smith Hatchery Rd.
Meanwhile, the city of Columbia’s January 2025 building permit report from the Building and Site Development office included a $452,000 interior tenant improvement at the Columbia Mall at 2300 Bernadette Drive for Carter’s OshKosh in suite 330. Currently, the nearest Carter’s children’s apparel retail store is eighty miles away in Osage Beach.
Columbia’s report showed eighty-four approved building permits with an aggregate value of $19.24 million. Boone County’s report listed forty permits with a combined total of $4,884,313. Combined, the city and county January reports totaled 124 permits and $24.12 million in value.
By comparison, the city’s January 2024 building permit report had fifty-two permits with a total value of $7.99 million. The county’s January 2024 report listed fifty-eight permits and a total valuation of $6,158,829.
The city’s building permit breakdown for January included:
- Addition, residential: 3 permits, $214,902
- Alteration, commercial: 11 permits, $5.2 million
- Alteration, residential: 14 permits, $1.21 million
- Commercial infill: 2 permits, $874,942
- Commercial, new: 1 permit, $585,917
- Deck only: 4 permits, $51,899
- Re-roof: 13 permits, $421,793
- Residential demo: 1 permit, $0
- Single family detached: 16 permits, $6.78 million
- Solar photovoltaic system (residential): 2 permits, $33,500
- Townhouse: 16 permits, $3.87 million
Highlights of the city’s building permit activity, including the Carter’s OshKosh, are:
Expansion of the McClarty Auto Group’s KIA service annex at 618 Jackson Street is a $907,435 project encompassing 5,524 square feet. According to the permit, the project is a remodel of an existing pre-engineered metal building for use as an automotive shop with parts storage, and a wet detail bay. No new square footage is being added. Coil Construction Inc. of Columbia is the general contractor. The mechanical contractor is Hulett Heating & Air Conditioning, and the plumbing contractor is Questec Constructors Inc., both based in Columbia.
Another project at Columbia Mall involves remodeling the American Eagle retail store. Go Green Construction Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the contractor for the $714,193 and more than 10,000 square foot project.
Existing warehouse space is being converted to new office space at the Club Car Wash at 1445 E. Prathersville Rd. Coil Construction Inc. is the contractor for the $1.5 million, 12,000 square foot project. The mechanical contractor is Star Heating and Air Conditioning; the plumbing contractor is Jason Canote.
The Boone Medical Group at 1605 E. Broadway is remodeling a 5,055 square foot suite. The project valuation is $650,000, according to the building permit. The general contractor is Septagon Construction Company, Inc. Subcontractors include Meyer Electric Company and Harold G.Butzer Inc. (mechanical and plumbing).
Septagon is also the contractor for a tenant infill in Building B at 2000 Lake Ridgeway Road (Vandiver South). The infill is for DH Pace, a commercial door company. The project is valued at $437,471 encompassing 14,453 square feet. The site is behind Bass Pro Shops. Subcontractors are Summit Mechanical Inc., Meyer Electric Company, and Star Heating and Air Conditioning Inc.
Top dollar single-family homes on the city’s January permit report include:
- 2805 Misty Flower Drive in the Legacy Farms development. Anderson Homes is the builder for the 5,053 square foot, $624,626 home.
- 2501 Eastwood Drive in Mark Todd’s subdivision. Movement Custom Homes LLC is the builder for the 4,648 square foot, $651,221 home.
- 1008 Caymus Court in the Villas at Old Hawthorne. Rave Homes is the builder for the 4,737 square foot, $630,018 home.
Boone County’s building permit breakdown for January 2025:
- Single family residential: 5 permits, $1.74 million.
- Modular/double wide: 1 permit, $200,000.
- School/educational building: 1 permit, $800,000.
- Stores/mercantile building: 1 permit, $999,999.
- Other nonresidential: 1 permit, $17,000.
- Other structures: 7 permits, $160,414.
Additions/alterations:
- Residential: 3 permits, $522,000.
- Nonresidential: 2 permits, $35,000.
- Residential garages: 4 permits, $350,000.
- Miscellaneous: 15 permits, $57,900.
Highlights of the county’s January building permit report include:
A new football locker room for Hallsville High School at 421 E. Highway 124. SM Wilson of St. Louis is the contractor for the $800,000 project.
AT Framing Construction is building a $700,000 single family home off E. Sugar Grove Rd. in east Columbia.
