Dancearts relocation is underway, Mid-City
Lumber continues expansion.
Dancearts of Columbia is relocating its dance studio and Mid-City Lumber off Paris Road/Route B is transitioning from dirt work to construction of an office and warehouse expansion. Those moves are among the highlights of city of Columbia and Boone County building permit reports for July.
The Columbia and Boone County development offices issued 230 building permits with a combined valuation of $45,430,909 for the month. The city’s Building and Site Development office issued 145 permits with a total valuation of $31.9 million, and the county’s Resource Management office issued 85 permits with an aggregate value of $13.6 million. The July tally included 57 re-roofing permits in Columbia and 56 single-family homes — 35 in the city and 21 outside the Columbia city limits.
The city building permit report breakdown includes:
- Additions, residential:
9 permits, $557,503 valuation. - Alterations, commercial:
11 permits, $2,949,130 - Alterations, residential:
15 permits, $794,487 - Pool (1 & 2 family):
1 permit, $62,676 - Commercial multi-family:
1 permit, $4.84 million - Commercial, new:
4 permits, $7.28 million - Deck only:
12 permits, $240,121 - Re-roof: 57 permits, $1.59 million
- Single-family detached:
35 permits, $13.55 million
The Dancearts space renovation at 313 E. Ash St. — a space formerly occupied by the Columbia Daily Tribune — encompasses some 7,646 square feet with a cost of $200,000. The contractor is Coil Construction Inc. The property is owned by West End Columbia Properties LLC. The project involves demolition and addition of walls as well as a new heating and cooling system. Dancearts is currently located at 110 N. Tenth St., Suite 3. (Just a 60-second drive from the new space, according to a social media post.) The renovated space will feature four studios, a larger lobby, parking space, a larger dressing room, three all-gender restrooms, more storage, and an instructor break room.
Creative Building & Design LLC is the general contractor for the Mid-City Lumber facility expansion at 4709 Paris Rd. The building permit listed a valuation of $6.9 million for the 56,945-square-foot project. A land disturbance permit for the project was issued in February 2026, so motorists along that route have been seeing the dirt work for several months now.
The Boone County History and Culture Center at 3811 Ponderosa St. is preparing for the relocation of Locust Grove Baptist Church. A building permit for foundation work is for an area of 1,200 square feet with a valuation of $200,000. Reinhardt Construction LLC is the contractor for that part of the project.
A three-story, 39-unit apartment complex at the corner of Endeavor Avenue and Artemis Drive is being built by Discovery Development LLC. The building permit for Discovery Apartments R47 encompasses 32,340 square feet with a valuation of $4.84 million. The property owner is P1316 LLC.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church at 903 Bernadette Dr. is undergoing interior renovations with improvements made to the sanctuary area and replacement of existing flooring. The 910-square-foot project has a valuation of $415,806. The general contractor is Professional Contractors & Engineers. Subcontractors and professional services include Meyer Electric Company, McCrery Architects, and Timberlake Engineering. The church is owned by the Diocese of Jefferson City.
Tenant finishes for a new restaurant with sit-down dining was the focus of a building permit for 2101 W. Broadway, Suite 1, which will become Sago Hotpot, an Asian buffet that began hiring servers, hosts, bus staff, kitchen help, and others in mid-August. An official opening date had not been announced before COMO Business Times went to press. The new dining option in the Crossroads Shopping Center will entail 5,700 square feet, which the permit listed with a valuation of $698,421. The general contractor is Stephen P. Malan & Co.
North American Construction is the contractor re-siding the five-story Todd apartment building at 601 S. Fifth St. The building permit valuation was $1.7 million.
Local leaders and Missouri Department of Transportation officials celebrated the reopening of the new St. Charles Road bridge over Interstate 70 with a ribbon-cutting on August 10. The reconstructed bridge is wider to accommodate three lanes in each direction on I-70 and is part of the statewide Improve I-70 project.
Photos by Kerrie Bloss
Remax Rentals Resources at 3211 S. Providence Rd., Suite 111, is a metal free-span building for Providence Green Meadows LLC. The project will reinstall interior non-load bearing walls that were removed by a former tenant. Insight Contracting Co. Inc. is the general contractor. The $144,641 valuation involves 1,488 square feet of space.
The city’s report for single-family homes showed a range of $1.32 million for a home off Tralee Court in Old Hawthorne with Wilcoxson Custom Homes LLC as the builder to a $217,601 home at the Cottages at Evergreen. That builder is Anderson Homes.
Boone County’s July building permit report included:
- Single-family residential:
21 permits, $10.48 million. - Modular/double wide: 2 permits, $175,000
- Other nonresidential: 4 permits, $87,000
- Other structures: 10 permits, $776,400
- Residential additions/alterations:
13 permits, $715,386 - Nonresidential additions/alterations:
2 permits, $3,450 - Residential garages:
14 permits, $1.13 million - Miscellaneous: 19 permits, $203,026
There was a wide range of valuations for single-family homes on the Boone County building permit list, including:
$2 million for a two-story home with a basement and another $340,000 for two accessory buildings on a property off Adelaide Court in Columbia. The builder is listed as Will Montgomery.
$1.8 million on Old Plank Road. The builder is Anderson Homes.
$200,000 for a home on Rollins Street in Centralia. The builder is JVAKR LLC.
$150,000 for a home on Smith Street in Sturgeon. The builder is DDB Home Designs.
