Out with the barbecue and in with the coffee. 7 Brew Coffee will soon stake a claim to a portion of Columbia’s coffee-loving crowd at the site of the former Lutz’s Famous Barbecue restaurant and drive-thru at 200 E. Nifong Blvd.
The city’s Building and Site Development office issued 195 building permits with a total valuation of $27.2 million in October.
Brew Crew LLC, which has already conducted permitted excavation and other prep work at the site, received a building permit that lists a new, 790-square-foot commercial building with a valuation of $143,132. 7 Brew Coffee has sought a Columbia site for more than a year, and there are strong hints that three more 7 Brew stores could be in the works for Columbia, with each location needing 40 to 50 employees.
The drive-thru coffee chain already has 14 locations in Missouri. With more than 20,000 drink combinations, 7 Brew Coffee will have neighboring coffee and sandwich shops for stiff competition.
The 7 Brew Coffee permit was the only new commercial construction permit issued in October.
Other October building permits included:
- 32 single-family residences; valuation $12.35 million.
- 3 townhouses; valuation $1.1 million.
- 119 re-roof; valuation $8.82 million.
- 5 duplexes; valuation $672,292.
- 8 decks; valuation $133,009.
- 1 commercial infill; valuation $75,000.
- 4 residential alterations; valuation $278,340.
- 13 commercial alterations; valuation $2.85 million.
- 4 residential additions; valuation $401,617.
- 2 pools; valuation $121,622.
Highlights include:
One more townhouse at 1615 University Avenue, making a total of twelve townhouses under construction or soon to be under construction in the Fyfer Subdivision in the city’s East Campus neighborhood. As with the previous eleven permits, the builder is listed as “owner contractor.” The additional townhouse — Apartment 102 — has a listed square-footage of 2,375 sf. and a valuation of $327,210.
The top dollar single-family home for October building permits was for a $989,784 house with 7,787-square-feet on Portrush Drive at Old Hawthorne. The builder is File Construction LLC.
Three apartment buildings are getting roof replacements. Canvas Townhomes at 3217 S. Old Highway 63 will re-roof 21 apartments (project valuation $3.99 million); The Adora at 400 W. Old Plank Rd. has 28 units getting new roofs ($1.13 million); and the Central House apartments at 3200 Rock Quarry Road has a re-roofing project in place ($1.1 million). Hustad Companies Inc. is the contractor for each roofing project.
The single commercial infill permit was for a BreakTime convenience store employee training area at 1000 Smiley Lane adjacent to the existing BreakTime store. That permit has a valuation of $75,000. Septagon Construction Company is the general contractor.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 105 Waugh Street received a permit for 5,700-square-feet of work for an expanded kitchen, expanded bathrooms, a new entry, and removal of the existing mezzanine. Professional Contractors & Engineers is the contractor for the project with a valuation of $850,000.
The former Verizon store at 303 N. Stadium Blvd., Ste. 105, will receive interior alterations to become a beauty salon. The 1,800-square-foot project has a valuation of $425,000. Schanbacher Construction LLC is listed as the contractor.
If you see a building under construction or excavation work that appears to be preparing the way for construction, and you wonder, “What’s going up?”, drop an email to digital editor Jodie Jackson Jr. at jodie@comocompanies.com.
