Kinney Point public housing complex is nearing first phase.

The thirty-four-unit Kinney Point apartment and housing complex in central Columbia is officially under development. E.M. Harris Construction Company of St. Louis is the general contractor for the ambitious project that represents Columbia’s first public housing additions since the 1970s. 

Permits for the $14 million project were among the 130 building permits issued in July by the city of Columbia’s Building and Site Development office. Those permits totaled $37.56 million in valuation. Boone County’s Office of Resource Management issued 89 building permits with a combined valuation of $11.41 million. Together, the city and county issued 219 permits with a valuation of $48.97 million. 

The Kinney Point buildings are listed among permits for duplexes, townhouses, and apartments. Columbia Housing Authority officials worked with neighborhood residents to develop structures that resembled other homes and the character of the neighborhood. The buildings are being built at the northeast corner of Garth Avenue and Sexton Road, and off Grand Avenue. The area is across the street west of Oak Towers. 

The housing will be comprised of ten one-bedroom apartments, eight two-bedroom apartments, six three-bedroom apartments, and ten four-bedroom apartments. 

The Columbia building permit totals include: 

• Residential additions: 2 permits, $149,536 valuation. 
• Commercial alterations: 11 permits, $4.49 million. 
• Residential alterations: 7 permits, $577,408. 
• New commercial: 9 permits, $12.85 million. 
• Deck only: 4 permits, $47,065. 
• Townhouse: 4 permits, $625,569. 
• Duplex: 10 permits, $917,480. 
• Reroof: 41 permits, $1.57 million. 
• Single family detached: 39 permits, $16.27 million. 
• Residential solar system: 2 permits, $69,872. 

The commercial alteration projects granted permits in July include: 

Partial replacement of the HVAC system and related mechanical systems at Oakland Middle School, 3405 Oakland Place. The permit listed a valuation of $2 million. The general contractor is Harold G. Butzer Inc. 

A new Ace Hardware store will replace the now-vacant Big Lots at 505 E. Nifong Blvd., Suite 112. The permit outlines a $550,000 project that encompasses just under 30,000 square feet of “tenant infill” for the new store. The contractor is Allied Retail Concepts LLC of Lenexa, Kansas. 

The downtown nightclub My House at 119 S. Seventh St. is undertaking a $300,000 improvement project. Professional Contractors and Engineers is the builder. The project entails removing the existing interior stage and adjacent seating and building a new bar with equipment in its place. 

Breeze Bridal store at 3200 Penn Terrace is expanding into Suite 113. The 8,916-square-foot project has a valuation of $790,314. Reinhardt Construction LLC is the contractor. 

Among the notable new construction projects permitted in July are: 

Discovery Development LLC is building a four-story, forty-eight-unit apartment building at 4900 Artemis Drive, just northeast of Father Tolton Catholic High School. The planned development has a valuation of $7.22 million and encompasses 46,760 square feet. 

Central Missouri Community Action (CMCA) Head Start is constructing a new building at 1312 W. Worley St. The 2,734-square-foot structure is part of the permit’s valuation of $530,231. The general contractor is Septagon Construction. 

Fresh KarmA a is a Kansas City-area dispensary expanding to Columbia at 1407 Cinnamon Hill Lane. Little Dixie Construction is the contractor for the $607,275 project. The new building and site improvements will cover 4,500 square feet. 

Among new single family homes getting permits, the top-dollar homehas a valuation of $1.23 million. The 8,547 square foot home is under construction off Lightpost Drive in The Gates development at Old Hawthorne. Anderson Homes is the builder. 

Boone County’s Resource Management Office building permit breakdown includes: 

• Single family residential: 16 permits, $6.5 million. 
• Two family buildings: 1 permit, $300,000. 
• Other nonresidential: 7 permits, $229,000. 
• Other structures: 9 permits, $2.1 million. 

The county’s permit total for July 2024, with a valuation of $11.41 million for 89 permits, is almost identical to the July 2023 permit report that showed 98 permits with a valuation of $11.41 million. 

Top-dollar projects on the county’s list includes: 

A $1.22 million solar installation by CDL Electric off North Howard Burton Drive in Centralia. 

A two-story home with a construction permit valuation of $989,151 off S. Cabot Links Dr. Just east of Rock Bridge Elementary School in south Columbia. Tompkins Homes is the builder. 

Allen Frazier is the builder listed on the permit for an $800,000 home with a finished basement at 850 S. Lagos Ct., west of Pierpont.  

Reinhardt Construction LLC is the builder for a home remodeling project at 1800 N. Route Z in east Columbia. The permit listed a project valuation of $718,500.