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Published May 20, 2008 12:19 am - A second large project at Missouri Southern State University propped up city building totals in April and improved what was shaping up to be a dismal year for Joplin construction. Building doing well outside city limits By Debby Woodin
dwoodin@joplinglobe.com A second large project at Missouri Southern State University propped up city building totals in April and improved what was shaping up to be a dismal year for Joplin construction. Building permits through April 30 — the midway point in the city’s fiscal year — stood at about $41.2 million, with $15.4 million of that coming in April. That compares with a total of $68.3 million for the same period one year earlier. In April 2007, $9.2 million was recorded for construction in Joplin. The figures take into account only construction in the city limits, and none in the outlying communities or nearby unincorporated areas, where builders say much of the work is happening. April’s total was boosted by a $12 million project to erect a health and sciences building on the MSSU campus. That followed a similar permit, for $12.2 million, issued a month earlier for the university’s student recreation center. Those two have been the only seven-figure permits filed so far this fiscal year in Joplin. Housing starts A breakdown of the figures shows that 10 permits were issued in April for single-family houses; 13 were issued in April a year earlier. There were four starts on building apartment four-plexes, compared with three a year earlier. “That’s a decent number of starts in April. I’m feeling pretty good about the number of starts,” said Crystal Harrington of the Home Builders Association of Southwest Missouri. So far this fiscal year, 42 permits have been filed in the city of Joplin for new homes, with a value of $6.52 million, or about $155,238 per home. That compares with 69 permits filed through the same period in 2007, with a value of just under $10 million, or about $144,927 per home. Totals for Joplin do not take into account two major projects under way just outside the city limits — the new East and South middle schools, with a combined value of nearly $35 million, according to school officials. Dick Smith of R.E. Smith Construction Co. said: “So far this year, we’ve had two jobs that total $30 million, at MSSU and South Middle School. We’re finishing up some other projects with the schools. We don’t see a downturn at all. “Our business is as good as it’s ever been.” 
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