Sikeston sees modest increase in construction in 2010

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sikeston saw a decent gain in new home construction last year as compared with 2009 but couldn't match the '09 figure for commercial construction.

Construction in 2010 totaled just under $6 million in total value with $17,000 paid to the city in building fees, the Sikeston Scanner, a monthly newsletter published by the city government, recently reported in a special year-end edition.

This figure includes all new construction as well as renovations reported to the city for building permits, according to Trey Hardy, community redevelopment coordinator.

City records show 13 new homes were built last year, Hardy said, with a total value of $1,862,850, "and that was with three months with no residential construction." No new homes were built in January, June or November within the city limits.

Last year's new home construction in Sikeston began in February with two projects having a combined value of $199,300.

A single home was built in March valued at $120,000 followed by two in April, $365,000; one in May, $160,000; one in July, $300,000; two in August, $221,500; one in September, $135,000; two in October, $232,000; and ending with a single project in December valued at $130,000.

"We did a little over $780,000 more in 2010 that we did in 2009, Hardy said. The 11 new homes built in 2009 had a total value of $1,081,200.

In 2009, home construction didn't begin until April with two residential projects with a combined value of $170,250.

May was a good month for 2009 with three homes valued at a total of $287,850.

Last year had four commercial projects with a total value of $2,621,343. This figure includes new construction as well as commercial renovations and additions.

Commercial projects in 2010 were: the Sikeston Housing Authority's new office building; a 7,500-square-foot new addition for the Kenny Rogers Children's Center; remodeling and the addition of a little over 14,000 square feet at Dayton Freight's facility; and a 22,000-square-foot storage and dwelling building built by Robin Chambers.

The remaining balance of the $6 million for 2010 consisted of "garages, sheds, renovations and conversions" at residences, Hardy explained.

The construction of the Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities' new office building with a value of $3,644,500 million made 2009 a hard year to beat for commercial construction.

Including BMU's building, there were eight commercial projects with a total value of $4,660,042 in 2009.

The other large commercial projects that year included the construction of the Mancino's restaurant building and additions at the Animal Health Center, Ponder Funeral Home and Scott County Health Department.