The City of Moose Jaw issued 27 building permits in the month of August with project values of over $7 million.

Of those projects, about $550,000 was for commercial permits, $1.445 million for industrial permits and $166,000 for residential permits. There was one institutional and government permit taken out for 1453 14th Ave. SE on Aug. 29 worth $5 million.

For the month, the city issued eight more permits compared to August of 2021 and the project values were $3.1 million more.

Year-to-date, the city has issued 166 building permits from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31 worth $83.86 million compared to 165 permits in 2021 during this same time period worth $47.9 million.

There were no new dwelling permits issued this past August and seven demolition permits were issued.