Sioux Falls didn’t set a construction record like it did last January but is off to a solid start for the year.
New building permits totaled $49.1 million in January, compared with $102.5 million last year and $36 million two years ago. Last January’s record total was bolstered by a $31.6 million permit for Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center to construct the shell for its women and children’s services building on the main campus.
The 2026 number is “right on track from previous years,” chief building official Neil King said…