SIO9UX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls building valuations last year totaled over a record $619 million dollars.
Director of Planning Mike Cooper says there was also a record number of building permits and record number of total dwelling units.
Cooper says Sioux Falls low unemployment helps drive the building market from apartments to remodels to commercial projects.
Mayor Mike Huether says "back-to-back years of record-breaking construction poves that residents and businesses are confident in our economy."
Cooper says there were 65 projects last year over a million dollars.