RAPID CITY, SD—Rapid City’s Building Services Division issued 210 building permits in August with a combined valuation total of more than $55.8 million, the highest valuation total every recorded for the month of August.

For the year, the City has issued 1,789 building permits with a combined valuation total of $360.8 million through eight months. The January to August totals exceed the valuation tally for the same period in 2025 by more than $100 million, when 1,656 permits had been issued through eight months with a valuation total of $257.9 million.

With one-third of the year remaining, the City has already achieved the sixth-highest yearly valuation total for building permits in the City’s history. By comparison, the building permit valuation for the entire years of 2025 and 2024 were $390.9 million and $383.6 million respectively.

The building permit valuation total for the May-June-July-August period surpassed $200 million, compared to the previous record for the same period set in 2022 ($180 million).

The City issued six permits with a valuation total exceeding $1 million each. The top-valued permit at $34.08 million was issued to Monument Health Rapid City Hospital with Scull Construction Service as contractor, for the facility’s Neonatal ICU. A permit valued at $2.48 million was issued to Vision Quest Solutions, Inc. with High Construction LLC as contractor for the Ford Retail facility at 4924 Fifth Street; a permit valued at $1.68 million to The Elements LLC with Gil Haugan Construction Inc. as contractgor for first floor apartment alterations at 100 St. Joseph Street; a permit valued at $1.44 million issued to HRE LLC with Gustafson Builders as contractor for the MG Oil Strip Mall at 351 Bentley Lane; a permit valued at $1.12 million to Tallgrass LLC with Scull Construction Service as contractor for a single family home and garage at 4411 Tallgrass Trail; and a permit valued at $1.1 million issued to Black Hills Surgery Center LLP with Gustafson Builders as contractor for the MRI replacement at 215 Anamaria Drive.