CAPE GIRARDEAU BUILDING IN THE '90s

Following is a look at building activity in Cape Girardeau through the 1990s.

1996 (January through July) -- 38 new homes, $5.5 million (average, $145,000); 25 apartment structures, 32 units, $1,258,000; commercial projects, $17.8 million; additions, renovations, signs, pools, etc., more than $2 million. Permits, 295, in the amount of $26,997,235.

1995 -- 57 new homes, $8,058,976 (average, $141,000); 37 apartment structures, 122 units, $4,975,500; 48 commercial buildings, $21,546,417; additions to residences and commercial buildings, and signs, $9.7 million. Total: $44,367,286.

1994 -- 105 new homes, $14,303,002 (average, $135,000); 19 apartment structures, 59 units, $3,153,000; 42 commercial buildings, $13,155,923; additions to residences and commercial buildings, and signs, $8.2 million. Total: $38,989,446.

1993 -- 103 new houses at a cost of $11,603,800 (average $112,658); duplexes and apartment buildings (17 units), $2,116,000; commercial buildings, $9,647,461; public buildings, $5,639,871; additions to residences and business buildings, and signs, $4.2 million. Total: $33,169,258.

1992 -- (record year): 89 new houses at a cost of $10,600,000 (average $120,000); nine apartment or duplex units, $879,000; additions to residences and business buildings, $7,300,000; commercial buildings, $29,217,699. Total: $47,996,699.

1991 -- 70 new houses at a cost of $8,080,000 (average $112,000); Two apartment units, $65,000; additions to residences and business buildings, $3,453,474; 110 commercial buildings, $20,221,179. Total: $31,704,468.

1990 -- 82 new houses at a cost of $6,176,051 (average $75,300); 84 apartment units, $1,663,000; additions to residences, $345,131; 62 commercial buildings, $12,673,737; additions to commercial buildings, $3,523,291; public buildings, $1,091,000. Totals: $25,626,901.

Total construction in the 1990s, $248.7 million.