Construction

New home aims to restore historic character

May 14, 2025

When Randy and Sue Eggenberger purchased the home at the corner of S. Oak Street and Center Street and facing Patton Park, neighborhood history was part of the appeal. The home was just across the street from the boundary of the South Oak Street historic district that stretches from Center Street...

Commercial construction way up in 2023

Jan 3, 2024

Commercial and industrial construction permits saw a substantial increase in Lake City in 2023, even as overall permit activity fell. That’s according to the City of Lake City Planning and Community Department 2023 annual report included in the Jan. 2 agenda of the Lake City Planning Commission....

Housing coming to former Whitings site

May 31, 2023

Excavation work has begun on the former Whiting’s Nursery retail location on the 900 block of North Lakeshore Drive. The Whitings sold the property in May of 2022, according to state property sale records. Replacing the nusery store will be three-story, multifamily building with 19 units,...

A new bin rises at Ardent Mills

Dec 7, 2022

Ardent Mills in Lake City is building a new bin for the animal feed the company says is a co-product from milling wheat. The project to construct the 86-feet-tall, 34-feet-in-diameter bin began in September. The goal is for it to start operating in the summer of 2023. McCormick Construction is the...

Marina parking lot getting a new surface

Jun 8, 2022

After a few years of replacing docks, this year’s major construction project at the Lake City Marina is taking place on land. “We have a major parking lot reconstruction project going on right now, which we have been planning for the last several years,” Lake City Marina Administrator Jeff Brand...

Downtown street, sidewalk close for sewer repairs

Apr 20, 2022

The 100 block of East Center Street was closed to vehicle traffic and a section of the adjoining sidewalk to pedestrians Tuesday, April 28. According to Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen, a sewer line from one of the properties on that block failed, and the owner had to bring in a...

Planning department reports heavy permit activity in 2021

Apr 6, 2022

The Lake City Planning and Community Development department had “an exceptionally busy and successful year in 2021,” according to the introduction to its annual report that was part of the Lake City City Council’s March 14 agenda packet. According to the department, Lake City issued the most...

St. Mary of the Lake breaks ground on rectory

Oct 13, 2021

On Sunday, Oct 3, Father Matthew Fasnacht Pastor at Saint Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, led the congregation in a special blessing for the construction of a new rectory to be built on the property adjacent to the church gathering space. Members of the parish council,trustees and Willers...

Trailers on the move at Marina Point

Apr 21, 2021

The scene is being set for construction at Ohuta Park. The process of moving seven vacation trailers from along the inner harbor to newly constructed sites on Marina Point began on Friday of last week, according to Megan Smith, Planning and Community Engagement Director for the City of Lake City...

800 dock gets new flotation tubs, decking

Apr 7, 2021

Crews from River City Welding replace the flotation tubs that support the Lake City Marina’s 800 dock with the help of a barge with a lift parked in a nearby dock slip. The old flotation tubs were saturated and in need of replacement, according to the Jan. 11 Lake City City Council agenda. The...