What's being built in Cedar Rapids
| Kind of work | Permits issued |
|---|---|
| Home renovations and additions | 148 |
| Commercial renovations and build-outs | 29 |
| New homes | 11 |
| New commercial and apartment buildings | 10 |
| Pools, garages and other residential structures | 1 |
Largest commercial projects this month
- 10015 6th St SW: $28.7 million. Construction of a new addition to an existing manufacturing facility. The addition will expand the building footprint…
- 6200 76th Ave SW: $6.0 million. Dc2 interior finish project hawkeye main floor for storage rooms, loading docks, conference rooms, micro-kitchen,…
- 5800 Edgewood Rd SW: $4.4 million. Water pretreatment building on ewd campus
- 4250 Glass Rd NE: $2.0 million. Interior remodel 15,378 s.f. Of existing 2-story commercial building "bridgehaven pregnancy support center" to create…
- 1635 Linmar Dr NE: $1.6 million. Foundation & shell only permit* construction of a 9,286 SF building located on the campus of isaac newton christian…
- 1616 51st St NE: $1.5 million. This project consists of a 40'x20' addition to the parts department made of metal studs, structural steel, and metal…
75 different contractors were named on these permits. A Morningline report names the people behind each new job, every weekday.
How Morningline works
- Overnight, we read the permits. Every new Cedar Rapids building permit, the day the city publishes it.
- We pick the jobs that fit your trade and research who's behind each one: the builder, the owner, the company that just bought the house.
- By morning, it's in your inbox: a short call list with phone numbers, so you call first.
Construction research for Cedar Rapids contractors and suppliers
This page is a weekly snapshot. Morningline reports are daily. Every weekday morning we pick the new projects in Cedar Rapids that fit your trade, research the people behind them, and email you the list. One company per trade in each area.
How we count
Building permits issued from September 24, 2026 through October 23, 2026, the most recent 30 days of Cedar Rapids data we hold. Source: public building permit records for Cedar Rapids. Each permit is counted once. Values are the valuations reported on the permits, leaving out obvious data-entry errors; a project filed as several permits is valued once. Contractor counts are companies named on the permits.