Nationwide construction spending including Miami, Bal Harbour, Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beaach,Fl increased 5.9 percent in March compared to the same period a year earlier. The positive growth comes in contrast to a 3.2 percent decline in public spending compared to last March and a 1 percent drop from February of this year. Despite dwindling government investment, private spending was up in both residential and non-residential construction, signifying a possible improving economic climate. The biggest growth in the private sector came from new multi-family home construction, which jumped 23.2 percent year-over-year. Single-family home construction was also (2 comments)