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Photo Credit: Walsh Construction and Trey Cambern Photography This article originally ran in the October 2021 edition of the Illinois Business Journal. Viewed from above, the reconstruction of the Merchants Bridge is an awesome spectacle of steel and concrete construction. Seen from the Mississippi River, it’s a riveting reminder of just how significant the rail project is to American commerce. […]

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This article originally ran in the October 2021 edition of the Illinois Business Journal. Union Pacific Railroad and a Metro East economic development group are pursuing efforts to fill railroad jobs open now and in coming years. Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois has been awarded a grant to send that message to students from the middle school on up in […]

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This article originally ran in the Supply Chain Management Review on November 11, 2021. It does take a leap of imagination (and a leap of faith) and will require investments from some large global shippers as early adopters. However, there is already some support for the idea, as some large importers have begun to use multiple container ports around North […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on November 11, 2021. A Boston industrial real estate investment firm has purchased two more industrial warehouses in the St. Louis region for $75.1 million. Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE: PLYM) bought 1.1 million square feet of industrial space in the Gateway Commerce Center in the Metro East in October, said […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on November 11, 2021. In October, Alfredo Gutierrez closed on a deal that he had never seen in his 30 years in commercial real estate. The founder of SparrowHawk, a Houston-based investor of industrial properties, worked out a bargain where a tenant agreed to move out of his company’s Sauget warehouse months early […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on November 2, 2021. The largest independent metal coil coater in North America, based in St. Louis with 13 factories nationwide, is expanding its Granite City manufacturing site by 53,000 square feet to meet the higher demand for steel. Town and Country-based Precoat Metals, which coats and paints a range of […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on November 4, 2021. Snarled global supply chains are putting stress on companies large and small. Automakers have curtailed production because they can’t get electronic components. Industrial giant Emerson said Wednesday that logistics and labor constraints reduced its fourth-quarter revenue by $175 million. Shortages began in 2020 as a COVID-19 story: As […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on November 3, 2021. The St. Louis region’s industrial submarket was already on the upswing before the pandemic accelerated demand from the e-commerce sector, which has been a huge driver of the current industrial growth. With a record low vacancy rate of 3.8%, the region has 5.9 million square feet of […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on November 4, 2021. The developer of a new $65 million industrial park in Maryland Heights has three warehouses under construction simultaneously to meet the growing demand for industrial space in St. Louis. NorthPoint Development unveiled the future Riverport Trade Center at a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday with leadership of the […]

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This article originally ran in the Agribusiness Global on October 20, 2021. The interconnectivity of different transportation modes and need for reliability in both transportation and broadband infrastructure emerged as key ingredients for continued competitiveness of the U.S. agriculture industry during a virtual webinar hosted by the St. Louis AgriBusiness Club on Oct. 7, 2021. The event provided a unique opportunity for dozens […]

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Note: Many of the projects on the St. Louis Business Journal’s annual list are part of the Freightway’s 2022 Priority Projects. You can see our Priority Projects List here. This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on October 15, 2021. Our annual list covering largest construction projects works to highlight some of St. Louis’ biggest developments, improvements, […]

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The Jefferson County Port Authority is accepting applications for a new Executive Director. The Jefferson County Port Authority is looking for an exceptional, results-driven leader as their next Executive Director. The ideal candidate will partner with the JCPA as a supporter and advisor, while realizing they work for the Board of Directors. The individual will be comfortable telling the Board what […]

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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will host a public webinar on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. CT with a question and answer session on the re-designation of the Primary Highway Freight System (PHFS). Registration is required to attend this event. Please register here to join the webinar. The FHWA published a Notice of Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on October 5, 2021. A real estate developer is demolishing a closed manufacturing facility in north St. Louis County and building a speculative industrial warehouse in its place. St. Louis-based Summit Real Estate Group has closed on a purchase of a 14.35-acre industrial site at Interstate 170 and Page Boulevard […]

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This article was originally ran in St. Louis Business Inno on October 6, 2021. Three St. Louis-based innovation hubs are teaming up on a new initiative focused on advancing projects that pair together agriculture and geospatial technologies. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur said Wednesday it has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on October 1, 2021.  Construction is underway on nearly 800,000 square feet of speculative industrial warehouses in the last available lots at a logistics center in St. Charles County. Panattoni Development is building two new warehouses after purchasing the last two available lots at the Premier 370 Business Park in St. Peters […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 28, 2021.  With demand for warehouse space at an all-time high, the St. Louis area will get its first speculative industrial warehouse to measure more than 1 million square feet next year in the Metro East. When the fourth warehouse at Gateway Tradeport in Pontoon Beach finishes construction in the […]

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This article originally ran on BND.com on September 28, 2021.  By this time next year, Belleville Township High School vocational and alternative education students will have a newly-renovated center in the former Kings Point facility in Belleville. Originally built as a tennis club and fitness facility at 7645 Magna Dr., the Kings Point property has 100,000 square-feet. Over the next year, the […]

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Gateway Convention Center 1 Gateway Drive, Collinsville, IL 62234 Please join Madison County Employment & Training and St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department – Workforce Development Group on Tuesday, November 16 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, Illinois for an Apprenticeship Roundtable event to […]

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