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This article originally ran on St. Louis Post Distpatch on December 1, 2023. On Tuesday morning, a former Boeing CEO took the stage before a crowd of Missouri’s political and business leaders and offered a bold prediction: After decades of losses in manufacturing, the sector is poised for a turnaround in St. Louis. Dennis Muilenburg, the former Boeing CEO who […]

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This article originally ran on STL Today on November 28, 2023. A local organization broke ground Tuesday on a new advanced manufacturing facility, where it aims to convene businesses and workforce development programs to boost manufacturing jobs in the region. The 150,000-square-foot building is to be built on a vacant lot on Finney Avenue, beside Ranken Technical College, north of […]

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This article originally ran on Fox2Now on November 16, 2023. Early next year, MODOT is planning to break ground on a near $250 million project. The Interstate 55 Corridor Upgrades project will add a northbound and southbound lane in Jefferson County from Festus to Pevely. “Anyone who drives on Interstate-55 in Jefferson County should care about this project,” Justin Wolf, the […]

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This article originally ran in St. Louis Public Radio on November 7, 2023. Industrial technology firm Watlow has opened a new $6 million R&D facility at its Maryland Heights headquarters it says will create 10 to 15 new jobs and develop materials used in its thermal systems. Watlow, which manufactures industrial thermal management systems, on Tuesday marked the opening of […]

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This article originally ran in St. Louis Public Radio on November 7, 2023. The Kaskaskia Regional Port District will conduct a $350,000 study at the start of next year to determine if building a fuel pipeline from the Kaskaskia River near Fayetteville to Scott Air Force Base is feasible. Located about 15 miles southeast of Belleville, the Fayetteville terminal would […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on November 6, 2023. Clayco Inc. plans to add around 400 jobs in St. Louis as part of a $50 million plan to renovate a former Express Scripts headquarters building and consolidate its St. Louis-area workforce under one roof. The 18.8-acre property at 8640 Evans Ave. in Berkeley was acquired at […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on November 3, 2023. An innovation district that’s the centerpiece of a $1.2 billion project on the riverfront south of downtown will hold a modular housing design competition for universities in what is intended to be a global showcase for sustainable and innovation design. The Gateway South Innovation District – planned […]

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This article originally ran in St. Louis Business Journal on October 24, 2023. Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) toured the Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company Wednesday to learn more about their operation and their role in producing boots for the U.S. military. Budzinski recently announced that a $7.8 million contract was awarded to the Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company for temperate weather combat […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on October 20, 2023. With construction nearly finished on the final warehouses in the $250 million conversion of the former Fenton Chrysler factory into an industrial park, the developer is looking toward the project’s next phase with a hotel and restaurants. Fenton Logistics Park from Clayton-based U.S. Capital Development is […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on October 20, 2023. The largest 25 construction projects have a combined estimated cost of $17.1 billion, 19% higher than last year’s construction projects’ combined cost of $14.35 billion. One reason for this: the upward adjustment of costs for transit projects planned or under construction in the region. For example, […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on October 18, 2023. West Star Aviation, an East Alton-based aircraft maintenance company, has agreed to buy an Ohio-based aircraft services business. West Star said late Tuesday it has signed an agreement to acquire Jet East, the U.S.-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) aircraft services business of United Kingdom-based Gama […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on October 18, 2023. Intramotev, a St. Louis-based startup developing what it describes as an autonomous, zero-emissions railcar, has been accepted into the accelerator program of chipmaking giant Intel Corp. Intramotev is one of 10 U.S. companies selected for the fall 2023 iteration of Intel Ignite, a 12-week startup accelerator […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on October 11, 2023. An industrial park in north St. Louis County has landed two new tenants, in a pair of deals that marked some of the largest industrial activity in the region during the third quarter. St. Louis-based manufacturing company PFI Holding leased 299,000 square feet at Hazelwood TradePort, according to […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on October 4, 2023. St. Louis Lambert International Airport’s airlines have agreed to help fund airport projects totaling an estimated $331.6 million, airport officials said Wednesday. The agreed-upon projects are the result of Lambert’s master plan, officials said, an updated version of which the Federal Aviation Administration approved In May. The […]

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This article originally ran in St. Charles Community College News on September 22, 2023. Kaskaskia Regional Port District in Red Bud, Ill. learned this week it will receive a $1.7 million Economic Development Administration grant as part of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s investment in Illinois-based infrastructure improvements needed to support current and future business needs and workforce development in […]

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This article originally ran in St. Charles Community College News on September 22, 2023. SCC is expanding west, with its new campus coming to western St. Charles County, near the David Hoekel I-70 Interchange. The first building on the 55-acre campus will be the 48,000 square-foot Regional Workforce Innovation Center. This will be the premier technical training and education center […]

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This article originally ran on Fox 2 Now on September 22, 2023. Missouri is making some large investments to improve railroads and interstates, and they’re expected to help the state’s business community grow. The largest item in this year’s state budget is the $2.8 billion plan to improve Interstate 70 from St. Louis to Kansas City. Besides bringing relief to […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Post Dispatch on September 22, 2023. Greater St. Louis, Inc. has launched STL 2030 Progress, a website that measures area growth, tracks initiatives and maps investments, with the hope that increased data will be a tool for economic growth and collaboration — and a way to update the region’s national reputation. The website […]

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on September 18, 2023. Latch Inc., a smart security firm that earlier this year announced plans to locate operations in St. Louis, said Monday it is opening a 48,000-square-foot headquarters in Olivette. Latch will relocate its headquarters from New York to 1220 N. Price Road in Olivette. It currently has […]

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Construction on the new Interstate-270 Chain of Rocks Bridge over the Mississippi River marks another significant milestone for infrastructure investment in the St. Louis area. It also is a testament to the strength of the continued collaboration that is helping to add capacity and redundancy to the region’s freight network. Over a three-year period during the project planning phase, more […]

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