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This article originally ran in the Alton Telegraph on April 7, 2022.  COLLINSVILLE — Transportation has always played a major role in the economy of the Metro East and St. Louis. Combined with modern logistics, it has become a major factor in job creation in the region. Issues in that industry sector — ranging from infrastructure to worker training — are becoming […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on April 6, 2022.  At a time when pandemic-related disruptions have slowed shipping and left some industries unable to produce goods, the state’s proposed new budget includes $50 million to make improvements to Missouri ports. Among last-minute amendments added to the House version of the state’s new spending plan Tuesday was a $50 […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on April 6, 2022.  Construction is underway on one of the St. Louis region’s largest speculative warehouses, a building that could expand due to growing demand in the industrial market. Global real estate firm EQT Exeter is developing a warehouse with 800,000 square feet of space in the Gateway Commerce Center in […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on March 30, 2022.  Anheuser-Busch said Wednesday it would make a $50 million investment in its St. Louis campus, including a new, dedicated seltzer building. The new building will be the first addition to the local campus in over 15 years, the company said in a press release. It’s expected to be […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on April 1, 2022.  I recently received an email from the St. Louis Business Journal inviting me to fill out a survey regarding how St. Louis is perceived in the business community, the challenges of the region, and possible solutions for addressing those challenges. As I was filling out the survey, It […]

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Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Omer Osman has announced Kirk Brown will be appointed as the Region 5 Engineer, effective April 1, 2022. Mr. Brown has over 30 years of experience in transportation engineering, specifically in Region 5 at IDOT. He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and is a graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he […]

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This article originally ran on NEXTSTL.com on March 28, 2022.  Looking down at the Mississippi River from Bellerive Park in south St. Louis, the most prominent features aren’t eagles and egrets but barges and tows. The Port of St. Louis may lack the natural beauty of other parts of the Mississippi, but it’s a busy place. Millions of tons of bulk products […]

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Brent R. Wood has had the “Interim” tag removed from his title and has been named the new President of the TRRA. Brent has served TRRA as its Chief Financial Officer since 2017. Prior to that, Brent spent over 35 years in various roles in the coal and power industries, and four years in public accounting. Brent served in various […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on March 16, 2022.  A Houston-based real estate firm is entering the St. Louis market for the first time by developing a warehouse in St. Charles County. Vault Partners broke ground on a 75,000-square-foot flex industrial warehouse in Wentzville March 10. Construction on the project, called the Corporate Parkway Business Center, should […]

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This article originally ran on marinelink.com on March 7, 2022.  Waterway traffic is coming back. November 2021 saw 52.1 million tons moving on the U.S. inland waterway system, the highest monthly tonnage since October 2019, a few months before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the shutdowns and stoppages of early 2020. Flows estimated by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), […]

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Join transportation practitioners, researchers, academics and students for the 63rd International Meeting of the Transportation Research Forum in St. Louis, MO – the AG Coast of America – from April 7 to 9, 2022. Click here to learn more about the conference and to register! The conference is an in-person event held at the JC Penney Conference Center on the […]

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Is your company involved in Supply Chain and Logistics? Do your front-line employees need training for advancement? Madison County Employment and Training and St. Clair Intergovernmental Grants have received a federal grant to train local employees at no cost in a 9 county region starting March 18, 2022. Additional sessions will start every 2 weeks thereafter. The training will be […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on February 24, 2022.  Davidson Logistics LLC, a provider of shipping, warehousing and assembly services, plans a two-phase expansion at its base in Bridgeton. The two projects will add hundreds of thousands of square feet of new and remodeled warehouse and office space, as well as up to 200 new jobs, officials […]

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This article originally ran on AJOT.com on February 23, 2022.  The U.S. Transportation Department is awarding some $450 million in grants for port-related projects to bolster capacity and improve the movement of goods as the U.S. economy continues to be affected by congested supply chains, senior Biden administration officials say. “We’re proud to announce this funding to help ports improve their infrastructure […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on February 11, 2022 CRG, Clayco’s development arm based in St. Louis, has sold five newly built industrial warehouses, including two in St. Louis, in a $425 million deal. In what is CRG’s largest multiproperty sale since it was formed nine years ago, the company sold the fully leased warehouses […]

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This article originally ran in the Saint Louis Construction News and Review on January 28, 2021 As the first development in the portion of Premier 370 Business Park north of Highway 370 progresses toward a mid-summer 2021 completion, the City of St. Peters, MO is heralding the success of the park to the tune of 8,000 new jobs created by […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on February 9, 2022 Kadean Construction has significantly expanded its industrial sector work over the past year with $327 million of new logistics facilities underway, totaling more than 6.7 million square feet at 15 locations around the country, including five in St. Louis, where the industrial market remains hot. The Fenton-based general contractor […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on January 25, 2022 The year 2021 was a wild one for the St. Louis industrial real estate market, and forecasts for 2022 show few signs of it easing. “We have record levels of different metrics at play,” said David Branding, a managing director in JLL’s St. Louis office. “We’re […]

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This article originally ran in the Fox 2 on January 26, 2022 Two multi-million dollar infrastructure investments for Illinois transits and public ports were announced Wednesday. As part of the bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program, $111.4 million is going toward improving Illinois’ transit systems, and $108.3 million is going toward improving the state’s public ports, according to a press release. […]

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This article originally ran on KMOV.com on January 27, 2022.  According to the American Trucking Associations, the U.S. is experiencing a shortage of 80,000 truck drivers, adversely impacting the supply chain. Nearly 72 percent of the country’s freight transport moves by trucks, highlighting the importance of drivers. In North City, a local man is trying to help put a dent in that […]

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