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The 1.46 million-square-foot skyscraper received at least one bid in an online auction, according to people familiar with the matter.

A Germany-based manufacturer of security and surveillance equipment and software is opening a St. Louis-area office.

The acquisition of Circle Health under then-CEO and Chairman Michael Neidorff raised questions last year from a financial analyst about why a U.S-based managed care company would branch out into an overseas country with a universal health care system. Dave Windley, a managing director at Jefferies and founding member of the firm’s Healthcare Equity Research team, said Circle Health was a “non-core” acquisition by Centene.

A Minnesota-based provider of janitorial services is laying off workers next month after it lost a contract.

“I don’t even want to really be associated with a head shop, because I feel like I’m in a different category,” the owner said. She specifically searched for space in high-end communities like Frontenac, Ladue, Clayton and Olivette.

Bike paths, hotels, neighborhoods and vacant office buildings are all targets of current redevelopment plans and construction projects in downtown St. Louis.

We are right on the beach, where the house once was, and located between two immense homes that had extensive repairs after the storm.

Clayton-based FinLocker, which has developed a financial app to help homebuyers, has received investment from public traded mortgage insurance firm Radian Group Inc.

Local barbecue spot Salt + Smoke has closed both locations of its to-go and counter service dining concept, Oh Hey! Barbecue.

Law firm Spencer Fane's new Clayton-based partner, part of its business transactions team, represents clients on complex legal and regulatory issues.

Solis Agrosciences said Thursday that Charlie Bolten, former president of BioGenerator, has been named CEO. It also announced Susan Martino-Catt has been appointed chief operating officer.

Winterfest, the holiday festival held at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis, booked its biggest year yet in its just-completed eighth year, officials said.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has begun its environmental review of St. Louis Lambert International Airport’s $3 billion plan to reconfigure the facility with a new, single terminal, the airport said Wednesday.

More than one-fourth of the respondents to our AdvanceSTL survey are owners or partners in their business, while 15% carry the title of president or CEO.

The St. Louis Business Journal this year will host four live, in-person panel discussion events through the AdvanceSTL program that will examine issues affecting the region’s reputation to the rest of the nation. Here’s a look at the schedule and themes for those events.

One of St. Louis’ largest architecture firms is relocating from a downtown office tower to a new project in Downtown West.

Vanessa Cooksey moved to St. Louis in 2008, recruited to work for Save-A-Lot Food Stores as director of communications and community relations. She was an executive in community affairs and communications at Anheuser-Busch, Wells Fargo Advisors, Spire Energy and Washington University before becoming the president and CEO of the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis in 2020.

If first impressions are everything, then St. Louis has some work to do, according to a survey of business leaders across the nation conducted by the St. Louis Business Journal. Here's what they had to say.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page's State of the County address included answers to several pressing questions, like: Which county taxes or fees can you pay online? Will you soon have to pay taxes for things you buy online? And... is Sam Page a Swiftie? Page borrowed a little star power and a few lyrics from pop star Taylor Swift as he made his case that county government can sound exciting enough to attract major businesses, recruit top workforce talent, and reverse generational trends of stagnant…

Omniose, a St. Louis startup focused on developing vaccines to prevent bacterial infections, has inked a research pact with a major, global pharmaceutical firm.