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Lindab Group, a Sweden-based maker of equipment to produce ventilation ducts, is buying a U.S. business in the same sector that has much of its operations in Jefferson County.

A state-court judge on Dec. 28 ordered NorthSide Regeneration to abate nuisance conditions at a vacant commercial building it owns in the Covenant Blu-Grand Center neighborhood.

A sale to the school district would remove from the tax rolls a property that generated $1 million in tax revenue for the city of Clayton last year. But that isn't even the biggest loss for the city, says Mayor Michelle Harris.

St. Louis-based clinical-stage biotechnology startup Wugen, which has raised more than $200 million in venture funding as it develops cancer-fighting drugs, has added to its C-suite.

Brasswell, Gerard Craft’s fast-casual burger concept, is closing.

The new location will be the locally based barbecue chain’s first in north St. Louis County and its 14th overall.

Cantina Laredo, at 7710 Forsyth Blvd. in Clayton, permanently shuttered after its final day of operations Sunday.

St. Louis just recorded its third straight year with a decline in total homicides. While the homicide rate cannot be accurately calculated until census numbers are finalized, a preliminary police report tallied 158 homicides in 2023, down considerably from 200 in 2022 and down much further from a recent peak at 263 in 2020. The decline in the murder death toll appears to closely align with a national decline in homicides, even as other cities like Washington, D.C., and Kansas City still struggle…

Missouri has made the tentative decision to participate in a federal food assistance program for kids, potentially opening the door for millions of dollars in aid through a program called Summer EBT. However, the decision is not binding and Missouri still has to submit a detailed plan to the federal government on how it plans to run the program and secure the necessary administrative funds. The state had until Jan. 1 to take this initial step or foreclose the option to participate entirely. “We’ll…

New regional executives have taken their posts as BJC HealthCare in St. Louis and Kansas City-based Saint Luke’s Health System completed their planned merger Jan. 1 as expected, officials said Tuesday.

The office campus of the footwear retailer, considered to be one of the prime redevelopment sites in Clayton, is slated to be purchased by the local school district for its own future expansion.

Richard "Rick" Engel said he wants to grow in the firm’s existing footprint, which covers 18 offices including in London, England and Dublin, Ireland. However, he didn’t rule out more “strategic, opportunistic” expansions into other high-growth markets.

The University of Missouri’s appearance in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic drew 10 million-plus viewers, giving the bowl game its best ratings in recent years.

Missouri House Republicans tapped an executive of a top GOP consulting firm to direct their campaign efforts after shifting a long-time strategist out of the job. Hannah Beers Sutton of Axiom Strategies will be executive director of the House Republican Campaign Committee, Majority Leader Jon Patterson said. She will replace Jonathan Ratliff, a partner in Palm Strategic who has been leading the House Republican campaign effort for 14 years. Ratliff will be retained as a “senior consultant,”…

Nominations for the St. Louis Business Journal's annual Corporate Counsel Awards, which seek to celebrate the best and brightest legal minds in the corporate landscape, are due Monday, Jan. 8. Submit your nomination here before the deadline. These awards will span all levels of the corporate legal department structure, from in-house generalists and specialists to chief legal officers and general counsels, who work in nonprofit organizations or in public or private companies of any size in any…

Missouri lawmakers return to Jefferson City on Wednesday afternoon for the start of the 2024 legislative session, and expectations aren’t high. GOP infighting has mired the Missouri Senate in gridlock the last three years, and the wounds at the center of the turmoil seem to have only gotten worse. Across the Capitol rotunda in the House, an ethics investigation into Speaker Dean Plocher could upend the agenda and cost Plocher his job. Election year politics hang over both chambers, with a handful…

Ben Poremba, whose Bengelina Hospitality Group operates several local restaurant concepts, after a final day of service on Saturday has closed longtime Botanical Heights restaurants Elaia, Olio and Nixta. The three restaurants will reopen in 2024 in the Delmar Maker District where Poremba will additionally open two new concepts.

The St. Louis Business Journal's Book of Lists provides you with more than 1,500 of the hottest area companies in their fields, by ranking. Here's where you can find it.

The St. Louis Battlehawks will return in 2024, as one of eight teams in a new spring football league formed through the merger of the XFL and USFL.

In the realm of economic development, the influence of strategic funding initiatives can be likened to the ripple effect caused by casting stones into a pond. Each grant, regardless of its size, has the potential to create waves of change across the community. However, the art lies in identifying and leveraging grants that, akin to denser stones, yield disproportionately larger ripples of impact. This endeavor, central to the mission of organizations like Arch Grants in St. Louis, involves a meticulous…