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UMB Bank is acquiring a consulting firm that specializes in providing strategies to maximize the financial performance of community banks in the Midwest.

A loan tied to a downtown St. Louis office building has gone into special servicing due to concerns over “imminent monetary default.” The move comes in a downtown office environment that's weak compared with nearly every other submarket in the region.

Chef Gerard Craft’s Niche Food Group plans to revive a restaurant concept it previously operated in downtown St. Louis: Porano — a fast-casual restaurant serving pasta bowls, grain bowls, salads and Detroit-style pizza.

Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. said Thursday it will open stores in four indoor water parks, part of a shift in the company's location strategy toward nontraditional retail sites.

The 47,500 square foot facility is expected to be operational in 2025 and will be operated by Phantom Works, the name of Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s proprietary research, development and prototyping division. A Boeing spokesperson said the building will be "secure for proprietary/classified work so we are not disclosing the work we will be doing."

The dispute over the future of the Fox Theatre in Grand Center has been settled, with Mary Strauss' firm buying out a primary property owner, leaving the company that puts on Broadway shows in control of the site.

Spire Inc., the St. Louis-based natural gas utility company, has agreed to acquire two Missouri pipeline systems from another public company.

Missouri’s recreational cannabis market touts lower prices, less-steep taxes and better availability than other states, but supply limitations and high demand have caused wholesale prices to climb, data shows.

Washington University is eyeing the purchase of two former churches in University City, it said.

AT&T Inc. is shaking up its relationship to the office with plans to cut back on its physical office footprint and implement a mandate that certain managers appear in person at least three days a week.

A St. Louis urban renewal board voted Tuesday to acquire the former headquarters of a company in North City currently owned by Dismas House of St. Louis, in hopes to convert it into a workforce development hub that could support a $55 million advanced manufacturing center planned nearby.

The city of St. Charles is filing its lawsuit Wednesday against Ameren Missouri over well field contamination, months after announcing its intention to sue. In a press conference Wednesday, St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer said they are seeking millions of dollars from the utility company over contamination at the city's Elm Point Wellfield, but did not say exactly how much they were seeking. He said the lawsuit will be dropped off at circuit court Wednesday afternoon. The city is working with local…

Developers behind the Kingsway District that plan to redevelop sites north of Delmar Boulevard unveiled more than $150 million in projects Tuesday as part of a request for a $750,000 bridge loan.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has OK'd a master plan for St. Louis Lambert International Airport that runs through 2040, including a massive project to reconfigure the facility with a new, single terminal, the airport said Wednesday.

Former St. Louis Blues star Chris Pronger has made a second career in business since wrapping up his playing days in the NHL. He's teamed up with his brother, Sean Pronger, for his latest venture: a Canadian whisky.

For the second time this week, Centene Corp. announced a C-suite change, naming a new chief communications officer on Wednesday who most recently worked at a New York City-based firm specializing in “financial markets and strategic situations.”

An owner of downtown St. Louis hotels said the neighborhood needs restrictions on the open carry of firearms, plus more police presence, in the face of criminal activity, particularly over weekend nights, that has spooked visitors.

Following news that In-N-Out is indeed out when it comes to expansion into Missouri, another restaurant chain has already committed to the Show-Me state.

One week after Kim Gardner resigned as St. Louis circuit attorney, the Missouri governor and Missouri attorney general’s offices are getting a firsthand look at all the work ahead for her newly-named replacement. In all, the transition team, which includes the governor’s general counsel, Evan Rodriguez, acting as interim circuit attorney and several assistant attorneys general working with him, has discovered more than 4,800 warrant applications police have sent to an email system Gardner created…

St. Louis agriculture technology startup Pluton Biosciences has raised a $16.5 million funding round it says will help expand its team and advance its initial products toward commercialization.