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The Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau presented plans for a brand new Piasa Park redevelopment Tuesday afternoon at Alton City Hall. The Piasa Park redevelopment, along with a new 4,500-square-foot Byway Discovery Center, is part of a $10 million Illinois Capital Grant Development Project. “It’ll welcome visitors from all over the world coming to our region to learn about the Mississippi River,” said Cory Jobe, the president and CEO of the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau. According…

A developer is proposing a new industrial project be built on farmland in Maryland Heights, near two other recently approved new warehouse projects.

None of the St. Louis-area chefs, restaurateurs or establishments that were named as semifinalists for the 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards — the culinary world's top prize — have advanced to the next round.

A $44 million redevelopment project of the historic Broadview Hotel broke ground in downtown East St. Louis on Tuesday. It's the largest project in Metro East town since the Casino Queen in 1993. "Even though it's dreary, the sun is shining," Mayor Robert Eastern III said. The Broadview Hotel, at 415 E. Broadway in East St. Louis, opened in the 1920s. Nearly a century later, it's in desperate need of a makeover. State and local leaders, public and private dollars and nonprofits helped to revitalize…

TIC-MS, a St. Louis-based provider of calibration services for laboratory equipment, has been acquired by Rochester, New York-based Transcat Inc. (Nasdaq: TRNS).

Koibito Poké on Wednesday opened its second St. Louis location in the shopping and entertainment district — just in time for opening day, officials said.

CommunityAmerica Credit Union, based in suburban Kansas City, looking to St. Louis for growth. It plans three new branch locations here and signed a sponsorship deal with the Cardinals to boost the credit union's profile.

Suzanne Sitherwood, president and CEO of St. Louis-based Spire Inc., plans to retire from the natural gas utility company at the end of 2023, after a dozen years in that post.

Sunset Transportation, one of St. Louis' largest privately held companies, has been acquired by a Pittsburgh-based food and restaurant logistics giant.

Midwest BankCentre this summer will open its first-ever “Innovation Centre” as part of Refuge & Restoration Marketplace, the $16 million transformation of an abandoned strip mall into a community resource for North County residents.

St. Louis election technology firm Knowink has relocated its headquarters from the Downtown West neighborhood to Creve Coeur, purchasing a 16,000-square-foot building it now calls home.

Health Technologies Inc., a growing St. Louis-based provider of registered dietitian consulting services, has acquired two consulting businesses.

Chesterfield-based health system Mercy has finalized a lease agreement with Perry County Memorial Hospital's trustee board to operate and manage the hospital.

We’ll be celebrating the St. Louis Inno's 2023 Startups to Watch Tuesday, April 4, from 4-6 p.m. at the .Zack Theater., 3224 Locust St., St. Louis. In addition to recognizing our Startups to Watch, the program will also include a panel discussion featuring the CEOs from two companies on this year’s list.

A city board is considering incentives for a new $26 million affordable housing development on scattered sites in south St. Louis.

The judge overseeing Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's effort to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office has given the city's top prosecutor 11 more days to respond to the latest allegations against her. Judge John Torbitzky gave Gardner until April 11 to respond to the 121-page amended petition Bailey filed against her March 21. Originally, the judge gave her until March 31 to respond. Gardner’s attorneys asked the judge Friday for an extension. The attorney general’s…

Centene Corp., the Clayton-based managed health care provider, on Monday named Tanya McNally as its senior vice president and chief people officer.

California-based accounting firm Armanino LLP has expanded its St. Louis presence with the acquisition of locally based music rights and royalty auditing firm Royalty Compliance Organization.

Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on the $350 million Lake of the Ozarks resort and amusement park, planned by a pair of St. Louis-based developers. They have signed on an international hotel brand to collaborate on the resort's $180 million hotel.

The privately held family company, which has invested more than $100 million to transform the city of Augusta, Missouri, into a wine tourism destination, said the latest deal comes as it expects its business services unit to hit $1 billion in revenue from its portfolio of acquisitions this year.