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Clayton's former mayor believes key to transforming the St. Louis region is to convene a Board of Freeholders. The key to making it work: Keep the word "merger" out of the discussion.

This week marks the beginning of the second chapter of the St. Louis Business Journal's Advance STL program, which explores what our audience thinks are the region's biggest challenges. Nearly 60% of the people surveyed by the Business Journal in February identified "unified leadership/government structure" as one of the biggest challenges in the region. We're exploring some of the reasons why our audience feels this way.

The city of Chesterfield is partnering with Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Perfect Game on a long-term lease agreement to bring top-level amateur baseball and softball activities to the area in 2023. Perfect Game is the world's largest elite baseball and softball platform and scouting service. Founded in 2003, it is dedicated to helping amateur players get exposure to the game to take their skills to the next level. In events hosted by Perfect Game, players are able to compete in front of college recruiters…

The partnership is a deal the two companies say will help scale Wellbeing’s production and sales while providing Schlafly with a new source of revenue and an inroad in the fast-growing nonalcoholic beer market.

The St. Louis-based developer, in partnership with a Miami private equity real estate investment firm, has assembled three parcels in the Tampa area.

The annual study has two of St. Louis' biggest financial giants ranking Nos. 1 and 2 nationally, with a third firm also ranking in the top 10. Here's what leaders of those firms say about their positions.

“Now investors are also concerned that the US is sailing towards a recession. The Fed has communicated its plans to aggressively shrink the balance sheet in an effort to bring inflation down to less disruptive levels, all without tipping the economy into recession," wrote wrote Ithiel Turrado, small cap portfolio analyst at Clayton-based Argent Capital Management, in a commentary on his findings.

On the cusp of opening the world’s tallest mass timber building in Milwaukee, the project architect is working on a timber tower in St. Louis that could be almost 30 feet taller.

In baseball, there are a lot of lessons that can be transferable to your personal and professional life. Patience in the batter’s box is required. You put in countless hours of practice and work to understand your opponents, so you throw the right pitches and put your defense in the best position. You need to do all of this to give your team the best chance to win. Bob Hayworth, market president for Humana’s commercial business in Kansas and Missouri, understands how bringing a baseball mindset…

A family-owned Greek restaurant in Clayton will close its doors permanently after service Saturday, its owners announced on social media.

The manufacturer behind pizza brands such as Mama Lucia's Pizza and 4 Hands Brewing Co.-inspired pizzas said sales have increased 465% in the past three years.

Tony Davis says he’s always had an entrepreneurial mindset. But before he ever delved into the business world, he was a fan of popcorn. Today, he’s merging the two interests as the owner of Pop Pop Hurray! Gourmet Popcorn.

Nicholas Burkhart moves to Polsinelli from the St. Louis office of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, where he became a partner in November 2020 after working five years at the firm as a real estate and finance attorney.

A new study ranks St. Louis as one of the worst major cities for women in technology jobs, with the region ranking near the bottom for pay disparity between men and women in the technology field.

A maker of waffle products is opening a $35 million, 147,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in Hazelwood.

As the world emerges from the global pandemic that changed the way we live, work and even play, the world is also adjusting to how needs are changing for the future. One of these concerns is how the aging populations are addressing their futures. The senior housing market is showing signs of stability after COVID-19 stalled some progress. The next few years will be heavily focused on senior living development. In fact, the largest demographic going into senior living is projected to do so between…

St. Louis is one of the most affordable cities in America, with the fourth lowest cost of living compared last year to 73 other municipalities. But affordability nationally doesn’t mean affordability locally. Rents in St. Louis rose 11.3% during the (pre-inflation) pandemic, putting us in the top 30 U.S. cities for growing rental housing costs from the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2021. While many households can make cost-saving choices, for households with very low incomes,…

Supply chains are often complex systems vulnerable to risks and disruption of all kinds. The Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine have created supply chain disruptions across manufacturing, health care, food/agriculture and retail, which is taking a big toll on the global economy. For supply chain professionals and experts, these challenges can be transformed into or be used as opportunities. First and foremost, they have redefined performance metrics for modern supply chains to achieve,…

Merry Sorrells, the new head of school for the co-educational college preparatory school in Town and Country, worked in leadership positions for more than 15 years at private schools in New Orleans.

The company's market cap, once at more than $1 billion, is now below $53 million.