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Panera Brands Inc., the parent company of St. Louis-based bakery-cafe chain Panera Bread, reportedly is looking to sell several of its other restaurant chains.

A public-private initiative to create more of a downtown area for a city in St. Charles County will get a boost from the addition of a city park and an entertainment complex, the developer said.

Laclede’s Landing Main Street, a business association promoting the Laclede’s Landing neighborhood, has hired an executive director.

A company tied to a St. Louis developer is eyeing the purchase of a St. Louis apartment complex that was put into receivership this year.

A St. Louis-based restaurant group will open its latest location on the ground floor of a new apartment complex in Kirkwood.

A Dallas-based wholesale insurance brokerage has acquired the assets of a St. Louis-area specialty insurance brokerage.

A major barrier to homeownership often is not having enough cash on hand for the down payment and closing costs. That's why Bank of America’s Community Homeownership Commitment is in its fifth year, according to Gentry Coffman, its market leader for consumer lending in the St. Louis area.

Greater St. Louis Inc. CEO Jason Hall writes that the large business group is endorsing a Republican for Missouri governor. It hasn't previously endorsed any candidate.

The St. Louis Business Journal's 2024 Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards celebrate individuals and organizations that promote diversity around race, sexual orientation and disability. Here are this year's honorees.

It's the latest strategy in the wide-ranging effort by the Japanese company to allay fears.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey insists his office is working to hold the federal government accountable for the decades-old radioactive waste contamination that plagues the St. Louis area. “We are fighting to ensure that the federal government protects Missourians from the poison that the federal government injected into the streams and creeks there in eastern Missouri,” he told The Independent. But the two candidates vying to oust him from the office say Bailey is just the latest…

St. Louis radio personality Tammie Holland died Saturday after a three-year battle with cancer. Her sister shared the news online, calling her a loving sister and mother. Holland was a co-host of the "Real Breakfast Crew" on Foxy 106.9, an R&B and urban music radio station. Fans and colleagues from across the area shared tributes and remembered her. Holland shared publicly that she was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2021. In June, she announced she was receiving hospice care. She was 53 years…

Clayton is set to get its first marijuana dispensary, after the operator recently received approval from the city.

Ronald Kruszewski, chairman and CEO of Stifel Financial Corp., said that if the St. Louis region is to succeed in retaining and attracting businesses, it's a "requirement" that the city use part of the Rams lawsuit settlement to invest in downtown projects.

A judge has ordered the city of St. Louis to halt its guaranteed basic income program for 15 days while a lawsuit over the program continues. Judge Joseph Whyte of the St. Louis Circuit Court late Thursday granted a motion for a temporary restraining order on the program that provides 440 families about $500 per month from a pool of $5 million from the city's federal American Rescue Plan Act funding. The temporary restraining order was granted after a motion by lawyers for the Holy Joe Society,…

The troubled firm hasn't made payments on its loans from a city board since 2022, with more than $570,000 owed.

The two largest privately owned water utilities in Illinois are seeking to raise rates for a combined 1.5 million customers around the state. Illinois American Water, a Belleville-based subsidiary of American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) that serves 1.3 million people, is seeking a $152.4 million rate increase. That corresponds to a $24 per month increase in water service bills and $5 per month increase in wastewater service for the average residential customer. Aqua Illinois, serves 273,000…

The Cobblestone STL, a new market, deli and café at 701 N. First St. in Laclede’s Landing, has opened its doors.

Reading the columns in “Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns” is akin to having your eyes and mind and heart open to new understanding.

The deadline to submit your 40 Under 40 Awards nomination has been extended until Sunday, July 28. This is the Business Journal's most popular awards section, which will introduce a new class of 40 young professionals who are making a difference in the St. Louis business community. To be eligible for the 2024 program, nominees must be under 40 years of age as of Nov. 7, 2024. Submit your nomination here. All honorees must be based in the St. Louis area, which includes the city of St. Louis…