From West News Magazine: Ameren has proposed placing a 199-foot telecommunications tower and enclosed equipment area on the south side of St. Albans Road (State Route T), west of its intersection with Hwy. 100. To that end, Ameren is seeking a conditional use permit (CUP) to construct a private LTE network on the 14.68-acre site […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A judge on Monday allowed The Staenberg Group to enter a legal dispute the developer says will determine whether its massive $2 billion redevelopment of the Chesterfield Mall into “Downtown Chesterfield” will be successful. Department store Dillard’s in December asked the St. Louis County Circuit Court to overturn public subsidies […]
From NPR: The Fields Foods grocery store chain in the St. Louis region unraveled this year as locations closed and its owner sought to sell the company. The chain is being sued for late taxes and unpaid rent, and all five of its locations remain closed. Fields Foods started with the goal to bring grocery […]
From CityScene STL: Despite increased interest rates, and a difficult development environment overall, Clayton’s boom continues with a proposal from Kansas City-based Revive Capital Development. This time, the attention, returns to the former 7-Up HQ at 111-121 South Meramec Avenue. 3 years ago, KDG (now known as Keeley Properties), proposed demolishing the 7-Up HQ and […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The McGowan brothers want to continue selling their downtown St. Louis properties, having this time put up for grabs the Jefferson Arms parking garage. Over the past two years, the family-owned development firm, McGowan Brothers Development, has sold most of its residential holdings along Washington Avenue, where the brothers’ initial […]
From Construction Dive: Dive Brief: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened applications for a new $7.5 billion low-cost loan program that will help finance $15 billion worth of dam safety projects, the agency announced last month. The money is authorized through the Corps’ 2014 Water Infrastructure Financing Program. The loans are available for […]
In the era of the “electrification of everything,” the IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection partnership is providing critical support to a pioneering construction pre-apprenticeship program at St. Mary’s South Side Catholic High School in St. Louis. Kelly Stokes, instructor, IBEW/NECA Electrical Industry Training Center Missouri Works Initiative will use a $30,000 Electrical Connection donation to expand its […]
St. Louis CNR magazine, which has covered the St. Louis construction industry since 1969, has been sold. The sale is planned to close on Nov. 1. The purchaser is Kerry Smith, owner of Informationworks, who is based in Indianapolis. Smith has been editor of CNR since 2015, working as a contractor to current publisher Michael […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: An aging emergency services building will require more than $1 million in repairs and upgrades, Shrewsbury aldermen learned on Tuesday. Meeting in a regular monthly work session, the Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen heard a summary report from St. Louis-based architecture and engineering firm JEMA. Representatives from the contractor presented highlights of its […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: Backers of a proposed annexation plan in Manchester find themselves at odds with St. Louis County as both groups plan October forums to educate residents ahead of the November ballot. Local voters have only a few more weeks to weigh the pros and cons of the annexation plan advanced by the city […]
From The Intelligencer: The major renovations and rebuilding at Lincoln Middle School are progressing both on schedule and under budget, according to Edwardsville school District 7 officials. Each month on the District 7 website, architect Alex Metzger offers “Construction Update with Alex the Architect,” and the Oct. 3 segment reports that major milestones have been […]
From HOK: Bus rapid transit (BRT) offers cities a flexible and cost-effective solution for improving urban mobility. But what, exactly, is bus rapid transit? And what should cities consider when planning a BRT system? Designers from HOK, Pininfarina and Austin Transit Partnership share insights. In an era of bold new transportation promises, the bus hardly […]
From St. Louis Magazine: by Chris Krehmeyer I’ve written a lot about the work of Beyond Housing and our partners in transforming the many under-resourced communities in North St. Louis County—and why reversing decades of decline and poverty in these communities is vital for the success of the greater St. Louis region. In addition to […]
From CNBC: You won’t find the happiest workers in the world toiling away at desks or crunching numbers — chances are, they’re working outside. Construction workers have the highest levels of self-reported happiness of any major industry category, according to a new analysis by BambooHR. The HR software platform analyzed data from more than 57,000 […]
From ABC: The state of the housing market has left fewer renters looking to purchase a home, but a rush of new rental units coming to the market has also slowed rent increases and created a more favorable time to be a renter. New apartment completions have increased to the highest levels since the 1980s […]
STL’s signatory airlines have agreed to help fund airport projects that will total an estimated $331,644,000. The projects include the following: Design of a new central utility plant (CUP) Construction of the new CUP Relocation of Airfield Maintenance Design and construction of a new West deicing pad Demolition of the vacant Air National Guard Complex […]
From NPR: In 2022, the Grand Motel was shut down by the City of St. Louis for being a nuisance property. For years the motel was a hotbed of crime that hosted prostitution and drug dealing, and first responders were routinely dispatched to address opioid overdoses. Now, the property once known for raucous and seedy […]
Recently Jim Kirchherr, executive producer of Nine PBS’ “Living St. Louis” did a walk-around segment at the Gateway South Innovation District. Accompanying him were Greg Gleicher, founder and CEO of Good Developments Group, the developer of the project and Chauncey Nelson, president and CEO of the Gateway South Innovation Community, the nonprofit that will be […]
From NJ Spotlight News: In the mid-1990s, Chris Lalevee worked as a crane operator building high-rises in Jersey City. The construction industry was strong, he said, and the jobs were good. But the Union County native, in his mid-twenties at the time, began experiencing anxiety and panic attacks that led to sleepless nights — all […]
From REJournals: St. Louis-based KAI Enterprises has promoted Gyasi Haynes to vice president of its construction division, KAI Build. Haynes joined KAI in June 2021 as director of project management. Haynes’ career consists of more than 20 years of construction industry experience. In his new role as Vice President, Haynes will take on a wide […]
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