From RiverBender:  City officials are happy to announce a groundbreaking will take place this month for the East Fire Station, a state-of-the-art facility that will enhance the City’s ability to serve and protect residents for years to come. The groundbreaking will take place at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 29. The City cannot accommodate the […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:Â Traffic concerns at two roads, Bennett and Shoger drives, that are part of the Trace on the Parkway development were discussed at Edwardsville’s Public Services Committee Tuesday. “Shoger is city-owned and maintained,” said Communications Coordinator Cathy Hensley. “Bennett is city-owned but privately maintained. Trace Parkway Drive, which connects the two, is […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â Labor shortages. Supply chain disruptions. Rising interest rates. These concerns are creating a lot of buzz in the commercial real estate industry. Getting a handle on costs is one important key to success. But what else should commercial real estate developers pay attention to? Here are three facts to know […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The art-centric 21c Museum Hotel will open its first location in the St. Louis area this spring. The opening will coincide with the inaugural season for St. Louis’ new Major League Soccer team, which will play just four blocks away at CityPark stadium. “We want to be a highlight destination. Being […]
The Edwardsville Intelligencer:Â The Watershed Nature Center was abuzz with people and not just those who regularly walk, run and jog there. An entire crew descended on the center to help Alex Walker complete his Eagle Scout project Saturday. Walker, 17, a senior at Edwardsville High School, and a member of Troop 31, has been […]
From Southeast Missourian:Â St. Louis-based Acme Contractors is now leasing a 6,376-square-foot building at 2380 E. Outer Road across from Cape Girardeau Regional Airport in northern Scott County. A spokesperson for Acme, a 100% employee-owned and managed specialty construction company founded in 1947, told the Southeast Missourian the new local office has three salaried office employees […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Edwardsville City Hall opened in 1995 and most people know it has two floors, with most city officials’ offices on the upper floor. Thursday, during the administrative and community service (ACS), the committee unanimously approved a sole source resolution to authorize Kone to modernize the city’s elevator and a second such […]
KAI is pleased to share the promotion of H. John Vetter II, PE to Principal – Electrical Engineering at its Dallas-Fort Worth office. KAI hired Vetter in September 2021 to the new position of National Electrical Engineering Subject Matter Expert. In his expanded role, Vetter will collaborate with Charles Keefer, AIA Principal – Architecture & […]
Brinkmann Constructors has hired Michelle Biedermann as Business Development Manager for the St. Louis region. Biedermann will focus on client relations and business development strategies to grow Brinkmann’s relationships in the St. Louis area. Michelle has 13 years of commercial real estate experience and excels at using her tremendous knowledge of the industry to connect […]
Lowell Kircher recently joined Landco Construction as project executive. Kircher is responsible for overseeing all aspects of construction projects and developing long-term client relationships. President Linda Bernhard is “excited to welcome Lowell Kircher, who brings almost 20 years of experience and project leadership to our team.” With projects typically ranging up to five million dollars, […]
This week Construction Forum drone pilot and photographer Louis Kelly captured progress on Bemiston Place, a $101 million mixed-used development at Central, Maryland, and Bemiston avenues in Clayton. Balke Brown Transwestern purchased the parcels of land to build the project from HBE Corporation. They had been assembled by Fred Kummer, the late HBE founder who […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The vacant, three-story brick house at 2844 St. Louis Avenue in north St. Louis was not supposed to be standing. But somehow the family home of Ethel Hedgemon Lyle, the founder of the country’s first African American sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, escaped the wrecking ball that had wiped an adjacent house […]
From Waste Dive:Â The U.S. EPA has opened the application process for new, long-awaited recycling grants and said the first round will disburse $100 million to states, municipalities, and other entities. Applications are due Jan. 16, 2023. The agency will host a series of webinars in late November through early January to provide more information […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A local developer has purchased 95 acres of the Bayer campus in Creve Coeur, with plans for a mixed-use development. Edwardsville-based private equity firm Fireside Financial bought the property at 10300 Olive Blvd. in September from Bayer, which said in February it would offer the western part of its campus for sale. The […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Â One of two indisputable facts about the Coldwater Creek saga is Ashley Bernaugh takes her position as president of the Jana Elementary School PTA very seriously. The other is that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in an often thankless effort to remediate lingering radioactive waste, resists sharing detailed information with […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Missouri Senator Doug Beck (D-Affton), president of the Missouri State Building Trades Council, attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the St. Louis County Police Department’s new Affton-Southwest (Third) Precinct. The event took place Oct. 19 at the site of the new 15,000 square-foot precinct at 11520 Gravois Road in Affton. […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:Â Glen Carbon’s Zoning Board of Appeals has approved a request from Walmart to add on to its site in Cottonwood Plaza. The retail colossus requested a variance to reduce the number of parking spaces at its facility, located at 400 Junction Drive, because it seeks to expand its building footprint by […]
From The Hill:  One of the long-standing public policy disagreements between Republicans and Democrats is over when government intervention in the economy is warranted.  Republicans are prone to criticize government programs as being wasteful and inefficient, while Democrats maintain they can help to fill gaps that the private sector cannot or will not address. The Infrastructure Investment […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Representatives of St. Louis, St. Louis County and the authority that owns The Dome at America’s Center have reached a tentative agreement dividing up the $519 million remaining in settlement money from the lawsuit over the NFL Rams’ relocation. A copy of the two-page tentative agreement was released by Mayor Tishaura […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:Â The Edwardsville City Council unanimously approved a plan for rezoning two parcels on East Schwarz Street. This comes despite a 2-1 vote at the Nov. 26 Administrative and Community Service (ACS) committee meeting. Alderman SJ Morrison initially voted against the request last month. At ACS, petitioner Keith Moran unveiled a plan […]
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