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Proposed Love’s Truck Stop Meets Opposition

2 years 2 months ago
From Leader Publications:  The Love’s Travel Stops and Country stores company is working toward building a truck stop in Herculaneum, but not everyone in the city is putting out a welcome mat. Herculaneum officials said a Love’s Travel Stops representative recently visited them to talk about plans to construct a Love’s gas station, convenience store […]
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Alberici Constructors Names Market Leader for Water Business Unit

2 years 2 months ago
From ReJournal:  St. Louis-based Alberici Constructors, Inc. recently promoted John East to market leader for the firm’s water business unit. In this role, East is responsible for the overall leadership of preconstruction and construction of water and wastewater projects as well as maintaining strong client relationships. East has been a contributor to many water and wastewater projects […]
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Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria’s Ballpark Village Location is Under Construction

2 years 2 months ago
From River Bender:  Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria, an award-winning artisan Italian restaurant and bar owned by husband-and-wife team Ted and Katie Collier, is announcing that construction of its newest restaurant has begun. The restaurant, located at 751 Clark Street, is the company’s 3rd location in St. Louis, Missouri, and is set to be open to […]
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Construction Starts on $40M Apartment Building Near Busch Stadium

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal: Construction has started on a new apartment complex in downtown St. Louis, a rarity in a neighborhood more accustomed to the redevelopment of historic buildings. San Francisco-based Balboa Real Estate Partners finalized its financing, along with city approvals and incentives, and has started site work at 1014 Spruce St. on a new seven-story […]
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County Approves $23M in COVID Fund Use

2 years 2 months ago
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer:  More than $23 million in American Rescue Plan Act spending was approved by the Madison County Board on Wednesday. In total, the county board passed 25 resolutions related to federal COVID-19 funds on Wednesday night, including 11 stormwater projects totaling more than $8 million. Chairman Kurt Prenzler said the majority of […]
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Culver’s to be Built in Crystal City on Site of Former Bandana’s

2 years 2 months ago
From Leader Publications: A Culver’s restaurant is coming to Crystal City. The restaurant will be built at 200 S. Truman Blvd. (Hwy. 61-67) on the site where a Bandana’s restaurant operated before it was destroyed by a fire in March 2013. The site has been vacant since then. Jim Robinson of Festus is the new franchise […]
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Third Solar Array Planned in Edwardsville

2 years 2 months ago
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  A residence in the 7100 block of Marine Road will get a free-standing solar array. The Edwardsville City Council unanimously approved an array Tuesday that will cover 3.61 acres and be installed more than 160 feet from the closest dwelling and more than 700 feet from the nearest right-of-way. It’s on […]
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Trivers Completes Multi-Use Steelcote Square Development

2 years 2 months ago
Architecture, planning, urban design and interiors firm Trivers was chosen by Pier Property Group (PPG) to help create a new neighborhood within a previously vacant industrial complex in St. Louis’ historic Midtown area. “Steelcote Square is a catalyst for what’s to come in this formerly underutilized part of St. Louis,” said Trivers Principal Joel Fuoss, […]
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Trivers Reimagines Broadway Tower Atrium

2 years 2 months ago
Architecture, planning, urban design and interiors firm Trivers has reimagined the massive lobby of the Broadway Tower located at 100 N. Broadway in downtown St. Louis. What was once a dark bank lobby with waiting areas and a wall of teller windows is now a light-filled gathering space for the modern workforce. “This project represents […]
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Vandalism and Vagrancy Threaten Laclede’s Landing Redevelopment

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  A Laclede’s Landing developer says trouble with vagrants and vandalism is threatening to torpedo plans for new apartments, shops and restaurants in the historic district next to the Gateway Arch. Brian and Gretchen Minges, of Advantes Group, said that in recent weeks, somebody has set a dumpster on fire, broken windows […]
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Nature and Technology: Walls That Can Grow Plants

2 years 2 months ago
From ArchDaily:  The relationship between architecture and nature is complex. If, on the one hand, we enjoy framing nature as art in our homes; on the other hand, we try at all costs to avoid the presence of obstructive “real” nature in our walls and structures, which can be damaged by roots and leaves. At […]
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Construction Equipment Market Rebound Continues in 2022

2 years 2 months ago
From World of Concrete:  Activity in the construction equipment market has continued to rebound this summer but remains far below the levels seen in previous years. The numbers are revealed in the latest EquipmentWatch monthly report, which said inflation for construction equipment has remained flat. “Through 2022, construction equipment inflation has trailed inflation in the […]
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Ameren to Install Solar ‘Canopies’ in House Springs

2 years 2 months ago
From Leader Publications:  The St. Louis-based electric utility announced its plans to build solar “canopies” at its Jefferson District Operating Center, 6450 Hwy. MM, in House Springs. The Jefferson County project is one of two Ameren announced on Sept. 8. The company will build a similar project at its North Metro Operating Center at I-70 […]
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Brentwood Taps Green Street for Manchester Road Redevelopment

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The Brentwood Board of Aldermen has given a green light to developer Green Street St. Louis, which is proposing to revamp a half-mile stretch of Manchester Road by adding shops, restaurants, a microbrewery and over 600 apartments. The board’s unanimous vote Monday night represents a major step in the St. Louis […]
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The Versatility of Reinforced Concrete in Five Architectural Uses

2 years 2 months ago
From ArchDaily:  Fundamental for the development of large metropolises as we know them today, cement is a material used historically, whose technological advances have revolutionized construction technique and technology of civil construction, enabling the verticalization of construction and the densification of urban centers. Cement, both added to water and sand to make mortar and combined […]
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Holland Construction Services Adds Two New Members to Growing Team

2 years 2 months ago
Holland Construction Services has announced the hiring of Senior Acquisition Specialist Susan Schultz and Marketing Director Neal Stewart to join its growing team. Holland has seen record growth and revenue in 2022, adding more than 25 team members so far, with an additional 15 expected to be added before next year. “We feel so fortunate […]
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St. Louis and Soccer Club Working to Fix Stadium Electrical Problems

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  City and Centene Stadium officials continued work Tuesday to fix the electrical problems that prevented the new soccer venue from hosting its inaugural games. But they gave no indication when the damage, caused by nearby street construction work, would be fully repaired. “We are working with our construction and operation partners […]
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St. Louis Realtors Issues Apology to Black St. Louisans for Practicing Discrimination

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Public Radio:  The St. Louis Realtors Association issued a public apology Monday to Black people in the region for its role in practicing housing discrimination and implementing racist housing policies for decades. White people in St. Louis are nearly twice as likely as African Americans to own homes. Across the nation, Black homeownership rates are nearly the […]
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