From St. Louis Post Dispatch: From the low-lying stretch of Manchester Road, just east of Brentwood Boulevard, Bob Story has spent 30 years growing Feather-Craft Fly Fishing into an established player in the industry. The company his father started in 1955 now has about 20 employees, a mail-order business with nationwide reach and loyal anglers […]
From KRMS: According to a story posted by the Lake Sun Leader, The Lake Ozark Board of Aldermen are being asked to approve an ordinance at Tuesday’s regular meeting that would retain Regional Strategies, LLC to “assist the City’s economic development team and further explore potential interest with local developers, regional developers and national developers and help […]
From Call Newspapers: The Crestwood Board of Aldermen approved a zoning change and preliminary plan for a large mixed use development July 27. The project, located at 8800 Watson Road, was presented by CWD Equity for a zoning change from planned development-commercial to planned development-mixed use. Currently the site is home to Victory Raceway go-karting and […]
From typeinvestigations: Set on St. Louis’ neglect-scarred north side, 3211 Blair Avenue barely stands out. With shards of rotting wood serving as the only reminder of a front porch, and windows shrouded in graying plywood, it’s one of more than 10,000 vacant buildings in the city. Some of the city’s skeletal structures have burned-out, caved-in roofs. […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Washington University is in the process of demolishing a building along Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis’ Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood. The city on Aug. 2 issued a demolition permit for the vacant 6030 Delmar Blvd., near the Delmar Loop MetroLink station. Though the property is located in a local historic district, the […]
From the Intelligencer: Though minimal work has already begun along Meridian Road, Glen Carbon trustees unanimously approved the final area plan and final section plans for the first two phases of the mixed-use project Tuesday. Trustee Nekisha Omotola was absent. In a memo dated Aug. 2, Building and Zoning Administrator Stacy Jose told the mayor and […]
From Daily Commercial News: Supporting Women in Trades (SWIT) is launching a National Leadership Development Program this fall that is aimed at providing the tools and resources to help tradeswomen and gender-diverse trades acquire skills to move up in their industry. The online program, designed by experts, will teach female trades about self-advocacy, public speaking, […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The HFW Cos., a St. Louis-based professional services firm targeting the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector for investments, has added a Texas land surveying company to its growing portfolio. HFW said this week that it has formed a “strategic growth partnership” with 4Ward Land Surveying, an Austin, Texas-based business that […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A number of residential developments are moving ahead inside a $500 million mixed-use development in Chesterfield. Wildhorse Village will be an 80-acre walkable community centered around a 15-acre lake at the intersection of Wild Horse Creek Road and Chesterfield Parkway. St. Louis-based CRG, the development arm of Chicago-based Clayco, described its […]
From Point 2: The construction sector has certainly had its share of pandemic-related struggles with indefinite site shutdowns, a scarce labor force and supply chain disruptions, among an array of other setbacks. As the effects are still being felt, developers are facing new changes and government regulations in an industry that’s stubbornly trying to bounce back. […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum Editor’s Note: This video taken from a Zoom recording of the St. Louis Port Authority’s Thursday (Aug. 11) includes the presentation of the slide deck on the proposed $1.2B Gateway South project with project particulars and information about the developers, as well as the answers of the consultants […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Clayton officials are considering next steps after health care giant Centene (NYSE: CNC) officially terminated the remainder of its deal to expand its headquarters in the city, foregoing future tax breaks that required the construction of a public auditorium. Centene notified the city in a July 7 letter that the […]
From Builder and Developer: Inflation remains too high, interest rates are rising and consumer sentiment has hit the floor. Given these sour economic conditions, one would be forgiven if it was assumed the housing market is in equally dire straits. While headwinds have certainly built, and the market is showing some signs of softening, housing […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri transportation officials are preparing to spend more than $100 million on electric vehicle charging stations as part of a national plan to boost the number of battery powered cars and trucks on the road. The Missouri Department of Transportation recently submitted a draft report to the federal government outlining how […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: Christian Brothers Automotive had requested a conditional use permit CUP) for a new auto repair service to be located along Hwy. K, north of Crusher Drive and south of Waterbury Falls Drive. The land is lot 3A of Waterbury Town Center, zoned C-2/PUD general business district. At its July 28 meeting, […]
From West Newsmagazine: In what has turned out to be the miracle that the school needed, McBride Homes has decided not to proceed with the proposed development at the site of Barat Academy on Wild Horse Creek Road. Jeremy Roth, senior vice president of land development with McBride, confirmed the news. McBride decided to focus […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A St. Louis company is proposing a $400 million redevelopment in Brentwood that would line a half-mile of Manchester Road with apartments, townhomes, offices and a list of commercial options, from a hotel to a microbrewery. The pitch, from Green Street Real Estate Ventures, would span 40 acres between South Hanley […]
Neal Stewart has joined Holland Construction as director of marketing. Stewart has extensive experience in the food and beverage manufacturing sector, most recently as vice president of sales and marketing for Deschutes Brewery in Bend, OR. He has a master’s degree in integrated marketing from West Virginia University, a bachelor’s in advertising from Southeast Missouri […]
Riverboat cruise customers will be able to get some of the best views of the Gateway Arch and downtown St. Louis as well as a unique perspective during the installation of a key truss to a historic rail bridge on August 25. Regularly scheduled cruises offered by the Riverboats at the Gateway Arch that day […]
On August 10, a ceremonial groundbreaking marked construction of Chesterfield Sports Complex, St. Louis’ first world-class, indoor volleyball and basketball complex at 150 N. Eatherton Road in Chesterfield Valley. St. Louisan and NBA star Bradley Beal made a surprise appearance at the event. Bradley Beal Elite (BBE), the top ranked NIKE sponsored club in the […]
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