From Construction Dive: Boston-based general contractor Suffolk Construction and military veteran mental health nonprofit Home Base penned an open letter to OSHA last week, calling attention to the construction industry’s mental health issues and advocating for suicide awareness and prevention training in basic OSHA certifications. The letter coincided with both Construction Safety Week and Mental Health Awareness […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A new $10.6 million senior living apartment complex in the Central West End is in line to receive tax incentives under plans being considered by a city board. Under the plans to be reviewed Tuesday, Independence Center senior living apartments would be built at 4221-4227 Forest Park Ave., on a […]
From Next STL: Between Delmar Divine, the Delmar Maker District, Delmar Main Street, and the Kingsway Elevation District, there is consorted effort to bridge the Delmar Divide underway. There are some new tidbits on planned developments by Kingsway Development in the Kingsway Opportunity Zone, which encompasses Delmar from Kingshighway to Taylor as well as the […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: The developer behind a major mixed-use project north of Forest Park said a settlement in a long-running lawsuit with a rival developer will keep controversial landlords Vic Alston and Sid Chakraverty from using a “bogus” neighborhood group to “bully” competitors. Reached on the eve of trial, the settlement ends a […]
For Construction Forum’s 10th Anniversary Celebration on May 18th Solstice Productions, official video producer for the Forum, prepared a “highlights reel”. The video, which clocks in at five minutes, condenses years of Forum program metrics, achievements and images into a brief clip with a driving rock guitar theme. “When we first started the Forum a […]
In conjunction with Construction Forum’s 10th Anniversary Awards last week, Construction Forum presented five special awards. Forum video producer Solstice Productions produced this special video for the event. Forum Deputy Executive Director/COO Diana Wilhold introduced winners of the Forum’s special anniversary awards. Recipients were Delmar DivINe, Dream Builders 4 Equity, Millstone Weber, Missouri Kansas Laborers’ […]
The Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) have signed a cooperating agreement. The newly-formed partnership is a win for both organizations as each has a goal of strengthening and amplifying the success of women in the construction industry. NAWIC will use this agreement to help continue […]
Last Thursday (May 18th) Construction Forum celebrated its 10th anniversary in blowout fashion with an event at Armory STL. There were 247 guests at the afternoon event which had the run of the 80,000 square foot bar and game venture. The event, which was a fundraiser for Construction Forum, grossed $73,517, netting $43,141 after all […]
Kadean Construction has opened a new office in Philadelphia to support the design/build contractor’s fast-growing base of logistics and industrial construction projects in the Northeast Region of the country. The St. Louis-based contractor has completed 3.3 million square feet of distribution and manufacturing facilities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Rhode Island since 2021 worth more than […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: In honor of National Historic Preservation Month, three preservation and design awards from the city’s Historical Preservation Commission (HPC) were handed out Tuesday to residential and commercial properties in town. Jennifer Wilkins, commission chairperson, gave an overview. “The awards are aimed at recognizing property owners, contractors, architects and local organizations for […]
From West News Magazine: A mixed-use development proposed for Town Center in Wildwood has gotten mixed reviews. Greenberg Development Company has proposed 189 multi-family units and 11 single-family homes on an 11.8-acre tract of land at the intersection of Taylor and Manchester roads. The developer is seeking a request for the modification of the Town […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The Sears, Roebuck & Co. was more than a department store for north St. Louis residents. It was a place where people met their future spouse. Neighbors can recall the names of the first Black store managers. Children at St. Roch School got their uniforms there. After Sears started opening […]
From Ozark Radio News: The Missouri Department of Transportation’s road construction season is kicking into high gear. Ed Hassinger, MoDOT’s deputy director, said Missouri is prepping for one of its busiest road construction seasons in the history of the department. He said the agency has more than $3 billion of work under contract. Drivers can […]
From Mid Rivers News Magazine: Major road improvement projects often take years to go from idea to design to preparation to construction. The regionally significant “I-70 bottleneck” in Wentzville at the Norfolk Southern Railroad bridge is one of those projects and is managed by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). After several years of discussion […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis-based developer Lux Living has sued a Kansas City developer, arguing that it breached an agreement to timely sell properties in KC’s Crossroads Arts District for an apartment project. However, an attorney for 3D Development said it already was preparing to take Lux to court, citing the St. Louis […]
From Mid Rivers News Magazine: According to the city of O’Fallon, the intersection of routes K and Route N is one of the worst performing intersections in the city. The Missouri Department of Transportation had approached O’Fallon about improving that intersection. In turn, the city started planning for the project and applied for external funds […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: A state agency is questioning invoices totaling more than half a million dollars submitted by a nonprofit group under contract to St. Louis County — an amount significantly larger than originally reported. The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, which conducted a review of records from about 170 […]
From STL Partnership: FOCUS ST. Louis hosted their 26th Annual What’s Right with the Region Awards on May 11, 2023. Each year, the event honors individuals, organizations and initiatives that are making a positive impact within the St. Louis region. This year, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership (STL Partnership) and Greater St. Louis Inc. accepted […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Thousands of vacant properties have pockmarked St. Louis for decades. City officials say a new initiative — and the infusion of federal funding — could start solving the problem. The city has awarded a two-year deal worth up to $500,000 to the St. Louis Vacancy Collaborative to address St. Louis’ 24,000 […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The region’s leading private business and economic development organization has hired the chief of Missouri’s economic development arm as its new point person on business attraction. Greater St. Louis Inc. announced Monday that Maggie Kost, acting director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, will take over as the group’s chief […]
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