Thursday morning (Dec. 5th), 214 people were part of a lively panel discussion on “St. Louis Versus Anywhere Else. On a very cold morning the event was held at the warm and welcoming Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri — St. Louis (UMSL). The event was hosted by UMSL and […]
From West Newsmagazine: A couple of developments planned for Town Center in Wildwood have been postponed. TB Realty and Benton Homes are seeking a zoning change for the Latitude N38 project – 55 detached and attached single-family rental homes on 6.9 acres at the southeast corner of Eatherton Road and Crestview Drive. Developers say the […]
From Spectrum News: Shortly ahead of Mizzou’s back-and-forth victory over the Razorbacks, the University of Missouri broke ground on the newly named “Memorial Stadium Centennial Project.” The $250 million renovation of the Tiger’s home has its sight set on being ready for the 2026 season, the university’s 100-year anniversary. Enhancements include fan amenities, expanded premium […]
From MSN: A longtime campus for a St. Louis-based Fortune 500 company is seeing a change coming to west St. Louis County. For decades, it was the home to Monsanto. But after the purchase by German-based Bayer AG, the sprawling west county campus was no longer in use or needed. On Thursday, shovels stuck into […]
From Construction Dive: Open construction jobs dropped by 164,000, or about 40%, year over year in October, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday. The number of open jobs dropped by 9,000, or about 3.5%, from September. The dip in October followed a drop of 70,000 open jobs from August to September. The […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A Metro East racetrack will be torn down as part of a $21 million publicly funded redevelopment. Belle-Clair Speedway, a 0.2-mile dirt oval used for stock car races that opened in 1948 and has been shuttered since 2020, will be torn down to build a new track at the same […]
Oasis Pools, a swimming pool contractor and outdoor living design firm based in Wood River, IL, has been awarded a distinguished 2024 Pinnacle Award for Excellence by Luxury Pools + Outdoor Living, a magazine celebrating top-tier swimming pools and outdoor living design. The magazine honors approximately 30 projects nationwide each year. The award-winning project is […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: The Laborers will offer all new mothers among their members 12 weeks of maternity leave benefits starting Jan. 1. The mothers will be eligible for up to $800 per week, union President Brent Booker says. With the new union-wide union-paid benefit, “You don’t have to choose between being a […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Nine months after closing its 222 Artisan Bakery and Cafe at the 222 N. Main Street location in Edwardsville, owners Kim Goodner and Trevor Taynor are moving closer to opening the doors at its new location at 222 St. Louis Street. Goodner and Taynor, who are mom and son, signed the […]
by Matt Belcher, Principal, Verdatek Solutions LLC Editor’s Note: This is the first in a regular series of drill-down columns on the impact of building codes by code expert Matt Belcher that Construction Forum will publish. Matt Belcher began his career in nuclear power plant construction. He later became Director of Code Enforcement for St. […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: At its Nov. 21 meeting, the O’Fallon City Council voted 10-0 to approve a bill authorizing an agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for the use of $5.7 million of funding through the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Program. City staff had applied for federal funding assistance in […]
Neil H. Porterfield, 88, passed away on Saturday morning, November 23, 2024. Neil was born August 15, 1936, in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Philip F. and Alvira Rae Porterfield. He graduated from Franklin Regional High School and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science from The Pennsylvania State University in […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A New Jersey company that bought a new apartment complex here for $70 million alleges it was misled about how many tenants lived there and was not told of a laundry list of construction defects. Silverstone Management alleges in court documents that the developer “artificially inflated” the occupancy at Bold on […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: A new ambulance facility will be built on vacant land at 8050 Phoenix Parkway in the Winghaven master development in O’Fallon. Many area residents were not aware of what will be built on that land until a sign was erected in late summer 2024 stating, “Future home of St. Charles County […]
From Industrial Distribution: CK Supply Inc., a leader in industrial gases and welding supplies, announced its expansion in Riverside, Missouri — an investment of more than $10 million. CK Supply Executive Vice President CK Supply Brad Dunn, Miller Stauch Construction President Duane Dean and Riverside Mayor Kathy Rose expressed excitement over the company’s new facility, […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: One week after stagnating sewer water at a tax-subsidized apartment complex in northwest St. Louis became news, owners affiliated with Denver-based Steele Properties remain mum about their plans. But the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has guaranteed rent payments there for years at 5830 Selber Court, says the […]
From Northern Public Radio: On the northern edge of downtown Milwaukee, one high rise is not like the others. A typical tall apartment building is held up by steel and cement — the Ascent is made of wood. But it’s not just any old lumber. The top 19 floors of the 25-story building are made […]
From West Newsmagazine: It’s been nine years since a development proposal for the property located southwest of the Hwy. 100/109 intersection in Wildwood’s Town Center was first proposed. Now, a bump in the approval process has delayed it once again. The project, which initially began in 2015 as Ackerley Place proposed by Payne Family Homes, […]
Trivers, an architecture, planning, urban design and interiors firm based in St. Louis, is serving as lead architect and interior designer for Family Care Health Centers’ (FCHC) new community health center. This project extends Trivers’ long-time partnership with FCHC, which includes the design of the organization’s Carondelet location that opened more than 20 years ago. […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Architecture firm ebersoldt + associates has purchased a building in The Grove district with plans to relocate its headquarters from Downtown West. E+A’s new headquarters will be at 4168 Manchester Ave. in the city’s Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. The building had been the longtime headquarters of architecture firm Space Architects […]
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