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From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: It starts with a truck painting the yellow divider lines down the middle of the road and the instructors marking out dots along the side of the road where warning signs and traffic cones should be spaced for a road construction lane change. Then come the laborers marking the […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: The Gateway Arch Foundation has several irons in the fire — and soon, cranes in the sky. After celebrating 60 years of the Gateway Arch’s construction last year, the foundation and its partners have begun the planning process of reimagining the former site of the Millennium Hotel, studying I-44 near […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: The number of malls operating in the St. Louis region has largely stayed the same since 2019, despite major setbacks from online shopping and the Covid-19 pandemic. That could soon change. The news that various St. Louis County boards are exploring the possibility of converting one of the region’s seven […]

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From ModularHomeSource Professional: For years, we’ve watched the same slow-motion movie play in city after city. Young couples rent longer than they planned. Families delay having kids. Teachers, nurses, and early-career professionals get pushed farther out—until the commute becomes a second job. And when someone finally does propose building more housing “where the jobs are,” […]

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From West Newsmagazine: St. Louis-based home builder McKelvey Homes has broken ground on two display homes at The Reserve at Wildwood, a new 50-acre residential community planned for the southwest corner of Hwy. 109 and Hwy. 100 in Wildwood. The development will feature 115 single-family homes ranging from 1,600 to 4,000 square feet, with designs […]

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From Architectural Record: For a hundred years, Powell Hall (1925) anchored the north end of St. Louis’s theater district as a world-class auditorium and grand foyer, packed into a brick and terra-cotta box. Designed as a theater at the peak of the movie palace boom by Chicago-based architect Rapp and Rapp—which specialized in such buildings—the […]

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From St. Louis Magazine: Move aside data centers and make room for self-storage, as it takes its place as a desirable real estate asset, according to the 2026 Urban Land Institute’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate report. While not grabbing as many headlines as data centers, the demand for self-storage has steadily grown in recent […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The 145-acre site that once was home to Jamestown Mall in North County is up for sale. The land at Old Jamestown Road and Lindbergh Boulevard is vacant after contractors finished demolition last year. The site is being offered as “development ready,” according to marketing materials from commercial real estate firm […]

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From McCarthy: Self-perform construction services offered by general contractors are often undervalued due to common misconceptions. Unlike a traditional construction services broker, a self-performing general contractor is a builder that uses its own labor force to perform a portion of a construction project. To address misconceptions and promote better understanding, we’ve highlighted some of the […]

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CyberUp and TechSTL have announced their relocation to The Post Building in Downtown North, marking a significant investment in St. Louis’ growing innovation economy and reinforcing the city’s expanding leadership in technology, cybersecurity, data, and intelligence-driven industries. The move builds on the region’s long-standing global strength in medical research, biomedical science, and advanced manufacturing, signaling […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: As public pushback against data center proposals raged, a nonprofit seeking to grow economic development in the St. Louis area took public officials and Ameren employees on multiple trips to visit hyperscale data centers. One such trip took place in December, when officials from Greater St. Louis Inc. and Ameren […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum A new analysis from the Urban Institute shows Missouri’s median household income has increased over the past five decades but at a slower pace than the nation overall, reflecting long-term workforce, education, and demographic changes. The report, Is Your State Better Off Now Than It Was Fifty Years […]

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From Engineering Inc: The United States faces an annual shortage of 18,000 engineers, according to new research from the ACEC Research Institute. This crisis threatens the nation’s ability to maintain and modernize critical infrastructure. Here are five key statistics that illuminate the scope of this challenge: Read more.

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From Missouri Independent: The conversion of Missouri farm land from food to solar power production creates feuds among neighbors, pits residents against developers and raises questions about property rights. Those tensions were on full display Tuesday in the Missouri Senate Commerce Committee, which held hearings on two bills aimed at halting solar power development and […]

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Jose R. Gomez has been sworn in as the new Vice President of the St. Louis Labor Council AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations), marking the first Hispanic leader to hold an executive rank with the labor organization. The Business Manager for Laborers’ Local 110 since February 2024, Gomez’s career is […]

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The City of St. Louis invites residents, stakeholders and community partners to participate in two significant upcoming PlanSTL neighborhood planning events in the North St. Louis neighborhoods that are part of Plan Areas 3 and 5. These events represent important milestones in the City’s ongoing efforts to shape inclusive, community-driven neighborhood plans and progress for […]

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From First Alert 4: Laclede’s Landing is emerging as a growing residential district, just steps from the Gateway Arch. While the nightlife and club scene have long passed, new apartment units and supporting neighborhood businesses have been bringing back a sense of place and vibrancy to the historic district during the day. Camille Jackson opened […]

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From Brookings: Artificial intelligence is the transformative technology of our time. As argued in the Brookings Press book, “Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,” it is powering applications in finance, health care, education, transportation, defense, and e-commerce, among other sectors. AI’s ability to process large amounts of information and act independently on […]

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From Offsite Straight Talk: For more than three decades, I’ve watched modular construction be praised, dismissed, misunderstood, overpromised, underdelivered, and then rediscovered again like it’s something brand new. Every few years, someone asks the same question differently: “Why hasn’t modular taken over the construction industry?” They usually expect the answer to be marketing. It’s not. […]

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Whitfield School is advancing a comprehensive reimagining of its campus facilities as part of its long-range Whitfield 2030 strategic plan, with Bond Architects leading the design effort. Together, a new academic center, a re-envisioned central courtyard, and a multipurpose athletic facility are intended to align the school’s physical environment with its academic mission, community life, […]

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