From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Â The developer trying to revive the empty AT&T tower downtown said Friday his plans were in limbo after state lawmakers ended their session this week without approving a key subsidy. Charles Goldman, of Boston-based Goldman Group, said he would pursue all available options to finance the redevelopment project, but warned it […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â St. Louis Lambert International Airport is seeking more contractors to work on its proposed $3 billion redevelopment into a single-terminal facility. The airport, via its owner and operator, the city of St. Louis, has put out requests for qualifications for construction, surveying and geotechnical work on the project. Responses are […]
From STL.News: Across the nation, and certainly relevant to residents in the St. Louis metropolitan area, patterns in political discourse at both federal and local levels are drawing scrutiny. Observers and studies indicate that increasing partisan divides, procedural roadblocks, and focusing on symbolic actions can create significant hurdles to addressing substantive, long-term community issues. While […]
From RiverBender:Â The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) announced the conditional award of more than $50 million in state and federal funding to spur the development of permanent supportive housing throughout Illinois. These critical investments will enable the construction or rehabilitation of seven developments, creating 129 units of affordable housing integrated with comprehensive services to […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â Plans are underway for a new 100,000-square-foot retail development that’s to include the latest location of a St. Louis-based grocery store chain. The newest location of Chesterfield-based Dierbergs Markets is planned for New Town Boulevard in St. Charles, near the Missouri Route 370 interchange. The 73,000-square-foot store will be the […]
From St. Louis Magazine: Following a three-year, $30 million renovation effort, a century-old apartment complex in DeBaliviere Place has a new name, modern amenities, and a high-profile tenant on the way. The Era Collective Apartments recently celebrated its grand opening, showcasing more than 8,000 square feet of updated amenities across four buildings on Union Avenue just north […]
From Bloomberg: On film, mental health facilities designed for children are too often pale and plastic. Think of the linoleum-floored corridors of Girl, Interrupted, the institutional green trim of It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Behavioral clinics for youth are aggressive in their lack (of color, of amenity, of detail), underlining patients’ separation from the outside world […]
From Construction Business Owner: Construction leaders at all levels must be aware of the rising risks of workplace misconduct. Company principals should be prepared to promptly and effectively investigate all circumstances of misconduct in the workplace. This includes incidents both in the office and on jobsites. In today’s increasingly litigious environment, there can be no […]
From Space News: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is preparing to open the doors to its new “NGA West” campus just north of downtown St. Louis in late September, the culmination of a nearly decade-long effort to modernize the agency’s footprint in the Midwest. The $1.7 billion facility — the largest federal investment in St. […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer on Thursday named a U.S. Air Force colonel as the city’s COO, a key position that oversees government functions. Ben Jonsson, who’s been with the Air Force for more than 25 years, will take over from interim COO Robert Herleth on July 7, the mayor’s office announced […]
From Leader Publications:Â The Festus City Council has approved a deal involving tax abatements for a developer to build an approximately $16 million, 92-room Hampton Inn & Suites hotel in the Festus Commerce & Business Center on Shapiro Drive next to the Texas Roadhouse restaurant. A similar deal was reached between the city and Crown […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Naloxone, a nasal-spray drug sold under the brand name Narcan, can reverse an opioid overdose. It’s given away by community and health groups, and it can be bought without a prescription at stores such as Walgreens, CVS and Amazon. And if you don’t use opioids, or know anyone who does, having […]
From Bloomberg: When Finnish engineer Ari Kurvi takes a hot shower or turns up the thermostat in his apartment, he’s tapping into waste heat generated by a 75-megawatt data center 5 kilometers away. As its computer servers churn through terabytes of digital information to support video calls, car navigation systems and web searches, an elaborate […]
From The Conversation: In 1918, as World War I intensified overseas, the U.S. government embarked on a radical experiment: It quietly became the nation’s largest housing developer, designing and constructing more than 80 new communities across 26 states in just two years. These weren’t hastily erected barracks or rows of identical homes. They were thoughtfully designed […]
From St. Louis Magazine: Following the devastating storms that caused damage across the St. Louis area on the afternoon on May 16, City Foundry has announced that the first of its new series of Live Art Markets at the 15-acre Midtown site will be dedicated to providing relief to affected communities. Tornado Relief Night, scheduled for May 21 from 5:30 – […]
From The Telegraph:  McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS), a development company based in St. Louis, has a large impact in the Metro-East area. Its first project in the Metro-East was in St. Louis, converting the Washington Hotel, originally built in 1903, to Washington Apartments, which still stand. This project started in 1979 under the Section 8 program […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The city’s building safety chief says two historic vacant buildings north of downtown need to be demolished in the wake of a damaging fire over the weekend. Building Commissioner Ed Ware said Wednesday that the buildings, owned by controversial developer Paul McKee’s NorthSide Regeneration, sustained considerable damage in the blaze, and […]
From Leader Publications:Â Festus R-6 school officials have allocated nearly $5 million to build an approximately 10,500-square-foot addition to Festus Intermediate School at 1501 Mid-Meadow Lane. The Festus Board of Education voted unanimously April 17 to award a $4,976,990 contract to Brockmiller Construction of Farmington to build the addition. The company submitted the lowest of […]
When this week’s tornados struck the City of St. Louis John Clark, labor relations manager for Millstone Weber, headed for the neighborhoods he knew would be worst hit. It was more than curiosity: Clark has a long history of doing relief work in tornado-struck areas, including the 2011 Joplin tornado. Clark works through Samaritan’s Purse, […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â St. Louis is eyeing the use of $10 million to $20 million in federal funds for tornado damage recovery, Mayor Cara Spencer said Tuesday. She said she had asked the city’s Community Development Administration to look at what federal American Rescue Plan Act funds could be used for the purpose. […]
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