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LCG Capital Management Announces Sam Adler as Managing Director – Real Estate Development

1 month 3 weeks ago

LCG Capital Management (LCG), a real estate firm specializing in development, brokerage, property management and corporate services, today announced that Sam Adler has joined the company as managing director – real estate development. With more than 15 years of experience in commercial real estate development and transactions, Adler will lead the strategy and execution of […]

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Tom Finan

Edwardsville Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Child Pornography

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EDWARDSVILLE — James T. Berry, 24, of Edwardsville, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to a Class X felony count of disseminating child pornography, Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Berry admitted to sharing a video file depicting an unclothed child via the Kik application on Sept. 14, 2024. The video was not created by Berry. The investigation began after the Edwardsville Police Department received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, leading to the discovery of child pornography on Berry’s mobile device. Haine praised the Edwardsville Police Department for their work on the case and commended Assistant State’s Attorneys Ali Foley and Rebecca Buettner, who prosecuted the case as part of the Children’s Justice Division at the State’s Attorney’s Office. In addition to the prison sentence, Berry is required to register as a sex

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City Seeks Roofing Bids for Three Neighborhood Recreation Centers.

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Three of St. Louis’ neighborhood recreation centers—Wohl, Buder, and 12th & Park—are slated for major roof repairs and replacements in 2026 as part of a citywide reinvestment in community facilities. The Community Development Administration (CDA), working with the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry, has issued requests for proposals (RFPs) seeking qualified contractors to perform […]

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Tom Finan

Tarlton Promotes Tyler Sneed and Ben Schad to Senior Project Engineers on Health Care Team

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Tarlton Corp. has promoted Tyler Sneed and Ben Schad to senior project engineers on the health care team. Sneed holds a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and was hired as a project engineer at Tarlton in 2021. His health care work at the firm includes multiple renovations at […]

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Dede Hance

Lux Living Restarts Crestwood Apartments; Go-Cart Track Pushed Out

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The developers who hired the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi and had their criminal fraud charges dropped by the U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis have restarted a $50 million apartment project, forcing a popular small business to close. Developer Lux Living, led by Victor Alston and Sid Chakraverty, first proposed the nearly 300-unit apartment […]

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Tom Finan

Mass Timber Demand is Growing. Ironworkers Say They’re Ready.

1 month 3 weeks ago

From Construction Dive: Mass timber is having a moment. In September, the number of multifamily, commercial or institutional mass timber projects that were in progress or built had increased by more than five fold from seven years ago, according to WoodWorks, a nonprofit that supports contractors on mass timber builds. With that demand comes a […]

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Dede Hance

Duke Bakery To Relaunch Historic Soda Line

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ALTON — Duke Bakery, a longtime fixture in the Alton community, is set to relaunch its Duke Beverage line with a launch party scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. The event will celebrate the return of the bakery’s soda offerings. The Doucleff family purchased Jackson Bottling Co. on Oct. 25, 1943, which is the reason for the significance of Saturday's date for the anniversary event. The soda plant closed in 1954. Mike and Helen Doucleff opened Duke Bakery in 1951. The business now has locations at 819 Henry St. in Alton and 3202 Nameoki Road in Granite City. The current Duke Bakery beverage lineup includes orange, cocoa crème, root beer, cola, grape, strawberry, and blue raspberry — a modern addition to fit the tastes of Hollis’s 14-year-old daughter and the youth of her generation. All beverages will be sold in glass bottles, emphasizing the nostalgic appeal. Ben Hollis, representing Duke Bakery, shared details during a recen

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Data Centers, Infrastructure Prop Up Construction Backlog

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From Construction Dive: Construction backlog held at 8.5 months in September, unchanged from August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors survey conducted Sept. 22 to Oct. 6. Over the past 12 months, only infrastructure construction has added on to contractors’ pipelines, according to ABC. Other commercial and institutional work lagged. Contractor confidence showed mixed […]

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Dede Hance

Sequoia’s Choice

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Sequoia Capital just showed us exactly what “institutional neutrality” means—when billions are at stake. Sumaiya Balbale—the firm’s chief operating officer, a Shake Shack board member, someone “well regarded internally and by the start-ups she worked with as an experienced operating executive”—resigned in August after complaining about partner Shaun Maguire’s Islamophobic posts. Senior partners declined to discipline him, citing free […]
Mike Brock

Trump press secretary defends White House ballroom project amid East Wing teardown

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WASHINGTON — Workers this week demolished the East Wing of the White House, originally built in 1942, to make room for construction of a ballroom that President Donald Trump had said wouldn’t impact the building.  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the roughly $300 million project during a Thursday briefing, saying it is the […]
Jennifer Shutt

US Senate fails to move ahead on bills extending pay to federal workers during shutdown

1 month 3 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — The Senate Thursday failed to advance a Republican measure and rejected unanimous agreements on two related bills from Democrats that would have paid federal employees and contractors who have continued to work amid the government shutdown, which entered day 23.  The stalemate constituted the latest example of how dug in to their arguments […]
Ariana Figueroa, Ashley Murray

Richard Ward, Visionary Planner, Fierce Advocate for a Better St. Louis, Dies at 84

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum St. Louis’ built environment community has lost Richard C. Ward, a planner who was one of its strongest advocates and greatest scholars. Richard passed away October 8th, at the age of 84, after a three-year battle with Alzheimer’s. I first met Richard when we were part of of […]

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Tom Finan