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This article originally ran in St. Louis Magazine on September 26, 2022.  Take a riverboat cruise with Caitlin Murphy and she’ll geek out—and not about the typical touristy sites along the river. While you’re pointing out the Arch like a townie, the 35-year-old CEO of Global Gateway Logistics is eyeing the grain augers and the barges that are loaded with corn, […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 26, 2022.  It’s no secret the trucking industry is struggling. In 2021, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported that the trucking industry was short more than 80,000 drivers, a historic high. But St. Louis companies that responded to a Business Journal survey seem to have it figured out, reporting […]

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This article originally ran in the Belleville News-Democrat on September 22, 2022.  Belleville City Council has entered into development agreements that will lead to big changes on two city blocks. One involves a $4.5 million expansion of the Chelar Tool & Die manufacturing plant. The other involves demolition of a home and former bakery building to increase parking space for BelleVegas […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on September 16, 2022.  Four companies have signed deals for warehouses not yet built in Hazelwood, underscoring the rising demand for — but short supply of — St. Louis-area industrial space. The warehouses, which are expected to be complete later this month, are at Aviator Business Park, an industrial complex built on […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 16, 2022.  A partnership group led by Crestwood-based renewable energy producer Roeslein Alternative Energy won an $80 million federal grant to fund development of so-called “climate-smart” agriculture production. RAE and 13 public and private entities received the funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, […]

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This article originally ran on RiverBender.com on September 13, 2022.  The U.S. Department of Labor awarded Madison County and the St. Louis region workforce innovation areas a four-year,$5.8 million grant to be a part of the Apprenticeship Building America program. “We are thrilled with this announcement from the Department of Labor to be able to launch the Gateway Registered Apprenticeship Programs […]

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Delivery of region’s highest priority infrastructure project will double volume of freight that can move through middle America The 133-year-old Merchants Bridge celebrated its official grand reopening September 15, following the completion of a landmark $222 million project to replace the vital artery that links Missouri and Illinois near downtown St. Louis. Dating back to the 1890s, the Merchants Bridge […]

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This article originally ran on RebusinessOnline.com on September 8, 2022.  Modern bulk distribution buildings under construction in the St. Louis region hit a historic high earlier this year, approaching 8 million square feet. The record level of construction illustrates the industrial real estate market in the southwestern Illinois and eastern Missouri region continues to expand to meet ever-increasing demand as world […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 13, 2022.  American Foods Group, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based beef processor, has begun work on a new facility near Wright City in Warren County. The company, which announced plans for the facility in November last year, is investing $800 million in the new 775,000-square-foot beef processing plant, officials said […]

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This article originally ran on KMOV.com on September 12, 2022.  ST. PETERS, Mo. (KMOV) – Nearly $600 million in investment and subsequent tax revenue is coming to St. Peters, as the Premiere 370 business park expands to include new distributors. The 850-acre business park can be seen from Highway 370 in St. Charles County, and while it may not get much […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 6, 2022.  A warehouse developer is planning another industrial park in St. Louis County, this time with three new buildings on 90.95 acres. Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development received zoning approval Thursday from the Maryland Heights City Council for River Valley Commerce Center, a development of three large warehouses […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 2, 2022.  The St. Louis region has won a $25 million federal grant for several advanced manufacturing industry projects, including construction of a center in north St. Louis that backers say will become the hub of a “regional tech triangle.” “One voice with one plan led to a big win […]

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This article originally ran on Fox2Now.com on August 18, 2022.  General Motors is investing $1.5 billion to build its next-generation midsize pickup truck at the Wentzville Assembly plant. On Thursday, the company offered a look at its new Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks. GM currently employs more than 4,000 people at its Wentzville plant. It’s bringing the next generation of […]

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This article originally ran in USA Today on August 27, 2022.  For new college graduates, the best cities in the U.S. to begin a career aren’t coastal — they’re in the Midwest, according to a recent ranking that has St. Louis at the top of the list. Since college grads tend to earn less earlier in their careers, an analysis by […]

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The $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois near downtown St. Louis is nearing completion, and the St. Louis Regional Freightway gave invited guests and the public the opportunity to see one of the last significant milestones in the project firsthand from the special vantage point of a riverboat cruise. Passengers on board witnessed […]

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This article was featured in the August 23, 2022 edition of Freight Business Journal of North America Late last year, devastating floods swept through British Columbia, destroying major highways and railways, and exacerbating the strained supply chain at the Port of Vancouver. With the flow of goods from Asia threatened, carriers diverted cargo 450 miles north to the Port of […]

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Photo courtesy of Walsh Construction and Trey Cambern Photography Friday, August 26 Board: 11:30 a.m. | Depart: 12 p.m. | Return: 1:30 p.m. Cost Adults $24 Kids $14 Seniors $22 50 S Leonor K Sullivan Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63102 Base of the Gateway Arch Steps Join us to see history in the making as our cruise takes us to […]

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This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on August 15, 2022.  This year we celebrate the fifth anniversary of 39 North, our 600-acre innovation district located in the heart of agriculture. Anchored by the Danforth Center, BRDG Park, the Helix Center Incubator, Bayer Crop Science, Benson Hill and the Yield Lab accelerator, 39 North sits at the center of it all: agriculture, bioscience, big data, […]

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The I-270 North Project has an upcoming weekend Interstate 270 closure in North County, St. Louis. Location: I-270 Eastbound and Westbound will be closed near Lindbergh Blvd. Duration: Starting on Friday, August 19 at 9 p.m. the interstate will close to both eastbound and westbound traffic. Crews will have the interstate back open each direction by Monday, August 22 at […]

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This article originally ran in Construction Forum on August 10, 2022.  A $1.2B development project is under consideration for 80 acres located south of the Gateway Arch near the Poplar Street Bridge. A resolution is scheduled to go before the St. Louis Port Authority Commission at its Thursday (Aug. 11) meeting. The agenda item is titled in part, “Resolution stating the […]

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