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From MRN:  The senior living real estate boom is continuing in St. Peters. A new 161-unit apartment complex named Viva Bene, geared at active residents ages 55 and older, is scheduled to be completed this fall. The $37.8 million project is being built at 101 Viva Bene Circle, located near Interstate 70 just west of […]

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A $35.2 million senior living community that’s about to open in Chesterfield has changed its name and management. The 150-unit, high-end senior living community will now be known as “The Lumiere of Chesterfield,” at 16255 Chesterfield Parkway West, next to the Chesterfield Mall. It’s to feature 96 independent living units, […]

From Lincoln News Now:  History matters. History is a bridge and provides a road map from the past to the present. That is the point to the renovations of the old county jail which doubles as the Lincoln County Historical Museum, essentially one and the same. “History is a very important part of today. It’s […]

Nearly 200 architecture, engineering, and construction professionals gathered at Fabick Headquarters last month for the Concrete Council of St. Louis’ annual Concrete Pavements Seminar. The event brings together some of the brightest minds in the industry to discuss a variety of topics related to concrete paving that are having an impact in the Metro region. […]

Among comparable markets in the Midwest, the St. Louis region currently has the highest square footage available for distribution space, with nearly 6 million square feet ready to be occupied at one of the lowest average asking rents. The trained workforce needed to support operations for those taking advantage of the available space also is […]

The Southern Illinois Builders Association is helping support vocational education efforts in Southern Illinois high schools with cash grants. The eight Metro East schools receiving $500 grants are: Alton, Belleville Township for “The CAVE,” Bunker Hill, Carlyle, Central Community, Highland, Triad and Waterloo. About 90 high schools throughout Southern Illinois were invited to apply for […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  St. Louis-based McCormack Baron Salazar and the Centene Foundation have formed a partnership designed to create thousands of affordable housing units across the nation and in the St. Louis area. The foundation announced Tuesday it will provide below market-rate loans to support McCormack Baron’s pre-development design and planning work. That […]

From The Fabricator:  Those that think the future of automation will come in the shape of a humanoid robot might want to think again. For the foreseeable future, at least in the manufacturing space, automation is likely to look a lot like it does now. While many have in mind a future where robots look […]

From Fox News:  A riverfront stadium planned to keep the NFL Rams in St. Louis never came to be, and the land once desired for that venue is largely unused. What should St. Louis do with that land? More than 100 college students recently tackled that concept in presentations through the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation’s […]

From Riverbender:  The Edwardsville City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass a series of resolutions related to the construction of a new roundabout at the intersection of Governor’s Parkway and Esic Drive. The project will be funded through a combination of federal, state, and local funds. The city was awarded Congestion Mitigation and Air […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A St. Louis-based architecture firm that has worked on several Colorado projects, including the new Denver Broncos training facility, is doubling its presence in the Mile High City. HOK moved into a 5,500-square-foot office space at 1401 17th St. in LoDo Towers, an expansion from its previous 2,500-square-foot space just […]

From Construction Dive:  The U.S. Department of Commerce is trying to bring more women into the construction workforce, with the help of some familiar names in the industry. Several construction companies signed the Million Women in Construction Community Pledge on Tuesday, following a round table discussion led by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. By signing the pledge, […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  On a recent May afternoon, St. Louis natives Stephen and Emily Savage surveyed their newest acquisition: four and a half grassy acres that are the future home of Cottle Village, a development with a restaurant and bar, whiskey distillery and outdoor stage. A former plant nursery, the Cottleville land is rich […]

From St. Louis Magazine:  Full disclosure: The Missouri historic preservation tax credit is something I need re-explained to me every so often—most recently yesterday, as people in and adjacent to the development world told me how a small legislative victory in Jefferson City last week could end up having big, catalyzing effects downtown. So if […]

From The Fabricator:  While speaking with John Henderson of ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, for this issue’s overview on oxyfuel cutting, I recounted a story of my first experience with an oxyfuel flame. It was at a “Welding for the Non-Welder” course at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology in Troy, Ohio, in 2008. It […]

From Leader Publications:  Jefferson County will have its own forensic crime lab next year. A groundbreaking ceremony was held May 6 where the lab will be built next to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office evidence storage building on Mason Circle North in Pevely. Public Works Director Jason Jonas said about 40 people attended the groundbreaking, […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Through the rolling hills in Defiance sits one of the few vestiges of early American frontier history in St. Charles County. The Bryan Mill Grove estate is on over 100 acres on Highway F owned by frontiersman Daniel Boone in the early 1800s. It includes a stone barn likely built by […]

From Riverbender:  The Grafton Art Gallery will officially open on Saturday, May 25, 2024, complete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, giveaways and lots of art to inspire and enjoy. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, community members can check out the new gallery located at 301 E. Main Street in Grafton. Admission is free, […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  At first, Bob Millstone was skeptical. The longtime St. Louis real estate developer and attorney heard the details of Gateway South, the $1.2 billion construction innovation district planned in a long-vacant former downtown manufacturing site just south of the Gateway Arch, and appreciated the project’s ambition. But he also knows […]