2022 proved to be a solid year for St. Louis Downtown Airport, with highlights ranging from the arrival of a new director and continuation of strong flight operations to the return of in-person events aimed at growing the aviation industry workforce. Add in the groundbreaking for a significant new project and expansion plans revealed for […]
The Kwame Foundation and Lincoln University have come together for a historic partnership to improve men’s and women’s golf programs and increase access to the sport. Kwame Foundation’s multi-year commitment to Lincoln University Athletics was launched with extensive renovations to the university’s golf facility and provides much-needed equipment for student athletes. The Kwame Foundation Golf […]
Tracy Hart, president of Tarlton Corp., a leading St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, has been named to the 2023 St. Louis Titan 100, a program nationwide that recognizes regionally a premier group of CEOs and C-level executives who serve in both the public and private sectors and demonstrate exceptional leadership, vision and […]
Contegra Construction Co. has completed a new transport distribution center in Cumberland, Maryland. The 192,000-square-foot highly functional facility was built for Kansas City-based Jones Development. Located at 12000 Mexico Farms Rd, in Cumberland, MD, the facility is constructed with tilt-up concrete panels and features 10,000 square feet of office space, 32-foot clear height, 56 dock […]
S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction manager and contracting firm, has promoted Brad Homes to Senior Project Manager and Emily Bozarth to Assistant Project Manager. Brad Homes has worked at S. M. Wilson over the past eleven years as a project engineer, assistant project manager and project manager. As Senior Project Manager, […]
St. Louis, Missouri-based Mia Rose Holdings has announced the expansion of The Prairie luxury multi-family community in Dardenne Prairie with the addition of a 45,000 square foot mixed-use building. The three-story building will include 24 two-bedroom, two-bath apartment units on the second and third floors and nearly 15,000 square feet of space on the first […]
R.G. Ross Construction Company is pleased to welcome Susan Sauer to the team in Business Development. Sauer brings her keen interest in the construction industry, workforce development and her ongoing involvement in commercial and residential real estate brokerage to the team. A St. Louis native, Sauer endeavors to share and celebrate the many opportunities, spectacular […]
From The St. Louis America: The beginning of Orvin Kimbrough’s pathway to success was far from smooth. Yet, he now serves as the chair and CEO of Midwest BankCentre. He is the first and only African American to lead one of the 100-plus mainstream banks in the St. Louis region. Midwest BankCentre is St. Louis’ second […]
From WCEM: Work at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy has temporarily changed most residents’ lives on campus. You can often find veterans at the construction site of the new facility, watching the new structure go up. ”It’s…it’s pretty special,” Structural Steel Superintendent Shane Cross said. “I take a lot of pride in it, that were […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The historic rainfall in July 2022 that triggered flooding in the St. Louis area led to damage to the headquarters of Royal Banks of Missouri in University City. But rather than repairing the damaged building, which is also the bank’s headquarters, Royal Banks plans to demolish the structure and replace it […]
From Construction Dive: For much of its recent history in mitigating climate change, Denver has concentrated on buildings’ operational energy — the energy needed to run basics like heating, air conditioning, lighting and hot water. That will shift in May, when Denver’s newly adopted green code takes effect, said Christy Collins, green communities specialist with the […]
From newswires: Mayor Robert Eastern, and the development teams comprised of Efficacy Consulting & Development (ECD), Tier-1 Development Group and local non-profit Community Life-Line, conjointly announce the $44 million re-development funding, that signals the beginning of the highly anticipated revitalization efforts for the New Broadview within the Historic District of Downtown East St. Louis. This initiative […]
From St. Louis INNO: A St. Louis-based startup company is moving into new office space converted from a vacant factory, a move the Arch Grants recipient said will allow it to continue to grow and add employees over the next year. TCARE, which provides technology to reduce burnout in family caregivers, will start construction immediately to […]
From KSDK: The St. Louis Board of Aldermen is preparing to spend the last of the city’s federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) on safer streets. The Housing, Urban Development, and Zoning Committee is scheduled to hear proposals on Board Bill 120 Thursday morning. The current version of the proposal would spend a […]
From West Magazine: Third time’s the charm for Maryville University and its development partners, KEAT Properties and Keeley Construction, at least as far as the city of Town & Country’s Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) is concerned. On Jan. 18, Greg Yawitz, CEO of KEAT Properties, and Dr. Mark Lombardi, president of Maryville University, presented their […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The HFW Cos., a St. Louis-based professional services firm targeting the architecture, engineering and construction sector for investments, has added an Iowa-based architecture business to its growing portfolio. HFW said this week it has formed a “strategic growth partnership” with Invision, a planning, architecture and interior design firm. Terms of the […]
From RiverFront Times: Forest Park is inching closer to installing basketball courts for the first time in its 146-year history. Organizers will host the first open house session tonight at the Heights Community Center in Richmond Heights (8001 Dale Avenue, 314-645-1476) from 4 to 7 p.m., where interested parties can see design concepts and offer feedback. […]
From St. Louis Magazine: If you’re a casual student of history, terms such as primary and secondary sources might cause your eyes to glaze over. But for historians, the difference between the two is critical to the study of the past. Primary sources are letters, newspapers, photographs or other documents created as the historical event was […]
From West Magazine: A development with both single-family and multi-family residential has been proposed for a 15-acre site in Town Center in Wildwood. Greenberg Development, LLC, is requesting to build 11 single-family homes on a 4.6-acre tract at the northwest corner of the Manchester and Taylor roads intersection. It would require a modification of the Town […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The new system that the city of St. Louis will use to award subsidies to developers allows the city to shape future projects by granting incentives for the types of development city officials most want to see, the consultant who developed the plan said last week. The city’s economic development […]
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