From St. Louis Business Journal: A union and developer trying for a rehab of downtown St. Louis’ Jefferson Arms building have agreed to settle their dispute, according to court documents. The local branch of a carpenters union last month sued the developer, Dallas-based Alterra Worldwide, alleging it’s owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for loans tied […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: St. Louis County council members are one step closer to deciding how they’ll use $68.4 million in remaining federal pandemic relief money, advancing proposals on Tuesday for a new central county police station, derelict property demolition and an arts nonprofit, among others. But the County Council still has to decide which […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The city of St. Louis has begun to advance a slate of subsidies that could be granted to the $325 million entertainment, restaurant and retail complex proposed along the Mississippi River in north St. Louis. The 67.5-acre Lighthouse Point project at 11000 Riverview Drive, on the border of St. Louis […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: Residents of Brookside Drive and Glendale Gardens Drive in Glendale are once again up in arms over plans for several additions to a neighboring car dealership. On Thursday, Sept. 22, the Glendale Plan Commission heard from a team at Glendale Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, 10070 Manchester Road. The dealership is requesting a […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: City officials on Monday told residents concerned about dangerous driving and deadly crashes in and around the South Grand Boulevard business district this summer that help is on the way. Police said they’ve been pulling over more people to enforce traffic laws in the past month. A city planner said his […]
From RiverBender: The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that the Federal Highway Administration has approved its plan to build a reliable electric vehicle charging network throughout the state. The State of Illinois Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan addresses potential challenges and proposes locations for charging stations to ensure motorists can confidently traverse the state […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: St Louis has always been a great city; it became a gateway to the West in the early 1800s and 1900s when it served as a major port city on the Mississippi for passengers and cargo alike. Over the past few years, St. Louis has rebranded itself as a geospatial, […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: Jefferson County officials have voted not to designate a portion of Missouri Route 21 as part of the Ozark Run Scenic Byway. The Jefferson County Council voted 5-2 last week to object to the plan. The proposal would add to place signs with the byway’s name along a route that […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: St. Louis Community College this week provided a glimpse into the future of its aging Meramec campus in Kirkwood, outlining millions of dollars in reinvestment over the next five years and highlighted by the construction of three new buildings. System wide, St. Louis Community College has budgeted for more than $400 million […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: You know the cliché: Shopping malls are desolate and deserted places, inhabited only by elderly walkers and a few sad stores desperately clinging to life among the cobwebs and decay. And that is true of some malls. And it is very much not true of others. Malls have been on a […]
From Mass Transit: On the heels of the recent opening of the “Transit Stop Transformation Project” at the Belleville Transit Center and the unveiling of the one at the North Hanley Transit Center set for mid-October – Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), AARP in St. Louis, St. Clair County Transit District and Metro Transit today […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A New York developer is eyeing redevelopment of one of downtown St. Louis’ biggest vacant buildings. The 1.2 million-square-foot Railway Exchange Building, the former flagship location and headquarters of Famous-Barr department stores, at 615 Olive St. is being considered for a project by Brooklyn-based Carnegie Management Inc., people familiar with […]
Editor’s Note: This week Construction Forum drone pilot Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle, LLC, captured construction on a new apartment complex in the Cupples warehouse complex in downtown St. Louis. The new development, to be called 11th and Spruce, will occupy a vacant lot that previously housed the Cupples 7 warehouse. Brinkmann is the general […]
From NextSTL: In 2009 the City of St. Louis released a plan to transform St. Louis’ Gateway Mall–the urban greenspace that now runs from the Gateway Arch west to 20th Street. The Gateway Mall, as it exists today, is the legacy of numerous plans and measures that date back to the City’s comprehensive plan of […]
From ACHR News: Working in the trades already comes with its fair share of stress, but for the last couple years, the industry has also had to deal with COVID-19, supply chain issues, the material shortage, rising gas prices, and much more. Levi Torres, owner of High 5 Plumbing, said the labor shortage has been […]
Last Thursday (Sept. 29th), the Forum hosted a webinar presented by accountants and consultants Wipfli, LLP on new energy tax credits that are available to designers, builders, and developers. If you missed the energy credit webinar last Thursday, or even if you were one of the 39 people in attendance and feel like you need […]
Patrick Mason, Market Leader and Project Director at IMPACT Strategies OKI Regional office, recently completed the Project Manager Academy through Fails Management Institute (FMI). The four-day intensive training held in Raleigh, NC covered four core themes: Developing profitable customer relationships Creating powerful, integrated project teams Understanding financial control of projects Planning projects for profits and […]
The Making an IMPACT Foundation, established in 2021 by IMPACT Strategies of Fairview Heights, IL, has awarded its inaugural scholarship. Pictured left to right: Mike Christ – Executive VP of IMPACT Strategies, Mark Hinrichs – President of IMPACT Strategies, Thomas Logan – Scholarship Winner, Michael Holmes – Director of Diversity & Strategic Partnerships for IMPACT […]
Kwame Building Group has added Briana Jones as Project Administrator and DeAna Carter as Project Engineer. As Project Administrator, Jones is responsible for administrative support on various projects, working primarily on the Metropolitan Sewer District project. She corresponds with project team members and clients, creating presentations, managing records and compiling reports. Carter collaborates with owners […]
St. Louis local PBS station Nine Network has produced a video examining career paths for women in the St. Louis construction trades. Nine Network has been a national leader in addressing workforce pipeline issues. Besides convening those working on creating pathways for future workers in our region, the station has produced rich media which can […]
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