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Editor’s Note: Former pro football player and nonprofit founder Demetrious Johnson was a stalwart supporter of inclusive workforce in the construction industry. A memorial service for Johnson, who died Christmas Eve, was held on Monday. From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Reggie Blackwell was just a kid when Demetrious Johnson, a professional football player with the Detroit […]

From St. Louis Business Journal: The plaza at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park will undergo upgrades intended to make the facility’s front entrance more accessible and modern. The plaza entrance on the north side of the museum, at 5700 Lindell Blvd. where events such as Twilight Tuesdays are held, will change. The project contemplates […]

From Illinois Business Journal:  Just in time for an unseasonably warm last week of December, a segment of the Madison County Transit (MCT) Nickel Plate Trail from IL-143 to Blackburn Road which has been closed for reconstruction, is now re-open and the much-anticipated trail improvements are now complete. In November 2021, MCT began the $2.6 […]

Brinkmann Constructors, a leading national general contractor, is opening a new office in Phoenix to allow the company to better serve the southwest United States, an area where the company is already active. Over the last few years, Brinkmann has entered many new markets as it continues to expand its national reach. Brinkmann has been […]

The Urban Land Institute St. Louis (ULI STL) will kick off the New Year with its annual “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” and include a deeper dive with the audience in the room.  The annual look at local and national real estate trends will be presented from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. […]

From Smartcities Dive:  The U.S. Department of Transportation will provide $1.5 billion in funding for transportation projects that have significant local or regional impact and improve safety and equity, according to a press release on Thursday. The department will provide the funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity discretionary grant program, known as RAISE, allowing local and […]

From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  In the past 25 years since there’s been a Goodwill store in Glen Carbon, the store was remodeled once around 2010. Beginning in January and continuing for three weeks, the store will undergo interior, or winter phase of a new round of renovations, according to Mark Kahrs, executive vice president of retail […]

From KSDK:  The Chesterfield City Council is moving forward with the latest step in redeveloping the Chesterfield Mall area. In a unanimous vote, they approved more than $353 million in tax increment financing(TIF). Several people spoke at the city council meeting before the vote including an attorney for Dillard’s in Chesterfield Mall who says they planned […]

Helmkamp Construction’s Director of Operations, Joe Stange, and Project Director, Kyle Ogden, are moving into new roles at the 85-year-old general contracting firm. These new roles are being strategically put into place by President & Owner Rob Johnes to allow for viable growth in the company’s future. “These changes allow for more review, coaching, and […]

From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Tuesday, Edwardsville’s public service committee approved a pair of professional service agreements and a supplemental resolution. Alderman Chris Farrar was absent. The first agreement is for the Old North Interceptor Sewer Replacement project. The agreement is in the amount of $584,000. City Engineer Ryan Zwijack said Wednesday that the line runs for […]

From emissourian:  Washington’s largest shopping center is under new ownership. The Hoffmann Family of Companies has entered into an agreement to purchase the Phoenix Shopping Center in Washington and an additional 16 acres of undeveloped land from developer Joe Vernaci. Announced in a press release Friday, the purchase includes the buildings housing major retail box […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A developer has sold the last warehouse in a real estate investment fund, after selling most of the fund’s warehouses last year. Real estate investment adviser Transwestern Investment Group (TIG) sold a 500,000-square-foot warehouse at 28 Gateway Commerce Center in Edwardsville, the last piece to sell from an investment portfolio originally […]

The IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection partnership hosted a special holiday celebration for families served by the justice system – one that also opens potential career opportunities. More than 100 families served by the United States District Court Eastern District of Missouri, Probation Division received holiday gifts as the Electrical Connection again supported the division’s holiday gift […]

Effective January 1, 2023, Jeff Limbaugh, Limbaugh Construction Co., Inc., Granite City, Illinois was elected as President of the Southern Illinois Builders Association. Other officers for 2023 are: First Vice President – Scott Plocher, Plocher Construction Company, Inc., Highland, Illinois; Second Vice President – Richard Boyer, Boyer Fire Protection, St. Louis, Missouri; and Secretary/Treasurer – […]

by Diana Wilhold, Deputy Executive Director/COO, Construction Forum All good outcomes start with relationships, aligned missions, and focused action. In November, I was asked by a former colleague at BJC HealthCare if the Forum would have any resources to help Patrick Henry Elementary school in the Saint Louis Public Schools to create equal access for […]

From KMOV4:  Earlier this week, aldermen pushed forward a new, $135M build for the Central West End. It’s a luxury apartment that would go in the empty lot across from the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. However, despite residents and developers being tired of looking at that parking lot, one alderwoman is doing all she can to […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Greater St. Louis Inc. certainly didn’t have a sophomore slump. The civic organization, formed at the beginning of 2021 in a merger of four groups, pledged to bring order to the region’s often chaotic economic development efforts. Its first-year successes included landing a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt and crafting a 10-year job […]

From Construction Dive:  Dive Brief: Construction backlog in November reached its highest level since the second quarter of 2019, as contractors with under $30 million in revenue landed new jobs faster than expected, according to Associated Builders and Contractors. ABC’S Construction Backlog Indicator jumped in November to 9.2 months, a 0.4-month uptick from October and a […]

From Area Development: Confluence Food Group, a holding company that owns three St. Louis food service businesses, will expand its operations in St Louis, Missouri. The $6.3 million project is expected to create 17 jobs. The company relocated from its 24,000-square-foot location at North Broadway to its new 113,000-square-foot facility on Garfield Avenue. “Relocation to our […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  An $18 million senior housing development proposed in Bevo Mill will move forward after the developers were awarded subsidies by a state board, after five years of efforts to secure them. Crossroads Senior Living at Bevo Mill, a joint project from Tower Grove Community Development Corp. and Lutheran Senior Services, is […]