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02.05.2010 11:31 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Despite its well-documented woes with the President Casino downtown, Pinnacle Entertainment is all set to go on River City.

They’ve even set a date.

March 4, at 2 p.m., will be the official opening date and time for the new casino in south…

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02.04.2010 11:49 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis is among this year’s so-called Dozen Distinctive Destinations chosen by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Our Town, nominated for the list by the Convention and Visitors Commission, was selected “for its revitalized downtown, its diverse and inviting tapestry…

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02.03.2010 5:56 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Confusion arose this afternoon over some aspects of the foreclosure sales of two downtown St. Louis buildings–One City Centre and the Arcade building.

At first, it appeared that Bank of America, which had initiated both foreclosures, was the sole bidder on…

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02.03.2010 2:11 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rumors that a buyer might emerge today for the vacant Arcade building in downtown St. Louis didn’t pan out.

After a cancellation in December and subsequent rescheduling, foreclosure of the building went through today. Bank of America’s bid of $9 million…

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02.03.2010 1:51 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A foreclosure sale today gave developer Stacy Hastie control of the One City Centre office tower in downtown St. Louis.

Hastie, head of SCR Investments, says the pace of work will pick up now that Pyramid Co.’s ownership interest in the…

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02.03.2010 7:00 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Approval of a $5 million loan from the state boosts plans to refurbish the One City Centre office tower in downtown St. Louis.

Or as city development director Barbara Geisman puts it, that’s “one more bowling pin down” in the complicated…

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02.02.2010 5:23 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

You’ll find more details in tomorrow’s Post-Dispatch but here’s a bit on the latest twist in the effort to build a Westin Hotel in downtown Clayton.

Premier Bank was ready to foreclose at noon today on its $8.1 million loan to…

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02.01.2010 4:36 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis region’s bid to become a hub for Chinese trade with the Midwest is moving in the right direction, but hinges on the U.S boosting exports to China and on breaking down trade barriers between the two nations,…

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01.29.2010 12:35 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Home prices here haven’t crashed as steeply as some places, but they’ll be in a slump for at least another two years, well after prices start recovering elsewhere.

So says a new report from Fiserv, a financial services firm which uses…

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01.28.2010 12:18 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As you’d expect at a booster event, the mood was generally upbeat at the annual progress report luncheon put on the by the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis.

New President Maggie Campbell cited a list of projects she says will move…

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