A news blackout of sorts is shrouding talks between a Central West End neighborhood group and drugstore giant CVS over the design of the store the company plans to build on Lindell Boulevard.

CVS representatives met last night with CWE residents…

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Rally tonight or not, demolition of the San Luis has decidedly moved on from the “soft” phase.

Crews and cranes from Ahrens Excavation were clawing away at the Central West End apartment building this morning, and, by 11:15, had…

Judge Robert Dierker today denied last-ditch efforts to save the San Luis, the Central West End apartment building that local preservationists have been trying to spare from the wrecking ball.

In a five-page opinion issued this morning, Dierker rejected a request by…

The Roberts brothers’ Hotel Indigo in the Central West End is scheduled to open next week.

Ribbons are to be cut at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The hotel, in a renovated 1950s motor hotel, had been involved in disputes with two contractors…

The Archdiocese of St. Louis, owner of the vacant San Luis apartments on Lindell Boulevard, is acting as if it has clear sailing to tear down the 11-story building.

Dan Jay, the architect on the archdiocese’s plan to replace the building…

Whether the San Luis apartment building is an architectural gem that helps anchor the Lindell Boulevard streetscape or an unremarkable hulk replaceable by a parking lot were the opposing views tonight before the St. Louis Preservation Board.

So far, the winner…

Hallelujah, developer Pete Rochschild might say over the brownfield tax credit awarded his project to redo a vacant yet historic church in the Central West End.

The Missouri Department of Economic Development says Rothschild Development has been approved for up to $594,464 in brownfield…

For one thing, it buys the penthouse atop the Chase Park Plaza. In addition to the 360-degree view 27 floors above the Central West End, the buyer gets an enormous luxury residence, a private elevator foyer and 24-hour valet service.

According…

UPDATED: Dozens of people showed up Saturday for what they called a Valentine’s Day “love-in” to support preservation of the San Luis apartments on Lindell Boulevard in the Central West End.

Will the preservationists return next year to celebrate the saving…