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07.30.2009 10:49 am

Homewood Suites opens in Richmond Heights

A new hotel in Richmond Heights is off to a roaring start, according to the property’s owners, bucking a prevailing pattern of development in its immediate area.

The 10-story, 158-room Homewood Suites by Hilton opened July 1 just off the southeast…

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07.29.2009 11:07 am

Sheet metal workers renew labor contract

Members of the local Sheet Metal Workers union agreed July 18 on a new labor contract with the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association of St. Louis.

The labor union represents more than 3,200 people who work in various…

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07.20.2009 10:32 am

St. Louis-area permits down 11% in June, best month in almost two years

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The market for new homes in St. Louis is still searching for a bottom. But it may be getting closer to finding one.

Permits to build new single-family houses in seven Missouri counties fell 11.4 percent in June, compared to the…

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03.30.2009 12:45 pm

New report quantifies downtown St. Louis condo shrinkage

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The numbers show how brutal the shriveled housing market has been on downtown St. Louis condo development.

A new report from the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis shows that by last December, 1,242 planned condos had been removed from downtown’s “under construction/in…

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03.16.2009 4:46 pm

Carnahan to discuss stimulus with construction group

Rep. Russ Carnahan will discuss this month the impact of federal economic stimulus measures on local infrastructure projects in front of the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers.

The lunch program, scheduled for March 27 at the Crown Plaza hotel by the Lambert-St. Louis International…

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03.13.2009 5:50 pm

Tarlton role on National Archives project expands

Tarlton Corp. will work as a joint venture partner in building a new National Archives and Record Administration military personnel records facility in north St. Louis County, the company said Friday.

Tarlton, a St. Louis-based contracting and construction management firm, was…

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03.10.2009 3:52 pm

Work begins on $6 million Community School expansion

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Community School in Ladue might be the area’s best private elementary school about which you know little.

In any event, work is underway on a $6 million project to build a brick, two-story “leadership wing,” expand the school kitchen, renovate the front entrance and…

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03.06.2009 5:20 pm

Construction woes strike materials makers

As construction projects have slowed down, so, too, has business for manufacturers of construction materials, according to a research note released Tuesday by Longbow Research.

The decline in demand for concrete is more troublesome for manufacturers than falling cement prices, according to the findings…

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03.02.2009 1:46 pm

Residential construction falls, but non-residential falls faster

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The latest sign of the fast-weakening commercial real estate market came today, in new Commerce Department numbers showing something we haven’t yet seen: Construction spending on big building projects is falling faster than it is on homes.

Yes, private sector residential construction…

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02.25.2009 9:43 am

Seminar touts benefits of technology in construction

The St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers is hosting a seminar Thursday on the benefits of Building Infomation Modeling (BIM). This software is increasingly popular among those in construction and architecture for its ability to provide three dimensional models of…

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