I was fortunate to spend much of the week in Denver, working on a story (more on that in a few days.)

But I also got to spend some time exploring the Mile High City, and talking with people about how…

A Missouri economic development panel gave final approval this morning to $3 million in financing to help Express Scripts build a drug distribution facilty employing nearly 270 people.

State and St. Louis County officials hope the company decides to locate the…

There’s an interesting essay in the latest Newsweek by urban thinker Joel Kotkin, who argues that, for reasons familial, economic and technological, often-rootless Americans are entering a time when we’re more likely to stay put. And that this will have all…

Lots of awards got passed out over the noon hour today at the appropriately named business awards luncheon put on by Mayor Francis Slay and the St. Louis Development Corp.

Getting Business of the Year awards were Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Bowood…

Just came across some interesting rankings on the website of the Natural Resources Defense Council, which attempts to grade American cities on how “smart” they are on a variety of environmental and quality of life issues, and then rank them. A…

McEagle Properties has released “Chapter 1″ in a series of YouTube videos it hopes will “explain the NorthSide Regeneration Project” in more detail.

There isn’t much new information on this 7-minute video of McEagle chief Paul McKee speaking at his desk, but…

Here’s the Gateway City on a good list, for a change.

The folks at Next Generation Consulting, a Madison, Wis., firm that helps cities and companies attract smart young talent, recently put out their rankings of “Next Cities” - 60 hotspots…

Stopped by this talk last night at the Old Post Office, with former Mo. Gov. Bob Holden and two smart guys from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs - author/journalist Richard Longworth and immigration researcher Rob Paral. The topic? How Globalization…

OK, this isn’t strictly real estate. But without a strong economy, we don’t have a strong real estate market, so…

Check out this talk Wednesday night at the Old Post Office downtown on how globalization is affecting the St. Louis region. Put…

An election of sorts involving Ballpark Village is scheduled for June 16.

To be decided is whether a 1 percent tax can be levied on retail sales at Ballpark Village to help the development. So far, there is no development. No voters, either.

When Ballpark Village…