When the St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted in June to OK a new plan and $29 million in bonds for the Kiel Opera House, the developers said they wanted to start construction in August.

Well, August starts Saturday. So Building…

Blues owner Dave Checketts said today he wants JetBlue Airways to begin service to St. Louis.

What makes this intriguing is that Checketts is a member of JetBlue’s board.

The matter came up at today’s luncheon sponsored by the Partnership for Downtown…

Here’s a good-looking talk on Tuesday.

Blues owner (and Kiel Opera House reviver) David Checketts and Cardinals president (and Ballpark Village developer) Bill DeWitt III are headlining the annual luncheon of the Downtown St. Louis Partnership Tuesday.

Both will share their perspectives…

From St. Louis City Hall, this just in from reporter Tim Logan . . . .

The Kiel deal is done.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen gave its final approval this morning to a $74 million plan to renovate and reopen…

While his position supporting the renovation of the Kiel Opera House is no secret (the $74 million deal to do so was negotiated by his office, after all), St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay himself has said little on the matter…

A key Aldermanic committee this morning approved plans and financing agreements to redevelop the long-empty Kiel Opera House.

The committee’s Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee voted 13-1 to pass the $74 million project on to the wider Board, a week…

We’re here live at the Board of Aldermen’s subcommittee hearing on the Kiel Opera House redevelopment.

This could be a key event for the proposed $74 million rehab. This committee has the ability to stop the project in its tracks and…

Photographer Huy Mach and I spent this morning touring around the inside of the Kiel Opera House. It is indeed quite a place. Get a look for yourself here.

It’s all still there, basically untouched, from the Kiel Club bar at…

As colleague Tim O’Neil reported yesterday, an Aldermanic subcommittee has put the brakes on the  proposed $74 million rehab of Kiel Opera House, at least for a week. Why?

Mostly because of concern about the impact on the Fox Theater in Midtown, and…

As we reported Friday, SCP Worldwide and McEagle Properties are moving ahead with plans to renovate and re-open Kiel Opera House.

Unfortunately, we didn’t have space in Saturday’s paper to include drawings of SCP’s plans. So we thought we’d post here.…