Interesting piece in the New York Times this weekend about the future of American cities, and the opportunity in our current economic crisis to rebuild, and rethink, them. Infrastructure spending, and not just spending, but smart use of those dollars, is…

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…

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…

Richard Baron, chairman of St. Louis-based developers McCormack Baron Salazar, stopped by this conference at SLU Friday afternoon to talk about the economic stimulus and neighborhood development.

The way Baron sees it, the fire hose of federal dollars being aimed at cities…

Interesting analysis of the latest version of housing tax credit in the stimulus package, by Orange County Register real estate guru Jon Lansner. Check it out here.

In his opinion, the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers, which was chosen over…

Well, it was a nice idea while it lasted.

If you haven’t heard, lawmakers in Congress appear to have reached a swift compromise on a $790 billion stimulus package (story here). And to get there, they whacked an item that’s generated…