A $24 million, 74-unit apartment project has broken ground in St. Louis’ Downtown West, marking the first major step in the ambitious City Commons redevelopment plan.

St. Louis' 20 biggest residential mortgage lenders originated $5.35 billion in home purchase loans during 2025. A broader ranking reveals the scale of the region's lending market.

St. Louis is offering at least a decade of tax incentives to revive a vacant Kingshighway corner after a major apartment plan collapsed.

A Fillworks proposal to fill the Ruprecht Quarry in Lemay has neighbors worried about years of truck traffic, flood risk and dust as county staff review the permit.

St. Louis County will accept sealed bids Aug. 24–26 for hundreds of tax-delinquent parcels, from neighborhood homes to major commercial sites. Deadlines, examples and legal risks are outlined.

Peter Hoffman and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri are using lawsuits, title work and neighborhood partnerships to convert derelict St. Louis houses back into homes.

A forum at the Northside Movement Center asked whether St. Louis can pull off a Detroit-style comeback. Leaders said it will take coordinated philanthropy, government action and resident-led planning.

Sam Page proposed a $14.8M expansion of the Creve Coeur Park Soccer Complex to add turf fields and an administration building to lure bigger tournaments.

A 20-foot mound of illegally dumped soil on a vacant Soulard lot has prompted a city condemnation and a July 29 removal deadline.

Wealthy St. Louis suburbs posted the largest dollar increases in home values through May 2026, with Huntleigh, Loch Lloyd and Ladue leading a Stacker/Zillow ranking. The dollar-based ranking highlights how expensive enclaves drive headline gains.

St. Louis approved steep tax breaks for ICL’s planned battery plant even as the company’s Carondelet site supplied white‑phosphorus to the military; federal backing later fell away. Activists say the episode exposes gaps in the city’s incentive process.

New + Found says a five‑story, mass‑timber office will rise at City Foundry, adding roughly 83,000 sq ft and joining a large apartment phase in Midtown. The move is being pitched as St. Louis’ first mass‑timber office.

A 100‑acre former MetLife campus off Tesson Ferry Road now includes 210 apartments, dozens of new homes and a subdivision under construction. The conversion is one of South County’s biggest reuse projects.