Le Méridien St. Louis Downtown is targeting an early August reopening after two years offline following water damage. The comeback would restore nearly 100 rooms to downtown.

ARPA funds will pay for roof work at the historic Virginia Theater in Dutchtown, halting water damage while officials and neighbors consider reuse options.

Concordia Seminary revealed a multi-phase campus plan that centers new student housing near the chapel after a planned tie-up with Washington University dissolved. The project aims to modernize housing while preserving the campus core.

City planners held an open house for the Mark Twain I‑70 vision, spotlighting big redevelopment parcels and promises of jobs while neighbors pressed for cleanup and retail. Feedback will shape a draft officials expect to refine this summer.

Schnucks broke ground Tuesday on a 68,000‑square‑foot replacement store at Olia Village in Creve Coeur. The supermarket will anchor the mixed‑use redevelopment and is slated to open around Thanksgiving 2027.

Madison County approved buying five downtown Wood River buildings and will spend about $12.7M to renovate them and relocate departments from the old hospital. Officials say the move will centralize services and help downtown foot traffic.

O'Connell's Pub, a Shaw Avenue fixture since the 1960s, has been sold after two years on the market. Owner John Parker Jr. says the new buyers will likely keep the menu and vibe intact.

Phoenix Investors purchased the nearly 600,000‑sq‑ft HMH campus in Troy, MO; HMH remains on-site under a leaseback while Phoenix prepares the property for lease opportunities.

A new St. Louis Business Journal ranking lists the region's biggest SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals in Q1 2026 and what the figures mean for local development.

County filings obtained by local reporters show a Rocket Travel Center and a rebuilt Burger King planned at the Villa Ridge I‑44 exit, on ground hit by a March 2025 tornado. Bidding is already open for the truck‑stop build.

City officials want $6.4M to clear and stabilize the former Killark Electric complex on MLK Drive so a food manufacturer can move in and a workforce campus can expand. Bids for stabilization work ran this spring.

Dallas‑based Sealy & Co. bought the 498,599‑sf Raymore Commerce Center Building 2, expanding a growing Kansas City‑area industrial portfolio. The asset is fully leased and sits on the I‑49 corridor.

St. Louis County reached a deal to sell the 28‑acre Wellston Industrial Park to a logistics developer, moving a long‑vacant former factory site toward private redevelopment.