Development

St. Louis-based nonprofit Beyond Housing and its partners are coming together to build 36 new single-family homes in the Pagedale Town Center and throughout the city in north St. Louis County.

Boeing promises the project will create at least 500 jobs.

One member of the St. Louis County Council called the Boeing request for a $155 million tax abatement on the company’s proposed $1.8 billion investment “tone-deaf timing.” It comes just weeks after the council voted against freezing property taxes for seniors.

Dozens of Dutchtown residents and Cleveland graduates gathered Wednesday night to hear developer Chris Goodson’s ideas for the former high school and ask questions or offer feedback about the project.

The existential threat from flooding is also an economic one for the cities and towns that hug the country's major rivers. In total, flooding in 2019 along the Mississippi and its tributaries caused an estimated $6.2 billion in damage, including millions in the St. Louis region.

The Osage Beach Board of Aldermen has approved a redevelopment plan for the lakefront project near the Grand Glaize Bridge. Plans for the 25-acre property include restaurants, a Ferris wheel, a waterpark with a retractable roof and a 400-room Marriott hotel.

22 of the 26 new homes will be designated for families who are ready to buy a home and make below 80% of the area median income, $75,900 for a family of four.

The project includes the rehabilitation of the historic Melba Theatre on South Grand, which multiple private developers have tried to take on in the past.

This week, the community improvement district released the findings from a study that examined what may be missing from the business district. A market hall for developing businesses is one possibility.

Modern riverfront developments face a reality of accommodating a river that’s seeing major floods and droughts with more frequency.