Development

St. Charles County Officials Approve Bluffs Development Proposal

Shahla Farzan

Updated Oct. 1 with St. Charles County Council's final approval of proposalThe St. Charles County Council voted 5-1 on Monday night approving a…

Mayor Lyda Krewson at St. Louis City Hall On April 17, 2019.

Economy & Business

St. Louis Mayor Krewson Touts Development Projects And Climate Change Efforts

Andy Field

St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson presented a two-year report at City Hall Wednesday touting the city’s completed and ongoing development projects. She also…

A faded and tattered U.S. flag catches the breeze in the yard of a vacant property in the Gravois Park neighborhood on June 30, 2018.

Government, Politics & Issues

'I dream': St. Louis child hopes city will do something about vacant properties

Ashley Lisenby

Gravois Park has an unlikely advocate for inclusive development in a 12-year-old girl who wants to see the vacant buildings and lots on her block be…

The Chase Park Plaza is in St. Louis' Central West End neighborhood.

Government, Politics & Issues

Chase Park Plaza value tops that of 29 St. Louis neighborhoods, highlights opportunity, disparity

Alex Heuer

The topic of development incentives is one that’s complex and controversial.Are incentives such as tax abatements and tax increment financing (TIFs) fair?…

Arts

Kids remain the heart of Intersect Arts Center after $3 million renovation

Nancy Fowler

St. Louis artist Sarah Bernhardt had no idea she’d be teaching children when she first moved into her Gravois Park studio. But that changed after a rock…

A boutique apartment tower going up at Euclid and West Pine avenues received tax increment financing in 2015. It sits across from a Whole Foods, which is housed on the lower level of another apartment building that received TIF. (Feb. 21, 2017)

Economy & Business

Advocacy group: Limiting tax incentives could decrease inequality in St. Louis

Kae M. Petrin

A coalition critical of the tax relief St. Louis awards developers wants lawmakers to make processes to grant tax incentives more transparent and more…

File photo: Customers line up outside Crown Candy Kitchen, which sits across from 2720 N. 14th Street. (June 5, 2017)

Arts

Close call in St. Louis' free restaurant contest expands list of finalists from three to four

Nancy Fowler

Contestants in the Fantasy Food Fare competition have been sweating it out in overtime to see who would make the final-three list for a free restaurant…

Government, Politics & Issues

Are TIF, tax abatement being used in St. Louis in the best way? A tale of 2 differing philosophies

Kelly Moffitt

On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, we turned our attention to the use of tax increment financing (TIF) and tax abatement as an economic development tool.…

Fifty affordable townhomes and garden apartments will replace several empty buildings in the southern part of the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.

Economy & Business

"Affordable" housing a key part of new development coming to Forest Park Southeast neighborhood

Washington University’s medical campus in St. Louis will be getting a lot of new neighbors in the next couple of years, thanks to a new mixed-income…

Eric Friendman, the president of Friedman Group Realtors, joined St. Louis on the Air to discuss an upcoming conference on "smart growth."

Economy & Business

What does ‘smart growth’ for St. Louis look like? Upcoming conference offers suggestions

Kelly Moffitt

On Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed the idea of “smart growth” in the St. Louis region with organizers of an upcoming conference…