Downtown West

The Downtown West neighborhood of St. Louis will soon be home to a new arts and entertainment facility owned by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation. Logic Systems Holdings, a St. Louis County-based audio and video production company, will lease the space.

The development by AHM Group aims to transform 12 acres north of CityPark into more than 450 apartment units and tens of thousands of square feet of offices and retail.

The old paradigm in downtown St. Louis, that of a central business district with millions of square feet of office space, has faltered in recent years.

The eighth annual “Art, Mimosas and Pancakes” features 50 artists and includes music, photography, textiles and pancakes, of course.

St. Louis’s expansion Major League Soccer team opens its home schedule this weekend.

Three teens were shot in downtown St. Louis at the beginning of June, offering a stark reminder of the challenges city officials have faced in bringing order to the neighborhood.

Clayton-based Centene Corp. signed a 15-year deal for naming rights at the 22,500-seat stadium, which will be completed this year.

Some St. Louis residents have expressed concerns after demolition permits were issued for a group of historic buildings along the 1900 block of Olive Boulevard. The fate of another building, at 201 S. Jefferson, also has people speaking up. To city resident Catherine Hamacher, who works as an urban planner, both cases are a reminder that, oftentimes, “people have a hard time seeing the ‘what could be.’”

St. Louis Public Radio's Wayne Pratt speaks with Citizens for a Greater Downtown's Arnold Stricker.

The Major League Soccer ownership group is one step closer to securing the public financial aid it's seeking to construct a stadium in downtown St.…