LRA

A group of Black entrepreneurs has offered the Land Reutilization Authority $150,000 for vacant lots in north St. Louis. Black Wall Street STL aims to create the kind of business district that existed there years ago.

Thaddeus Gerdine maintains more than 60 vacant lots in the city of St. Louis. “They just seemed like no one was taking care of them,” said Gerdine, who…

St. Louis has launched a pilot program to sell some 500 city-owned homes for just $1 a pop.But that low cost comes with strings attached. Purchasers will…

St. Louis homebuyers will soon be able to purchase some city-owned properties at a deep discount.The going rate? One dollar.Beginning this month, the Land…

The City of St. Louis plans to knock down nearly three times as many vacant buildings this fiscal year than it did the year before.It's part of an effort…

For the record, St. Louis is home to 20,187 vacant properties. More than half are vacant lots, totaling 1,565 acres. Over the past five years, it has cost…

On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome St. Louis Alderwoman Pamela Boyd to the…

Nearly two months after guitarist Chuck Berry died, St. Louis is seeking proposals to develop a museum and cultural district in Berry’s former…

St. Louis’ Land Reutilization Authority has nearly 12,000 parcels of vacant land and buildings and just eight and half employees.That’s far below the…

The Land Reutilization Authority owns more than 11,000 parcels in the city of St. Louis.It’s a land mass roughly the size of Forest Park.St. Louis has the…