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St. Louis Union Station sold for $20 million

Adam Allington — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:53:32 +0000

The sale of downtown St. Louis’ historic Union Station is set to go through in mid-October. The sale was first reported Wednesday by the St. Louis Business Journal.

The facility’s new owners, St. Louis-based Lodging Hospitality Management, are hoping to succeed where a host of other developers have failed.

Westbound I-64 through downtown will open by Thursday

Rachel Lippmann — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:48:05 +0000

Drivers coming into St. Louis from Illinois are about to get some relief from a summer of traffic congestion.

At least one lane of the double-deck structure that takes Interstate 64 through downtown has been closed through the spring and summer as crews replaced the driving surface. Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will start removing the concrete barriers from the westbound lanes of I-64 through downtown tonight. All of the lanes and ramps should be open by Friday morning.

After 20 silent years, life returns to the Peabody Opera House

Rachel Lippmann — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:30:00 +0000

On May 3, 1991, the musicians of the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra played the last notes of the Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, to bring down the curtain at the Kiel Opera House. For 20 years, the massive structure at the corner of Market and 14th Streets sat vacant, as group after group proposed unsuccessful redevelopment plans.

Tomorrow night, the curtain will rise again as Jay Leno and Aretha Franklin headline the first show on the stage of the venue now known as the Peabody Opera House.

City to use tax credits to retain Ralcorp

Rachel Lippmann — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:31:35 +0000

The city of St. Louis once again plans to use tax credits to keep the headquarters of a major company in downtown.

Legislation that will be introduced at the Board of Aldermen on Friday gives Ralcorp $20 million in tax credits to upgrade and expand its headquarters at 8th and Market.

New city rule will require attendants at parking lots

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:02:04 +0000

An "angry and frustrated" St. Louis mayor Francis Slay is responding to last weekend's rash of car break-ins with proposed new rules for the owners of downtown lots.

Vandals broke into at least 60 cars in the downtown St. Louis area Friday night, stealing purses and GPS units. Police say there were no attendants at some of the lots to report the crimes. And Slay wants that to stop.