4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (400+ words) “This is far more than the acquisition of a restaurant or event venue,” Besse and Wright said in a press release announcing the sale. “It is an opportunity to acquire two recognizable historic properties connected to one of St. Louis…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (164+ words) Caroline Kopsky has written weekly real estate posts for the St. Louis Magazine since 2021. With a passion for St. Louis and its history and an eye for the stories told through its architecture, she highlights the design elements of standout…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (424+ words) There is however a new quirk in the restaurant’s surroundings, one that is unwelcome to its owner and many patrons. Several dozen skinny orange traffic cones now stand across the street, blocking off parking that Grassi’s customers had long used....

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1682+ words) In late 2021, things were not looking good for Agragene. The startup behind a new gene-editing technique that produces sterile flies as a form of chemical-free insect control had promising technology but was struggling to hit important milestones. But Agragene’s investors…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (359+ words) When Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe cut $53 million earlier this summer in an attempt to balance the state’s budget, a St. Louis-based initiative was among those left reeling. The Transformative Workforce Academy, which is housed at Saint Louis University, has been…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (172+ words) After 25 years of baking bread in St. Louis, franchisees Steve and Alecia Jawor are retiring and closing Great Harvest Bread Co. (7360 Manchester) in Maplewood. The bakery’s final day of service is September 19. The closure does not mean the end of…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (639+ words) Nicholas Phillips has been senior editor at St. Louis Magazine since 2019. He's now part of SLM's Economic Mobility Lab, which explores how folks ladder up in terms of employment, housing, savings, and investments—and what blocks them from doing so....

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (318+ words) “Your next favorite book is in here,” promises a trailer parked at the Wildwood Farmers Market. Inside the cheery, shelf-lined space are enough options that the promise seems likely to be kept. Unbound was launched in February as an online…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (581+ words) Having built City Foundry into a destination, with a growing number of visitors, about 100,000 square feet of filled office space, and residents moving in to recently finished apartments, Smith says he’s keen on seeing those results compound. He thinks that…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (320+ words) Live like a chancellor for the price of a tenured professor—that’s how real estate agent Brian Elsesser is pitching the four-bed, four-bathroom, 3,300-square-foot home that just hit the market in Bellerive Acres. The house has for 51 years been the…...