Maurizio’s Pizza will be moving to a new space in the Justice Center Garage on Tucker Boulevard & Clark Avenue. The restaurant is currently building out the space and is expecting to make its move in June. The Justice Center parking garage was built at a cost of $ 12.7 million and is part of the St. Louis City Parking system. [...]
Updated on May 2 with corrected location of The Coliseum Music Venue. If you’ve ever driven or walked to downtown St. Louis coming from the west, chances are you’ve seen this colorful quartet of buildings on the intersection of Jefferson and Washington Avenue. Named GW Lofts by developer Blue Urban, the buildings are a combination of rental lofts with commercial spaces [...]
Update April 25: Fiat has added a second employee to its downtown studio. They can now offer test drives downtown without having to make an appointment. Fiat’s Studio Showroom will be open this Saturday during the Downtown Home Tour. Earlier post from March 16: Fiat now has a presence downtown. Its Downtown Display Studio Showroom has opened quietly at 1015 [...]
Copia Market will be a new convenience store in the former Baseline Workshop Furniture space. After Baseline left, the previous Copia owners attempted a convenience store concept here – Washington Avenue Market – but it never opened. The new owners are currently building out the interior with an expected opening sometime next week. The convenience and grocery store is situated [...]
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) is planning to make their move from current HQ at 1200 Clark Street to its new headquarters on Olive in November of this year. SLMPD acquired the building in January 2011 for $2.7 million and is spending an additional $3 million on renovations. The building had been listed by owner Wells Fargo for [...]
Yes, the NRA (National Rifle Association) is in town but this a COLT of an entire different caliber. Verizon Wireless is bringing out its own pinch-hitter during the Cardinals’ 2012 season home opener to ensure that baseball fans in and around Busch Stadium won’t miss a call or have trouble sending others text, pictures or video highlights about the game. [...]
Enterprise-rent-a-car recently opened a rental center on 23rd Street and Washington in Downtown-West. They are located in a mid-century modern building, connected to the Motor Lofts to the east and situated just a block from Jefferson Avenue to the west. The interior of the building has been completely renovated and exhibits the familiar Enterprise corporate style. The new center is [...]
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport’s C-Concourse reopened today, after being closed for almost a year because of extensive damage suffered by an EF-4 tornado on Good Friday last year. Not only is the concourse rebuilt, it has also received a complete makeover. The experience is certainly very different, from the moment you enter security. Formerly dimly-lit and cramped, the C-Concourse checkpoint [...]
The St. Louis Business Journal reports that The Mercantile Exchange (MX) development has landed yet another tenant. Takaya New Asian Restaurant will be opening in the fall of this year. The restaurant will seat 120 in a 3,300 square foot space. Restaurant owner Eric Heckman, who operates Tani Sushi Bistro in Clayton will also provide food and beverage consulting for [...]
Bluebird Network has signed a long-term lease with Digital Realty Trust at 210 North Tucker Boulevard. Bluebird was formed out of a merger between Bluebird Media and Missouri Network Alliance and provides fiber optic services in Missouri, Illinois, and surrounding states. It will build out its own data facility in the building on Tucker to support its network of broadband services. Glenn Benoist, [...]
A new social networking company for Athletes, Lockerdome, will soon be relocating from Westport to office space in downtown St. Louis at 1221 Washington Avenue. Lockerdome, “a Facebook or LinkeIn for Athletes” is the brainchild of founder and CEO Gabe Lozano. Square co-founder Jim McKelvey is part of a group that invested $750,000 in the new technology venture. (McKelvey also [...]
Update on our story from last Wednesday: After a phone conversation with WhoLou.net editor Geoff Whittington, we are strengthened in our conviction that the 700 Market Street building, the former headquarters of the GenAmerica Insurance company, will be developed into a hotel and convention center. We have left messages for Harlan Berger of Centaur Development, the owner of the building, and [...]
Yesterday, nextSTL.com posted my article (read it here) about MidAmerica and Lambert St. Louis Airports and their attempts to establish international cargo hubs. Included in this piece was the following: Recently, a bill was passed by the Missouri House of Representatives. A bill that had been quietly amended by Rep. Anne Zerr, (R) St. Charles. This amendment constituted a 0.1875% [...]
At Count On Downtown our desire to write about developments downtown is based on our conviction that downtown St. Louis is the best neighborhood in the metro area: not just for recreation, entertainment, sports, or even work, but above all to reside in. By writing about happenings in downtown we’re hoping to spike your interest in our neighborhood. Simply put: [...]
The City of St. Louis is planning to sell 162 acres, over 1,200 parcels, in North St. Louis to developer Paul Mckee. The price? $3.2Million. Mckee already owns some 800 parcels in North City and this latest deal would give him the opportunity to start realizing his vision of a “Northside Regeneration”. (McKee was also part of a group that [...]
AFP was in town to explore the St. Louis craft beer community. Newer craft breweries Urban Chestnut and O’Fallon Brewery are featured, as well as the pioneers of St. Louis craft beer, the St. Louis Brewery, better known as Schlafly. St. Louis Post-Dispatch beer connoisseur, and author of “Brew in The Lou” Evan Benn explains the rise of craft beer breweries after the sale of [...]
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Count On Downtown has confirmed with the broker of the 1015 Locust building that Fiat is planning a dealership, a Fiat Studio in Fiat lingo, on this corner of 11th & Locust. Note: Nothing is final yet. If everything works out, including permits from the city, Fiat Studio is expected to open in March 2012. This dealership will sell Fiat’s [...]
