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1 day ago | 
stlmag.com | Mike Miller
Following a three-year, $30 million renovation effort, a century-old apartment complex in DeBaliviere Place has a new name, modern amenities, and a high-profile tenant on the way. The Era Collective Apartments recently celebrated its grand opening, showcasing more than 8,000 square feet of updated amenities across four buildings on Union Avenue just north of Forest Park. Later this summer, the complex will welcome the London Tea Room to the property.
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2 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Mike Miller
A first-of-its-kind surgical simulation lab is now open in Overland. Last Saturday, MaxFi cut the ribbon on what is billed as the world’s only medical training center that uses reanimated cadaver technology. MaxFi, which got its start in Columbia, Missouri, uses a proprietary perfusion system that makes cadavers bleed, breathe, and feel like live patients, as SLM writer Drew Gieseke reported last year.
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3 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Mike Miller
When business owners consider retirement, the first thing they think of might be the beach they wish to spend time on, or the hobbies they’d like to pursue. What owners should be planning—yet most don’t—is what will happen to the company they leave behind.
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3 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Mike Miller
Years ago, as Brian Pratt looked at a map of the city of St. Louis, the Downtown West neighborhood reminded him of a donut hole. “You have the central business district to the east, there’s everything on the other side of Jefferson, and then the old highway interchange that kind of left things stuck in time,” says Pratt, managing principal and partner at St. Louis-based developer AHM Group.
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3 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Mike Miller
There are a lot of ways to train for a career in the evolving field of geospatial. Soon, Missouri S&T will offer a new one: the nation’s first master’s program in geospatial engineering. On Thursday, the University of Missouri Board of Curators unanimously approved Missouri S&T’s newest master’s track, giving students at the Rolla-based university a potential competitive edge in a field that’s hungry for skilled workers.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Amanda Honigfort |Mike Miller |Nicholas Phillips |Melissa Meinzer
In recent years, a federal program designed to help farmers sell more of their products while feeding the locals who needed help gave small operations like Marcoot Jersey Creamery in Greenville, Illinois the guaranteed sales to grow their staff and their herd of milk cows. But this spring, the program was abruptly halted. Marcoot Jersey Creamery learned in March 2024 that they could sell their cheese through the program, called Local Food Purchase Assistance Plus Grants.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Mike Miller
A recently-opened soccer training facility in St. Charles is taking a data-informed approach to skill development. In a soccer-loving region crowded with plenty of youth training options, Sogility is turning to technology to set itself apart. The company, which staged its grand opening in February at 1735 S. River, offers a variety of training options for kids ranging from as young as 8 years old to those preparing for college.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Kathleen Lees |Mike Miller |Sarah Fenske |George Mahe
A line of canned drinking water wants to change how St. Louisans think about recycling. Launched with the help of grants from the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and Brightside St. Louis, OneSTL Water is more than a thirst quencher. It’s a recycling tutorial in a can–a still water product marked with a scannable QR code that illustrates the recycling lifecycle of the product.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Mike Miller |Sarah Fenske |Drew Gieseke |George Mahe
When the three-day World of Asphalt trade show and conference kicks off Tuesday at America’s Center, more than 15,000 pavement professionals from across the U.S. will descend on downtown to check out the industry’s latest equipment, services, and technologies. “And I’m sure they’re going to have some thoughts about the quality of downtown St. Louis streets,” says Lindsey Hermes, president and COO of BioSpan Technologies.
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2 months ago | 
stlmag.com | Sarah Fenske |Nicholas Phillips |Mike Miller |George Mahe
Brad Dean, the brand-new president and CEO of Explore St. Louis, has been in town less than two weeks, but he’s already learned a few important things. Such as: Don’t rent an apartment in Soulard during Mardi Gras—unless you’re there for the party. Unaware that the neighborhood had a previously scheduled commitment on March 8, Dean had planned to move that day from his short-term rental in Soulard to housing downtown.
