Here Comes the Sun!
From the West End Word: After 40 years of dormancy, the 101-year-old Sun Theater, 3527 Grandel Square, has finally been restored to and beyond its former glory.The former movie theater reopened May 10...
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Forum July Event Features Lawrence Group’s Steve Smith, Sun Theater
The next Construction Forum St. Louis quarterly networking event will be a “Sun-rise Service” of sorts. Steve Smith, founding principal and CEO of the Lawrence Group, developer/owner of the Sun Theater...
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Steve Smith’s 15-year, $63M Motorcycle Trip
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum St. Louis Steve Smith embarked on a motorcycle journey 15 years ago that hasn’t ended yet. Smith has taken his colleagues at the Lawrence Group...
View ArticleWork Begins on $340M City Foundry Project
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Environmental cleanup began this week in Midtown St. Louis at the former Federal Mogul foundry the Lawrence Group is redoing as stores, offices and a food hall. Steve...
View ArticleVIDEO: “Bullish” Steve Smith Presents Central Corridor Update
On Tuesday (Dec. 13) Lawrence Group CEO Steve Smith told those attending the December PEOPLE gathering that he is “bullish” on the Central Corridor. PEOPLE − an organization created by retired Rhodey...
View Article‘Food Hall’ Surge Makes Its Way to St. Louis
From St. Louis Business Journal: Food-related retail developments, especially food halls, are among commercial real estate’s fastest growing sectors with more than 35 new food hall projects totaling...
View ArticleGrand Center’s Missouri Theatre Building Renovation Moving Forward
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The long vacant Missouri Theatre building in Midtown’s Grand Center district will open in a year with a 146-room hotel, restaurant, rooftop bar and headquarters for Bull...
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Missouri Theater Premiers Global Love Story
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum STL On Thursday Aug. 31, a story of friendship and a father’s love, spanning continents and almost seven decades, opened at the old Missouri Theater...
View ArticleCity Foundry Developers Lining Up Financing for Second Phase
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Even while tenants and financing for the first portion of the City Foundry project in Midtown are still being finalized, the developers behind it are seeking funding for...
View ArticleGrand Center’s Missouri Theatre Building Renovation Moving Forward
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The long vacant Missouri Theatre building in Midtown’s Grand Center district will open in a year with a 146-room hotel, restaurant, rooftop bar and headquarters for Bull...
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Missouri Theater Premiers Global Love Story
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum STL On Thursday Aug. 31, a story of friendship and a father’s love, spanning continents and almost seven decades, opened at the old Missouri Theater...
View ArticleCity Foundry Developers Lining Up Financing for Second Phase
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Even while tenants and financing for the first portion of the City Foundry project in Midtown are still being finalized, the developers behind it are seeking funding for...
View ArticleConstruction Commences at City Foundry STL
On July 16, Steve Smith, principal owner of City Foundry STL, executed a master construction agreement with S. M. Wilson for Phase 1 of the project. The agreement includes current and future contracts,...
View ArticlePhotos: Inside the Demolition of City Foundry
From St. Louis Business Journal: The sun hung high, and at 10 a.m. the air already felt thick. So in other words, a typical summer day in St. Louis. “Now imagine there’s a 3,000-degree furnace going...
View ArticleCity Foundry STL Aims to Change the Culture of Midtown St. Louis
From HEC Media: The key to finding a diamond in the rough is often imagination, and looking at the current state of the site that will house City Foundry STL — St. Louis’ first true food hall, a...
View ArticleThe Angad Arts Hotel Starts Fresh – But Not Completely Over
From St. Louis Magazine: Officially opening in November 2018, the latest addition to the Grand Center Arts District is the reimagining of the historic Missouri Theatre Building. Constructed in 1920 as...
View ArticleCity Foundry STL Bringing New Life to Something Old in Midtown St. Louis
From KSDK: There’s a beehive of activity at City Foundry STL. “I don’t think St Louis has any idea of what we’re doing here,” said Steven Smith. Dirt is moving. Sparks are flying. “Almost a half a...
View ArticleCity Foundry STL reveals the latest lineup for its much-anticipated food hall...
From St. Louis Magazine: The forthcoming food hall at the much-anticipated City Foundry STL, situated on the former Federal-Mogul foundry site in midtown, has revealed an updated list of eateries. The...
View ArticleHow a Corps of ‘Relentless Champions’ Brought New Life to Midtown
From St. Louis Business Journal: As a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, Jassen Johnson spent time working on community-based projects in East St. Louis. With no...
View ArticleBusinesses Finding a Home at City Foundry STL
From The Telegraph: City Foundry STL continues to attract notable tenants to its Midtown location, this week announcing a new event space concept by Butler’s Pantry, a new office lease with Great...
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