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Missouri's brownfield program leaves Illinois in the dust
 

Since 1999, Missouri has allocated almost six times as much to remediate brownfields as has the state of Illinois.

Pennsylvania developer's business is building success stories
 

The investment group that recently announced its intent to purchase 50 acres and all of the buildings on the former Parks College campus in Cahokia is led by Loren Schultz of Philadelphia, Penn.

Koman blazing trail toward two million square feet of SWIL development
 

Collinsville Crossing, the proposed 450,000-square-foot retail center in Collinsville, is just the latest in a long line of projects by Koman Properties Inc. in Southwestern Illinois.

Caseyville gets green light on upscale development
 

With a letter of credit, nearly $31 million in tax increment financing and a nationally recognized home builder at the helm, a California developer has signaled a green light on the largest upscale residential and retail community yet in Southwestern Illinois.

Number, quality of new Illinois homes up in 2004
 

Illinois and Missouri home builders agree on two key facts: 2004 was a blockbuster year for new home starts in Southwestern Illinois, and the average price range of the new homes being built here has risen significantly in the past year.

Home builder bucks Bluff trend by building in Bottom communities
 

Home builders continue to flock to the Bluff communities in Southwestern Illinois. Between June 2003 and May 2004, 2,663 new homes were started in Madison and St. Clair counties - the great majority of them in the Bluff communities.

Tight South County real estate market may drive companies to SW Illinois
 

Is Kuna Meat Inc.'s recent announcement to move to Dupo, Ill. from its current home in south St. Louis County a portent of things to come? Kuna Meat has been leasing 50,000 square feet of space in the Bussen Quarry on the Missouri side near the Jefferson Barracks Bridge. Continued and expected future growth led Kuna to the conclusion that it needed to expand to 80,000 square feet.


 
East St. Louis neighborhood lands housing, park
Missouri companies team to launch $54 million Illinois development
Gateway largest regional real estate deal
Developers predict 'bright future' for Metro East
Gateway Commerce Center exceeds growth forecast
Highway 50 stretch earning name as 'golden road'
Alton Steel revitalizing old Laclede Steel site
New softball stadium recognizes women's sports advocate
Tenants inking deals at Fountains
Hauler turned design-builder develops Granite City corridor
City of Belleville to top new building permit record in 2003
Array of opportunities abound at River's Edge
Koman sells Lincoln Place, Stifel & SWIDA refinance debt
Madison and Venice Share $13 million housing development
Developers, archeologists strive for balance in progress, preservation
Missouri homebuilders dig Southwestern Illinois' housing market
Wetland bank offers developers chance to buy remediation, keep project on track
Caseyville nets $400 million upscale residential, commercial development
Governor visits, promises funding for more than 50 area development projects
SLU waits for $8 million buyer as Parks marks six-year vacancy
East St. Louis' Emerson Park neighborhood lands second housing development
Private brownfields developers unaware of 3-year-old, $3 million grant program