T1 and counting: Boeing project bolsters future of MidAmerica
This article originally ran in the October 2021 edition of the Illinois Business Journal. A Mascoutah field is quickly giving way to ground-level clearance for one of the U.S. Navy’s…
Merchants Bridge passes key construction milestone
Photo Credit: Walsh Construction and Trey Cambern Photography This article originally ran in the October 2021 edition of the Illinois Business Journal. Viewed from above, the reconstruction of the Merchants…
Railroad jobs target of regional campaign
This article originally ran in the October 2021 edition of the Illinois Business Journal. Union Pacific Railroad and a Metro East economic development group are pursuing efforts to fill railroad…
A River Runs Through It: Is an inland waterway our future?
This article originally ran in the Supply Chain Management Review on November 11, 2021. It does take a leap of imagination (and a leap of faith) and will require investments…
Boston REIT buys two Metro East warehouses for $75 million
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on November 11, 2021. A Boston industrial real estate investment firm has purchased two more industrial warehouses in the St.…
‘The market has been on fire’: Competition for St. Louis industrial property heats up
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on November 11, 2021. In October, Alfredo Gutierrez closed on a deal that he had never seen in his 30 years in…
Metal coating company expands Granite City manufacturing site due to higher steel demand
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on November 2, 2021. The largest independent metal coil coater in North America, based in St. Louis with 13 factories nationwide,…
From cars to candy, the world’s supply chains are snarled
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on November 4, 2021. Snarled global supply chains are putting stress on companies large and small. Automakers have curtailed production because they…
As St. Louis’ industrial market breaks records, it’s not expected to slow down. Here’s why.
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on November 3, 2021. The St. Louis region’s industrial submarket was already on the upswing before the pandemic accelerated demand from…
As demand surges, developer builds three warehouses at once in new $65M Riverport Trade Center
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on November 4, 2021. The developer of a new $65 million industrial park in Maryland Heights has three warehouses under…
Competitiveness of U.S. Agriculture Dependent on Infrastructure Investment
This article originally ran in the Agribusiness Global on October 20, 2021. The interconnectivity of different transportation modes and need for reliability in both transportation and broadband infrastructure emerged as key…
These are St. Louis’ 25 largest construction projects, in pictures
Note: Many of the projects on the St. Louis Business Journal’s annual list are part of the Freightway’s 2022 Priority Projects. You can see our Priority Projects List here. This…
