2007 In the News Archives
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December 20, 2007
Orion Genomics Announces the Discovery of Novel Breast Cancer Biomarkers
December 20, 2007
Orion Genomics announced today the discovery and validation of the most frequent DNA alternations detected in breast cancer to date. The discovery could mean new diagnostic tests and more effective treatment for cancer patients in the future.
December 1, 2007
The Next Chapter in the Story of a Great American City is Taking Shape
December 1, 2007
The Gateway Arch may be St. Louis' best-known landmark, but it is not the only rich architecture the city has to offer. Washington-based Architect magazine praises the diverse architecture that St. Louis proudly displays and explores future projects that are in-the-works.
November 30, 2007
Port District Announces Major New Tenant
November 30, 2007
The Tri-City Regional Port District announced today that it has signed a lease with Danbury, Connecticut-based Fairfield Processing Corporation for 130,000 square feet of warehouse space at its River's Edge Industrial Park. Fairfield will be relocating its distribution facility from Utah to Granite City providing a more central geographic location to its customers.
November 20, 2007
Express Scripts to Expand at University of Missouri-St. Louis
November 20, 2007
Express Scripts Inc. announced today it will build a second office building at University Place/NorthPark, the Business, Technology and Research Park of the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). Construction is expected to be completed in December 2008.
November 13, 2007
Sonoco's Matrix Packaging Unit to Open New Plant in St. Louis to Produce Rigid Plastic Containers
November 13, 2007
Sonoco's Matrix Packaging unit will open a new rigid plastic container plant in St. Louis, Mo. to meet growing demand for packaging to serve the home and personal care market. The announcement was made today by Charles Sullivan, Sonoco's executive vice president.
November 6, 2007
Forbes names St. Louis one of the "Most Affordable Places To Live Well"
November 6, 2007
The Gateway to the West has a desirable housing market, a strong ratio of parks and restaurants to citizens, and is the 15th cheapest city in which to live. For these reasons and more, Forbes ranked St. Louis the 4th most affordable place to live well in the nation.
October 30, 2007
BJC Institute of Health established at Washington University with $30 million gift
October 30, 2007
A $30 million gift from BJC HealthCare will help construct a new 11-story research building on the campus of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
October 21, 2007
Sculpture garden is planned for downtown
October 21, 2007
On Monday, the Preservation Board of St. Louis is expected to approve a design for the downtown Gateway Mall that will include a sculpture park, a waterfall, a cafe and more in a $20 million to $25 million sculpture garden.
October 3, 2007
Blueberry Hill found an extra thrill on Tuesday
October 3, 2007
The American Planning Association named the Delmar Loop in University City and St. Louis among the 10 Great Streets in America for 2007.
September 28, 2007
Downtown Turnaround
September 28, 2007
It has been a good - some say historic - week for downtown St. Louis as Clayton-based Centene Corp. said Sunday it will move its headquarters to Ballpark Village. Two days later, St. Louis-based Pyramid Cos. announced it would develop a six-block retail district called Mercantile Exchange.
September 28, 2007
Sigma-Aldrich opens $20 million drug research center
September 28, 2007
Sigma-Aldrich Corp. is taking a $20 million leap onto the cutting edge of biotech drug development. That's how much the St. Louis-based company's custom manufacturing unit, SAFC, recently spent to build a pair of facilities for the extraction and purification of protein-based active pharmaceutical ingredients that are grown in plant and animal cells.
September 26, 2007
St. Louis Centre plan grows by $400 million
September 26, 2007
The developer of the much-anticipated St. Louis Centre renovation, St. Louis-based Pyramid Cos., has announced plans for a broader, $400 million district that would include a hotel, condos and shopping, and tapped a prominent national company to help find retailers.
September 24, 2007
Centene to move downtown
September 24, 2007
In a move that local and state leaders touted as "historic" and proof of continued revitalization in downtown St. Louis, Centene Corp. said Sunday it will move its headquarters to Ballpark Village.
September 18, 2007
$50 million grant will help bring new treatments to patients in St. Louis region
September 18, 2007
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will lead a regional group of institutions under a new $50 million, five-year grant program that will greatly enhance clinical and translational research.
September 17, 2007
Divergence receives $100K NSF grant
September 17, 2007
Divergence Inc. announced Monday it received a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to focus on the development of crops, including corn that are resistant to damage caused by bugs.
August 22, 2007
Doisy center will bring more research to SLU
September 14, 2007
St. Louis University's determination to discover and bring lifesaving medical treatments is reflected in the construction of the $67 million Edward A. Doisy Research Center, expected to open on Oct. 24.
September 12, 2007
American Red Cross Selects University Park To Locate Blood Manufacturing And Testing Facility
September 12, 2007
The American Red Cross announced it has selected a site to build a 170,000-square-foot, state-of-the art, centralized blood manufacturing and testing facility in University Park on the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus. The project will create more than 500 new jobs within University Park.
September 10, 2007
Monsanto Company Completes $21 Million Data Center
September 10, 2007
Monsanto Company announced it has completed construction of a new $21 million, 40,000 square-foot data center on the west side of its World Headquarters campus in Creve Coeur, Mo.
September 5, 2007
Blunt OKs tax credits for jobs, development
September 5, 2007
Businesses looking to expand in Missouri gained access to tens of millions of dollars of tax credits Tuesday as Gov. Matt Blunt signed into law an economic development bill passed in a special legislative session.
August 25, 2007
Innovation in Chesterfield
August 25, 2007
Although Pfizer announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2007, its $200 million research center continues to rise from its construction site in Chesterfield. This week the company broke ground on a $50 million expansion of current operations there.
August 22, 2007
Pfizer Breaks Ground for Biologics Pilot Plant Expansion
August 22, 2007
A groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of construction on an approximately $50 million expansion of Pfizer's biologics pilot plant facility at the Chesterfield campus. KWMU's Science Reporter Julie Bierach explains the expansion will put St. Louis in the middle of cutting edge research.
August 22, 2007
Novus invests $20M in new headquarters
August 22, 2007
Novus International Inc. said Tuesday that it is investing $20 million in a new 90,000-square-foot office building in the Missouri Research Park in Saint Charles, MO.
August 22, 2007
Chrysler counting on its 2008 minivans
August 22, 2007
With General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. exiting the minivan market, Chrysler hopes its next-generation minivans will help return it to profitability.
August 22, 2007
Pfizer set for big Chesterfield expansion
August 22, 2007
Pfizer Inc. is breaking ground today on a $50 million expansion in Chesterfield that will double the size of a pilot plant that produces protein-based, injectible biologic drugs for clinical trials. All of the biologics developed by Pfizer globally will pass through the facility.
August 11, 2007
Three make list of fast growing inner-city companies
August 11, 2007
Three St. Louis firms were named among the nation's 100 growing fastest growing inner-city companies by national nonprofit group Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and Inc. magazine.
August 2, 2007
INCUBATOR: Center for Emerging Technologies has plan
August 2, 2007
The Center for Emerging Technologies, a biotech business incubator in the Central West End, hopes to break ground in the first half of next year on a 60,000 square-foot, $27 million expansion.
July 16, 2007
American Airlines To Add More Service From Seven Key Business Markets To Lambert St. Louis Airport In September
July 16, 2007
American Airlines today announced that its AmericanConnection carriers will add a daily round trip flight to seven cities from Lambert St. Louis International Airport effective Sept. 5.
July 15, 2007
Collaboration between Monsanto, BASF starts to take root
July 15, 2007
Monsanto Co. and BASF AG, authors of agricultural biotechnology, are peering for the first time into one another's crop genetics library - and finding only a few volumes in common. Together, Creve Coeur-based Monsanto and German chemical giant BASF hope to develop corn, soybean, cotton and canola plants with top yields, even under drought or other environmental stress.
July 12, 2007
Developer takes on BioBelt wet lab building project
July 12, 2007
Wexford Science & Technology LLC, a Baltimore-based developer, hopes to break ground this fall on a nearly $40 million, 100,000-square-foot structure next to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur.
July 12, 2007
Manufacturer celebrates new plant in Alton
July 12, 2007
Building products maker Imperial Manufacturing Group celebrates its recent move into a new 111,000-square-foot facility in Alton with a grand opening today.
July 6, 2007
UMSL facility helps IT hopefuls
July 6, 2007
Information technology entrepreneurs and researchers who are long on ideas but short on space will soon have a place to call home. The University of Missouri-St. Louis paid $2.7 million for a building in north St. Louis County that it will transform into a supercomputing center and technology business incubator, which it calls IT Enterprises.
June 20, 2007
Visteon to create jobs with new manufacturing plant in Eureka, Missouri, to support business growth
June 20, 2007
Global automotive supplier Visteon Corporation has begun building a manufacturing and assembly facility in Eureka, Mo., to support new business in North America with automakers including Chrysler Group.
May 8, 2007
American Family opens one-stop claims center in Creve Coeur
June 13, 2007
American Family Insurance says it wants to resolve customers' simple claims with one phone call to the company's newest call center in Creve Coeur.
June 11, 2007
Ribbon cutting at Express Scripts marks first corporation on college campus
June 11, 2007
Less than two years ago, members from UM-St. Louis and Express Scripts came together on campus with shovels in hand to break ground on the new headquarters of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company.
May 8, 2007
Medical research firm lands $19.1 million
June 8, 2007
St. Louis startup Singulex raises $19.1 million to help develop and market ultrasensitive tests for detecting a broad array of disease.
June 4, 2007
Washington University in St. Louis to invest $55 million in renewable energy research initiative
June 4, 2007
Washington University in St. Louis is creating a new International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) to encourage and coordinate university-wide and external collaborative research in the areas of renewable energy and sustainability.
May 8, 2007
Scottrade announces implementation of new, world-class data center
May 8, 2007
Scottrade announced today that it has completed the design, renovation and migration to a new, state-of-the-art Data Center located in suburban St. Louis. The project included a major redesign of the firm's IT infrastructure.
May 8, 2007
AirTran Opens Shop Here
May 8, 2007
With pomp and speeches and a visit from Ozzie Smith, AirTran Airways Inc., the nation's second-biggest low-cost airline, will launch service at Lambert Field today with four daily flights to Atlanta.
May 7, 2007
Pfizer adds $100 million to planned project in Chesterfield
May 7, 2007
Pfizer Inc. plans to spend $100 million on research and pilot-plant facilities in Chesterfield, a sign of the site's growing importance in the drug giant's global strategy.
May 3, 2007
National Site Selection Magazine Ranks RCGA Among Top 10 Economic Development Organizations in North America, Top 6 of Major Metros
May 3, 2007
The St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) has been named one of the "Top 10 economic development organizations in North America", according to the just-released annual national ranking in Site Selection magazine. The May issue recognizes the RCGA's business retention, expansion, recruitment and job creation successes in 2006.
May 2, 2007
Midcoast to expand at Downtown St. Louis Airport
May 2, 2007
Midcoast Aviation is flying high. So high, in fact, that the private jet refurbisher plans to add 200 jobs and build the biggest hangar yet at its Downtown St. Louis Airport headquarters over the next year.
May 1, 2007
Global Velocity readies to launch data security product next year
May 1, 2007
Global Velocity Inc. says it is months away from launching a product that promises to help corporations keep their secrets hidden and their customers' data secure.
April 27, 2007
Ethanol transit hub to be built in Sauget
April 27, 2007
A rail, river barge and truck transportation facility is being built in Sauget to help the booming ethanol industry move millions of gallons of fuel from the corn belt, where it is produced, to markets that can use it.
April 26, 2007
Solae seeks to block bitter taste
April 26, 2007
St. Louis-based Solae LLC has joined with biotechnology company Senomyx Inc. to find a way to block undesirable flavor from soy products without masking it with salt, fat or sugar.
April 25, 2007
Sigma-Aldrich unit completes two St. Louis expansion projects
April 25, 2007
SAFC said Wednesday that it has completed construction of two major protein active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) projects at its St. Louis manufacturing campus.
April 25, 2007
Green home takes root in the city
April 25, 2007
The St. Louis metro area is among the 10 greenest in the country when it comes
to building environmentally friendly commercial buildings. Now, housing developers are tapping the potential "green" demand.
April 6, 2007
Yellow Pages headquarters, jobs to stay in St. Louis
April 6, 2007
AT&T Inc.'s Yellow Pages will keep its headquarters and 655 jobs in downtown St. Louis, the company and state and local officials said Thursday. The Yellow Pages business also will add 100 positions at a sales center in Olivette.
March 28, 2007
Company here raises funds for fuel-cell breakthrough
March 28, 2007
Akermin Inc. is meeting research milestones and celebrating with drinks all 'round - but these shots of alcohol are powering the company's innovative fuel cells rather than its researchers.
March 21, 2007
Former Mallinckrodt will benefit from Tyco spinoff
March 18, 2007
An urban renewal and a new wave of chic eateries
March 18, 2007
The St. Louis of the early '90s scarcely resembles the St. Louis of today. With $4 billion of improvements poured into the city and thousands more people projected to move downtown by 2008, those figures have attracted the attention of restaurateurs nationwide.
February 25, 2007
Enterprise founders putting $25 million toward less-polluting fuels
February 25, 2007
The family that got rich by renting fossil-fuel burning automobiles is donating $25 million for scientific research aimed at reducing this country's dependence on oil and curbing emissions that cause global warming.
February 20, 2007
Developer takes shot at much-needed commercial research space
February 20, 2007
A Baltimore developer is preparing to step in and get a much-needed commercial research center in Creve Coeur off the ground after earlier efforts failed. If all goes well during a 90-day due diligence period that expires near the end of April, Wexford Science & Technology LLC will build specialized wet lab space to house young biotech companies.
February 18, 2007
Ideas For Making Money
February 19, 2007
Washington University, which has been called a laggard in commercializing academic discoveries, says it is ready to speed that process and to take a place at the heart of the region's efforts to build a biotech industry.
February 16, 2007
Solae will move labs to its new headquarters
February 16, 2007
The new headquarters of Solae Co. will include extensive laboratories and consolidated research facilities when in opens in the second half of 2008.
February 15, 2007
2007 America's 50 Hottest Cities
February 15, 2007
Perception is a critical factor in attracting expanding companies to a new location. For this reason, Expansion Management has polled site location consultants, based upon their experiences during the past two to three years, to list their choices for the nation's best cities for expanding and relocationg companies.
February 7, 2007
Keeping the Fruits of Research Close to Home
February 7, 2007
After watching a faculty member try to market an innovative device that had emerged out of a research project without success in the late 1990s, Dr. William H. Danforth, chancellor emeritus of Washington University, was convince that something needed to be done to reorient the business climate in his native city. Thus came the Coalition for Plant and Life Sciences.
February 5, 2007
St. Louis poised for entertainment upswing
February 5, 2007
St. Louis is shedding its after-hours ghost town feel with three new entertainment districts planned.
January 31, 2007
Quick Study Radiology gets $3.3 in venture capital funding
January 31, 2007
Quick Study Radiology Inc. said Tuesday that it has raised $3.3 million in venture capital to ramp up sales and take advantage of growing interest in its digital imaging technology.
January 23, 2007
Low-cost airline will take off at Lambert Field
January 23, 2007
A new air carrier is coming to Lambert Field — one that could lower the cost of
flying to the East Coast. AirTran Airways, based in Orlando, Fla., plans to announce today that it is entering the St. Louis market on May 8.
January 8, 2007
Count Fenton in on new minivan
January 8, 2007
DETROIT — Facing increasing competition in the line it debuted in 1983, Chrysler unveiled the fifth generation of its minivans Sunday and announced the company's south plant in Fenton will begin making the new signature product this fall.
January 4, 2007
Company makes bug killing job No. 1
January 4, 2007
ST. LOUIS - Dan Klein spends his days in the Pagedale labs of Steris Corp. seeking better, faster and more convenient ways of wiping out germs. Steris is not only expanding Klein's research and development team, but its St. Louis area operations as well.
