2015 October Issue
Southwestern Illinois Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Southwestern Illinois Commercial Real Estate Transactions The Illinois Business Journal is proud to publish commercial real estate transactions recently completed by commercial brokers across Southwestern Illinois. BELLEVILLE Carriage House Association sold a 30-unit, 30,000-square-foot apartment building at 115 E. B St. to Kirby Holdings Group, LLC. BARBERMurphy Group represented both parties. COLUMBIA…
Read MoreDon’t add more for overburdened teachers
To the editor: I totally agree that there are problems with the Common Core, the main one being that teachers are being held so accountable from the get-go for a learning style with which the children, unless they started it in kindergarten, have no experience. A teacher of the Common Core related to me…
Read MoreWhen it comes to the NFL, we have our sights set on the wrong goal
By ALAN J. ORTBALS If the NFL owners had a walk-up song, it would be, “I’ve Got the World on a String.” They truly control their universe and everyone else just pays homage. Because of salary caps, gargantuan TV contracts and revenue sharing, even the biggest fool can be a successful business tycoon in…
Read MoreProfits above everything: Big Business has lost moral way
By DENNIS GRUBAUGH Corporate America has lost its moral compass. I’m not sure when it happened exactly. I really noticed it in 2008 when America’s biggest banks began to answer for their years-long, greedy quest for profits. They were loaning money to people they knew to be credit risks, and at the same time…
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Construction Roundup
Holland Construction Services, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, O’Fallon
Spotlight on Southwestern Illinois: Commercial Contractors Holland Construction Services, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, O’Fallon By KATE GENO St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, in agreement with the Hospital Sisters Health System and the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, is building a new replacement hospital and ambulatory care center in O’Fallon. Construction is now underway…
Read MorePlocher Construction, Altitude Trampoline Park, Glen Carbon
Spotlight on Southwestern Illinois: Commercial Contractors Plocher Construction, Altitude Trampoline Park, Glen Carbon By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE Construction began in mid-September on a new 27,000-square-foot, one-story recreational indoor trampoline facility in Glen Carbon. The new development is located east of Illinois 157 at the corner of Fountains Drive and Illinois Route 157.…
Read MoreThe Korte Company, Navy Gateway Inns & Suites Hotel, Newport Naval Station, Rhode Island
Spotlight on Southwestern Illinois: Commercial Contractors The Korte Company, Navy Gateway Inns & Suites Hotel, Newport Naval Station, Rhode Island The Korte Company has begun work on a $46.3 million design-build contract to construct a new seven-story, 200-guest room Navy Gateway Inns & Suites hotel at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. The…
Read MorePoettker Construction, State Farm Center, Champaign
Spotlight on Southwestern Illinois: Commercial Contractors Poettker Construction, State Farm Center, Champaign By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE Construction continues on a six-phase 74,000-square-foot renovation and addition to the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The $169.5 million project that began in December 2013 is anticipated to be complete by the end…
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