More than 350 construction industry professionals gathered at the Missouri Botanical Garden recently for the kick-off of Construction Forum St. Louis, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the issues facing the St. Louis construction industry.
It was established to help construction industry professionals network across industry lines, according to co-founder Tom Finan, publisher of St. Louis Construction News & Review. At the core of the organization is the new website www.constructforstl.org.
Attendees at the kick-off event learned about plans to develop as much as 3.5 million square feet of space at the former Chrysler plant in Fenton over the next five to 10 years. KP Development expects to complete acquisition of the former Chrysler plant site by next summer and begin construction within the following six months.Â