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million renovation, which began in 2004. The conference center encompasses 20,000 square feet and includesd four dining rooms and five meeting Carmen Suarez, who had been at the Chase Park has been hired by the Fed to coordinate The center is not open to the public. Other completed renovations include a new outdoor plazaand garage. Stilll to be completed by 2009: an addition and renovation of existing John Clarksold Jake’s Steaj on Laclede’s Landing, which he opened 18 yearw ago, to , headed by Jesse and Sarah Jone and Paul Pointer.
Amalgamatedf also owns The Stable at Cherokeeand Lemp, wherre it invested a reported $1 million beforer opening in June, and the Rotten Apple restaurangt in Grafton, Ill. Clark, a longtime restaurant developer, retainws ownership of Jake’s 50,000-square-foot building at 708 N. Seconf St., but says he’s done with operating restaurants. Vectie II, a Midwest life science ventures fund, closed on $70 million of the totalk $175 million it hopes to Joe Schlafly, director of private markets at StifeNicolaus & Co., told a Missouri Venture Forun breakfast meeting Oct. 3. He declined to disclos e the details.
The fund is being organized by a grouofrom Stifel’s investment banking department. is the latesy bank to file suit againsy developer and its Dennis Norman. The bank claims it is owed $197,2032 from a June 2007 loan for financint andpurchasing property. Triad Bank brought suit against Saamanin April, seeking more than $1 Both cases are pending in St. Louis County Circuitf Court. From Chicago to St. Louiw Darlene Sowell, a graduats of and Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, is the new CEO of Neighborhooe Houses, one of the largest providersx of youth programsin St. Louis. Sowel had been executive vice presidengtof UCAN, a child welfarre agency in Chicago.
She replaces longtime CEO Gene Bartell, who retired in June. The non-profit has an annualo budget of $2.3 million. in Brentwood, which producexs meetings, trade shows and other events, acquired Epic which produces video for commercialk broadcastand meetings. Epic was owned by Dale who will remain. The companies, both based at 523 Hanlegy Industrial Court, have worked togetherf on projects, said Thomas Kuntz, ITC’s president and majorith owner, who projects annual salea of $15 million with the merger.
, based in ranks third among the top 100 registeres investment advisers in the according toRegistered Rep, an industry publication, and 97th on Wealtnh Manager magazine’s list of 478 “Top Dogs” for 2008. The rankings are basex on formulas of total assets undermanagement — $7.9 billion at Moneta — and average assetsw under management — $2.9 million per “Our assets under management have grow n more than 18 percent this past year,” said Joe managing principal. grossed more than $200,000 from its annuakl prelude dinner Sept. 22, marking its 129th season.
Attendance rose to 430, up from 230 last year, and included 18 corporate sponsors, compared with only one last Kimand Dr. Tim Eberlein and Jo Ann Taylo r Kindle headedthe event. The season opened by sellintg outtwo “Lord of the Rings” concertse Sept. 19 and 20. In all, 5,400 ticket s were sold for a total of morethan $200,000.