St. Louis is Retail Ready.

“The City of St. Louis is building a healthy ecosystem of retail and next generation mixed-use development projects in strategic locations throughout the city, including downtown St. Louis. We are ready to tell retail decision-makers about our city’s unprecedented momentum, untapped retail potential and why the ‘Gateway to the West’ is an attractive location for retailers.”

- City of St. Louis Mayor, Tishaura O. Jones

Find us at ICSC! Booth #4963S

Downtown St. Louis stands out…

as a top metropolitan region poised for growth. We’re the SHOW ME state for good reason. We invest in the things that create growth in our community and we support the business development that makes St. Louis a great place to live, work and play; and we nurture the assets that make us a destination for visitors.

Click button below to learn more about why Downtown St. Louis is the Center of It All.

Armory STL

1M visitors to the Armory STL since opening in late 2022 – the newest and largest entertainment venue in St. Louis

2M visitors to City Foundry STL since opening in August 2021 – a food hall with shops and creative workspaces

City Foundry

XFL Crowds

3 biggest crowds in three consecutive weeks in XFL History – St. Louis Battlehawks: 109,345

Top Golf

Top Golf opened fall of 2023

Ballpark Village

Ballpark Village – home to the St. Louis Cardinals - one of only four MLB clubs to reach the 3 million attendance mark in 2022

Hockey Crowds

St. Louis Blues Hockey – 18, 075 average game attendance

CityPark - St. Louis City SC

CITYPARK – new MLS soccer stadium with seating for 22,500

Brickline Greenway

Brickline Greenway– Pedestrian walkway connecting Armory and Foundry, Mill Creek Valley to CITYPARK

IKEA

IKEA – 377,000 square-foot location near the Cortex

Not Convinced? Learn More about St. Louis…

Where Residential and Retail Meet.

  • Cortex Innovation Community

    Street level retail, 425 companies with 6,000 employees and new apartments coming soon

  • Butler Brothers redevelopment near downtown west

    The Victor, new 384 apartments across from CITYPARK and near new NGA

  • Steelcote Square

    a dynamic, new Midtown neighborhood offering a wide variety of apartment options to satisfy every lifestyle. From historic rehab micro, studio 1- and 2-bedroom lofts to brand-new construction 1- and 2-bedroom lofts

  • New City Target

    below Mill Creek Flats, 70,000sf of retail space

  • Mill Creek Flats Luxury Apartments

    six story building with 105 residential units - near SSM Health’s new hospital campus and St. Louis University, the development includes 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail space

  • More projects...

    on the way. Let’s make the next one, yours.

Contact Us

Let’s start the conversation.

Neal Richardson, SLDC President & CEO
richardsonn@stlouis-mo.gov | 314.657.3703

Kurt Weigle, GSL Chief Downtown Officer
kurt@GreaterSTLinc.com | 314.444.1185