A 100-acre district next to the Gateway Arch, bringing together the companies, people, and infrastructure shaping how America builds.
Better building depends on systems working together. Gateway South applies that principle at district scale, bringing companies, training, research, and infrastructure together in one place.
Bring the leaders of the building industry, including builders, fabricators, designers, and researchers, into one riverfront district where proximity compounds progress.
Create new construction and advanced-manufacturing jobs, with training pathways that connect St. Louis residents directly to them.
Turn underused riverfront land beside the Gateway Arch back into a working district.
The site today · Steps from the Arch, Busch Stadium, and downtown, the front door of St. Louis
A structural housing shortage is colliding with a construction-labor gap. Closing both takes new ways of building, and a place designed to produce them.
Housing Supply Gap.
4.03M homes
National structural shortage in 2026, widened from 3.8M in 2024. Source: Realtor.com, 2026 Housing Supply Gap.
Construction Labor Need.
≈350K workers
Net new workers the industry is forecast to need in 2026 alone.
Headquarters for several of the nation’s largest construction firms, with a deep bench of trade contractors and material suppliers.
A workforce and industrial base built over a century, from bricks to beer to jets.
Lower energy, labor, and tax costs than coastal markets, plus incentives for relocating companies.
Direct river, rail, and road access from the center of the country, with service from all six Class I railroads.
100 acres between Busch Stadium, Anheuser-Busch, and the Gateway Arch: an Innovation Core and a Manufacturing Core, joined by the Cultural Core where the whole district comes together.
District character zones · Downtown St. Louis riverfront
A walkable, mixed-use downtown for the building industry.
The district’s shared civic and community center, connecting the Innovation and Manufacturing Cores.
Production and distribution at scale on river, rail, and road.
Today
FuturePhase 1 isn’t a collection of buildings; it’s an ecosystem. Training and childcare in the Cultural Core, and the employers who need both, side by side.
A training center preparing local residents for skilled construction and trades careers, designed to create direct pathways into jobs across the district.
Childcare and early childhood education on site, so working families can participate fully in the district’s economy.
Advanced-manufacturing and construction employers producing building components, housing first, and creating the jobs the training center prepares residents for.
The goal is a direct pipeline: people trained here move into jobs with employers across the district.
District manufacturers will produce the components that make housing faster and more affordable to build.
Underway.
Next in Phase 1.
Initial Buildout.
145,300 SF
The first wave of new construction and historic renovation, with more to follow as Phase 1 continues.
Permanent Jobs.
413+
Across training, education, and manufacturing.
Construction Jobs.
460
Supported through the Phase 1 buildout.
Mission-driven developer leading Gateway South’s vision and execution, and day-to-day development manager for the district.
$3.5B
Development Value
8M SF
Developed
Approximate · Principals’ track record across prior firms
Houston-based industrial real estate developer specializing in industrial and logistics facilities.
13
Projects
2.3M SF
Developed
Approximate · Deal history across Texas, Georgia, and Missouri
The Business Journal identifies Fornidos Home Systems as the panelized home manufacturer taking a 55,000-square-foot production facility at 1120 S. Second Street, with ARCO as design-builder, construction starting in early 2027, and a temporary St. Louis operation planned in the meantime.
The homebuilding company plans a regional manufacturing hub in an approximately 55,000-square-foot facility, with ARCO leading the design-build effort.
Construction Forum's executive director on why Gateway South matters: the LCRA bond vote, the four tenants expected to bring a combined 365 jobs, and the persistence it takes to carry a big St. Louis idea through to completion.
Historic brick brought back to work and new production floors on the river. The first buildings of the district are taking shape, and there is room for you in them.
A new 54,600 SF, 32-foot-clear light-manufacturing facility with dock-high loading and corner office storefronts, fully committed to Fornidos Home Systems, which will build panelized housing components here for the region. Construction starts in Q1 2027, with delivery in Q4 2027.
A single property that will operate as two addresses once renovated: two flex/warehouse suites of 6,700 and 5,700 RSF at 218 Lombard, and a two-story office/flex building of 2,000 RSF per floor at 220 Lombard. Four suites in all; renovation has not yet begun.