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.
Development firm leading Gateway South’s vision and execution, backed by a team experienced in complex urban projects.
Industrial and logistics specialist with ten industrial parks and six million square feet developed, managed, and leased.
Longtime St. Louis developer bringing five decades of local relationships, investment experience, and civic leadership.
Industrial and workspace availability is managed through our dedicated leasing websites.
External leasing sites · Manufacturing Core — GWS-Industrial.com · Innovation Core — GWS-Workspace.com