The St. Louis region and its companies make the national news.
CB RICHARD ELLIS
RACKS UP THREE
NATIONAL ACCOLADES
So far this year, CB Richard Ellis has already appeared in three national magazines for its successes as a commercial real estate services firm. In May, FORTUNE magazine ranked CBRE's parent company, CB Richard Ellis Group, No. 404 on the 2008 Fortune 500. CBRE is the only commercial real estate services company ever named to the list of U.S.-based firms.
In April, National Real Estate Investor magazine ranked CBRE No. 1 among the 25 largest U.S.-based commercial real estate brokerage firms. This year marks the firm's fifth consecutive appearance in the top spot. The ranking is based on the aggregate value of sales and leasing transactions completed globally during 2007.
Also in April, BusinessWeek ranked
the firm No. 11 on the BusinessWeek 50, a compilation of the best performers across all industries. This is the firm's
second consecutive appearance on the list.
VERIZON, SCOTTRADE, EDWARD JONES AND PNNACLE LAUDED FOR TRAINING EFFORTS
Training magazine named four
St. Louis companies—Verizon Wireless, Scottrade, Edward Jones and Pinnacle Entertainment—to its 2008 Top 125 Training Organizations in America list. Training presents the annual award
to companies that exhibit excellence
in the training and development field.
In its seventh appearance on the list, Verizon Wireless claimed the No. 4 spot and was the highest-ranked wireless carrier.
The magazine ranked Scottrade No. 43, touting the company's new performance review system that better gauges the performance success of managers, team leaders and supervisors.
Training ranked Edward Jones No. 54 and noted that it "significantly increased coaching for leaders, veteran financial advisors, promising employees, and future leaders over the last several years."
Pinnacle claimed the No. 60 spot based in part on its company-wide training and development programs, such as its Brilliant at the Basics and Quality Guest Service Initiative.
UMSL CRIMINOLOGY PROGRAM RANKED NO. 4 NATIONALLY BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
The University of Missouri-St. Louis Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice's doctoral degree program has been ranked fourth in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The ranking appeared in the America's Best Graduate Schools 2009 issue.
UMSL shared the fourth spot in a tie with Rutgers-Newark and the University of California-Irvine. The top three rankings went to the University of Maryland-College Park, State University of New York-Albany and the University of Cincinnati.
The UMSL program prepares graduates for positions as researchers in academic, governmental and private settings and for other positions requiring advanced knowledge of theories and methods in criminology and criminal justice.
CASINO QUEEN ONCE AGAIN REIGNS AS
HOME TO "LOOSEST SLOTS IN THE COUNTRY"
Casino Player magazine announced the winners of its 15th annual Loosest Slot Awards and once again recognized the Casino Queen in East St. Louis, Ill., for having the most liberal payouts among all individual casinos in the nation. The Casino Queen has claimed the top honors for the 3rd consecutive year with an overall payback percentage of approximately 94.65 percent. The
winners were announced in the 2008
Best of Slots issue.
AMERICAN CITY AND COUNTY FEATURES ARTICLE
ON REVITALIZATION OF CHESTERFIELD VALLEY
The February issue of American City and County featured an article called
"New Beginnings" about the successful use of tax increment financing to revitalize Chesterfield Valley after the flood of 1993 swamped it with water.
Michael Staenberg, president of THF Realty,
co-authored the article with Michael Herring, Chesterfield's city administrator.
"On Aug. 1, 2008, Chesterfield, Mo., will mark the 15th anniversary of the Great Flood of 1993, an event that left Chesterfield Valley—a district the city envisioned as a potential engine for future economic growth—under 10 feet of water," wrote the authors. "To recover from the flood, a public-private partnership used tax increment financing (TIF) to restore the developmental viability of the valley
to its pre-flood level. Exceeding
officials' original projections of economic potential, by the end of 2007, the TIF was retired 10 years ahead
of schedule."
The complete article can be found at www.americancityandcounty.com. |
