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There is a delicious irony in that a restaurant unlike any other in St. Charles is now serving diners near the spot formerly occupied by Noah’s Ark Restaurant, the area’s most unusual eatery of its time. Tucanos Brazilian Grill opened Feb. 28 as the newest business in the Streets of St. Charles, the $150 million […]Read more »

Tucanos Brazilian Grill plans to open its first Midwest location in the $385 million Streets of St. Charles development in February. The restaurant, located at 1520 S. 5th St., will lease about 7,486 square feet of space from Peoria, Ill.-based Cullinan Properties, which manages the property. This will be Tucanos’ seventh location nationwide. Steve Oldham, […]Read more »

ST. CHARLES – When the Streets of St. Charles development was approved by city officials in 2006, it was envisioned as a New Urbanism project complete with housing and retail sharing a quaint setting and walkable community. After several economic setbacks, the long-awaited project is finally getting off the ground — but appears to be […]Read more »

The Art Institute of St. Louis, a branch of the The Art Institutes, will open July 9 as part of the Streets of St. Charles project, a $385 million mixed-use development that includes 1.5 million square feet of retail, dining, entrainment and residential space. The school will occupy approximately 33,800 square feet of the new center. Brinkmann […]Read more »

City officials are close to issuing the building permit for the first of a series of mixed-use buildings planned for the site of the old Noah’s Ark complex at Interstate 70 and Fifth Street. However, a spokesman for the developer – Cullinan Properties – said Wednesday that a starting date for construction has yet to […]Read more »

Construction finally will begin this summer on the first mixed-use building in Cullinan Properties’ $385 million Streets of St. Charles development at Interstate 70 and South Fifth Street. “Discussions have centered around mid-June for groundbreaking,” said Nadine Boon, economic development director for the city of St. Charles. “The city has approved the site plan for […]Read more »