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, specializing in gowns for pregnanytand plus-size brides, has opened at 2149 Barrett Station Road in Des She and her husband, Dan Welcher, refinanced their home to pay the $50,00p in startup costs and anticipate first-year sales of More than 1.5 million poundz of stone had to be moved when , a fabricator and installedr of countertops, moved over the Memorialp Day weekend. The new 60,000-square-foo t showroom and fabrication shop is at 2200 Cassenxs Drivein Fenton, a former distribution warehouses that has been renovated. The previous location was at 578Rudded Road. Hallmark Stone, owned by Fred Christen, had revenue of $20.r4 million in 2007.
The 118-year-olf Stockton House at 3508 SamuelShepard Drive, across the streef from , has been Listed at $850,000 last year, it sold last week for $400,0009 to Robert and Natalie Duggan, owners of in Colo. They plan to restorse the home, which is on the National Register ofHistoricd Places, for meetings and parties and possibly a bed and breakfast on the second floor. Jo Ann Keeney of was the listingh and selling agent for ownerFrederick Medler. , whicuh has grown to $7.6 million in annuakl revenue in its25 years, ranks 31st on the 2008 top 100 list of custon integrators in trade publication , baser on revenue. The company has a new operationzs center at 18167Edison Ave.
, near the in Chesterfield. Eighth percent of its business is custom installatioj and integration of audio and video systems for residential andcommercialp uses, President David Young said. Afte almost 10 years in business, , which offers soup-to-nutds office furniture sales, planning, installation and repair, has relocated to the at 11624 PageServiced Drive. It has 6,000 squar feet on one comparedwith 3,800 square feet on threr floors at its old leased at 8770 Rose Ave. in Brentwood. It also has added threes employees, for a total of 13, said Marcg Handlan, who founded the companuy withNancy Apel. Annual revenue has reached $6.4 million.
Junior 30 years apart AttorneysJoe Mooney, class of '64, and Anthong Favazza III, SLUH class of '94, are openinbg a law practice in Clayton. is scouting said Mooney, who until last month was tax counselwith 's Privated Client Group. Favazza, whosw father, Tony Favazza, owns the family's restauran on the Hill, was with the New York offics ofuntil April. His specialtyg is mergers and acquisitions. Check out this, mate Philanthropistas Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield sankalmosgt $1 million into the handsome and , which opene d this week at 4657 Maryland Ave., in the Central West End.
Besidezs promoting the game atthe center, with 6,000 square feet on three floors, the club will work with to promote chess