St. Louis Development Corporation

St. Louis MO


St. Louis Development Corporation is the economic development agency for the City of St. Louis formed to invest in distressed areas of the bi-state St. Louis region, including parts of St. Louis City and St. Louis County in Missouri, and St. Clair and Madison Counties in Illinois.

CDFI Awards for St. Louis Development Corporation


NMTC (2009) - $65,000,000

St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) has a mission of helping businesses in St. Louis to carry out profitable economic activities, create new job opportunities for the city’s citizens, and encourage private investment. With its NMTC Allocation, SLDC will offer a variety of financial products with flexible structuring alternatives to meet the unique needs of each project. For non-real estate businesses, SLDC will offer equity investments and below-market interest rate loans ranging from $500,000 to $15 million. For real estate businesses, SLDC will offer equity or equity equivalent investments ranging from $500,000 to $5 million, and loans ranging from $500,000 to $15 million, including below-market interest rate loans and leveraged loans.



NMTC (2008) - $45,000,000

St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) is a private, nonprofit corporation established by the City of St. Louis in 1988 to serve as its economic development engine. SLDC will use its NMTC allocation to attract capital for (1) business lending; (2) equity investments in emerging businesses operations; (3) patient capital for site assembly; (4) gap financing for real estate development; and, (5) major project funding. The NMTC financing will offer non-traditional rates and terms, be targeted to highly distressed areas of St. Louis, and/or increase the provision of products and services to low-income communities.



NMTC (2003) - $52,000,000

St. Louis Development Corporation anticipates using its NMTC allocation to attract capital for: (1) business lending; (2) equity investments in emerging businesses operations; (3) patient capital for site assembly; (4) gap financing for real estate development; and (5) major project funding. The NMTC financing will offer nontraditional rates and terms and be targeted to highly distressed areas of the St. Louis region.



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