Business

Any Lab Test Now, a retail healthcare testing facility, has opened at 13327 Manchester Road (next to Trader Joe’s) in Des Peres. Available tests include cholesterol, glucose, liver function, pregnancy, thyroid, prostate cancer screening (PSA), drug screening and more.

Pictured at the facility’s grand opening celebration (from left) are Des Peres Mayor Rick Lahr, owners Dina and Ron Flynn, and Kirkwood–Des Peres Area Chamber Chairman Gene Maggard.

People

Bruce Bernstein has purchased Sunshine Drapery and its The Great Cover Up division. Sunshine Drapery is based in Maryland Heights and has design centers in Chesterfield Valley and in Fenton. The Great Cover Up is located in Ladue.

Miles Leher, of Ladue, has joined MetLife in Chesterfield as financial services representative.

Debbie Hanak has been named vice president/regional Manager, Central Region, of Pulaski Bank and will oversee the Clayton, Richmond Heights, Creve Coeur and Florissant banks.

Joseph C. Blanner has been named a partner of the Clayton law firm of Behr, McCarter & Potter, P.C.

Des Peres Hospital has announced the appointment of David Byrd as chief financial officer; Katrina J. Cravens as director of clinical quality improvement; and Terry Preiss as director of laboratory services.

Places

Argonne Gallery has opened at 101 W. Argonne in Kirkwood. The gallery offers artwork, jewelry and sculpture and is owned by Tom and Joan Elliot.

The Interior Design Center of St. Louis (IDC) celebrates the grand opening of five luxury design business showrooms on Sat., Oct. 18 at 11660 Page Service Drive. The showrooms include KDR Designer Showrooms (textiles and furniture); Accessories by Design; AUTCOhome (appliances and audio/video system integration); Working Spaces (office furniture); and Beck/Allen Cabinetry.

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. has announced that McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant will join BRAVO! Cucina Italiana at the Restaurant Village at West County Center, in Des Peres. The restaurants will join two additional sit-down restaurants, Barnes & Noble and upscale specialty shops at West County Center’s 90,000-square-foot lifestyle expansion project, scheduled for completion in the spring of 2009.

St. Louis-based financial services firm Edward Jones has pledged $50,000 over five years to support Craft Alliance’s new satellite facility in Grand Center.

Molly Darcys, a classic Celtic pub with its only other location in Killarney, Ireland, is celebrating its grand opening at Seven Gables Inn (26 S. Meramec) in Clayton. The business is owned by Irish partners Bill Cullen and Terry Brennan and St. Louisans Carl Winters and Bob O’Loughlin.

Meetings & Networking

Brentwood Chamber of Commerce holds a Business Expo from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 23 at the Brentwood Recreation Center. Admission is free for the first 100 registrants and $5 per additional registrant. Vendor tables are available for $75. To register, call 963-9007 or visit brentwoodmochamber.com.

Webster Groves/Shrewsbury Area Chamber of Commerce holds its Fall Networking Event at 5:30 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 23 at a location to be determined. The Chamber’s 2008 Community Business Expo is from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 6 at Orlando Gardens Banquet Center. Call 962-9398 or visit webstershrewsburychamber.com.

Best of Clayton – A Business Marketplace is from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 3 at Crowne Plaza Hotel (7750 Carondelet). Local exhibitors, lunch and door prizes are featured. Call 726-3033.

TCF Chamber Business Showcase is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 13 at Plaza Frontenac. Admission is free. To reserve an exhibit table, call 469-3335 or e-mail TCFChamber@charter.net.