3765 Lindell to Become Apartments
more info at cityscene-stl
Mill Creek Flats Begins Construction
more info at cityscene-stl
Central West End's Holiday Inn Express to Become a Hotel Indigo
more info at cityscene-stl
Forsyth Point Grows Even Larger
more info at cityscene-stl
Major Projects Planned to Reshape Southtown
more info at cityscene-stl
Quote:
In the coming weeks, a major development plan will be unveiled for over 8-acres in the Southtown area of the City. A development entity, by the name of Cornerstone Chippewa LLC, has acquired land formerly occupied by the Monsignor Louis F. Meyer Youth Center. The developer's name is John Clancy and his firm is based in Palm Beach Florida. According to Alderwoman Carol Howard (14th Ward), the development will reshape the Kingshighway street scene by adding market rate apartments and retail space to the neighborhood. The project will also fill in the large vacant parcel behind some buildings fronting Kingshighway. John Clancy, the developer, told the Southsider news that the project "will be very exciting".
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — The developer who has added apartments to Laclede's Landing is teaming up with another developer on an ambitious plan to continue remaking the historic neighborhood and expand it into the North Riverfront.
Bouyed by the success of his Peper Lofts on 1st St., Brian Minges and his partner David Messner are closing on two properties on the Landing and have contracts on five more. They're also eyeing property north of Lumiere Place Casino. Messner says their New Legacy Development Partnership is planning to transform the area between the Eads Bridge and the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge.
"By the time we get done with this whole project area ... we really want to see 3,500 to 5,000 residents here on the riverfront and have a really vibrant mixed-use community where people can, I hate the saying, but where they can live, work and play."
Part of that community will be a coffee shop bearing the historic Old Judge name. Messner says they have purchased the intellectual rights to Old Judge and will revive the brand there.
As for north of Lumiere Place, Messner says they plan to create a district around the Laclede Power Station.
"Making Broadway less of a commuter area and more of a pedestrian-friendly street and then really trying to connect that whole north side up to the other projects that are going on — Square's relocating to the old Post-Dispatch building, the NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) and the expanded convention center."
Messner knows that's an ambitious plan. He has a message for those doubting whether it can be done.
"We're going to show you. We're going to show you in five years. We're going to do it. We're not going to try to hit an out-of-the-park grand slam home run in the bottom of the ninth to win the series. This is a practical project that can be done, can be built and we believe it will be."
This would definitely be a boost in the right direction even further for downtown St. Louis. This area being sandwiched between I-44 and the river from the nat'l park on the south and I-70 on the north could be very dense with the right development mixture.
__________________
"When you don't want to Dallas your Austin, you just emulate the Bay Area."
I don't usually post stuff from Preservation Board agendas. There are generally a handful of smaller new construction and/or rehab projects every month along with a bunch of boring stuff about retaining walls and historically accurate windows. Anyhow, September's had two proposals for new single family homes and I think this one (2216 11th St.) is adorable (and long AF):
Prev
Linear Mode
