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Originally Posted by OakAngeles
Looks like the city plans to use eminent domain to spur development around the NGA campus in North STL by securing properties currently controlled by Paul McKee's Northside Regeneration Company. The hope is that they can combine larger plots of usable land for new investments as opposed to the current piece meal ownership of non adjacent lots.
Curious if any locals have an opinion on the efficacy of this strategy
http://nextstl.com/2026/01/city-moves-to-unlock-stalled-development-near-the-nga/ |
it's 1000% more effective than letting McKee keep them. he should be in prison. over 20 years he collected almost 2000 North-side properties (many in secret through anonymous shell companies), let them rot/collapse/burn/be hauled away by brick thieves, drove out long-time residents and destroyed what equity they had, and collected millions of $ in tax breaks and gifted land based on the promise that he would rehab and redevelop. all the promises were empty. instead, in 20 years, he built a gas station, a convenience mart, and a 3-bed "hospital", the latter two of which shuttered within months. and he made a shit-load of money selling the Pruitt-Igoe site to the federal government at an inflated price. seriously f**************ck Paul Mckee.
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