Lehman Place in Dogtown

I’m always happy to see large scale projects go up in the City of St. Louis. Years back, when I first heard about the $5.5 million Lehman Place project in Dogtown (specifically, the Clayton-Tamm Neighborhood), I rejoiced like everyone else. Unfortunately, not all developments are created equal. Now all there is to show for the investment is a huge monstrosity of building, displaying no use of common sense in its design. And did I mention that it has been in foreclosure limbo for almost a year? Read more

Mississippi River Bridge design

If you have been following this blog over the past few months, you know how important I believe the new Interstate 70 bridge connecting Missouri and Illinois in Downtown St. Louis is. As the region goes, so goes the City, and the future of Highway 70 is very important to us all. I have had my misgivings over the arrangements made in February, but on the whole I think the planned Mississippi River Bridge will be a huge step for the region. Read more

Tower Grove East condos

This project has been under development for a while now, but it’s good to see that the condos on the southeast corner of Sidney & Nebraska are coming along. Located in a former Phillips 66 auto repair shop at 2600 Nebraska in the Tower Grove East neighborhood of South St. Louis, these condos will be a welcome addition to the landscape. I don’t know much about the project at this point other than that the condos are said to be “loft” style. Read more

Mayor Slay on Downtown

If you read the St. Louis Post Dispatch, you likely saw the two disturbing stories in the newspaper this weekend about some problems with Downtown developments. The respective stories included an article about Pyramid Development bailing out of the Mercantile Exchange project and a general Downtown article, which implied that the SkyHouse project on Washington Avenue was dead. Read more

Union Club progressing nicely

If you often drive I-44 in St. Louis City, you’ve probably been wondering what’s going on at the southeast corner of Lafayette and Jefferson. This development project has been hard to miss as it has rapidly progressed from foundation towards completion. Being developed by local developer, Gilded Age, this project has been named and modeled after the Union Club in honor of the building that stood at the site until a tornado destroyed it in 1896. Read more

3 developments in FPSE

Driving through the Forest Park Southeast Neighborhood (aka. The Grove) earlier this week, I stumbled across three mixed-use development projects, which I had been unaware of. I guess the warm weather has brought the construction crews out of doors, shining some light on their efforts. I’ve been a big fan of what’s been going on in the neighborhood over the past couple of years Read more

A few words on Ballpark Village

Since I was in the middle of transferring my blog last week when the big story broke that Centene was backing out of the Ballpark Village project in Downtown St. Louis, I figured I’d post a few thoughts on the situation. Everyone seems to have their own spin on what this means for the project, but it is pretty clear that it is going to have a pretty significant affect on the overall development. Read more

Two new Benton Park microbreweries

They say that good things come in pairs. I’ve always been rather fond of microbreweries, so I guess in stands to reason that they would hold to this rule. If everything goes as planned, the Benton Park Neighborhood of South St. Louis, will be home to two such establishments by the end of 2008: Mattingly Brewing Company and The Stable. Read more

More on the fate of Ballpark Village

Just a quick follow up on yesterday’s post about Centene potentially bailing out on the Ballpark Village deal. The St. Louis Post Dispatch posted a similar article in today’s paper. Looks like the situation is serious. Click here to check out the full article.

Ballpark Village - Centene project on the rocks

In the realm of über development projects in St. Louis, the Ballpark Village project next to Busch Stadium is probably the most prominent. The St. Louis Cardinals are required to develop the land and have been working with developer, Cordish, for what’s seemingly been an eternity. Last September, Clayton-based health care company Centene Corporation announced that they would be relocating their headquarters to the Village site. The pic to the right is the rumored design proposal. Development nerds, like myself, city-wide rejoiced.

Six months later, the picture isn’t looking as rosie. What was once a “sure thing” could be in danger. Most of this is only rumor at this point, but KMOX reported on the situation this morning and it doesn’t sound that great. Apparently Centene is bumping heads with Cordish on various aspects of the project. KMOX is claiming that the fate of the project might be determine in the next few weeks. You can listen to the report yourself here.

This report along with Mayor Slay’s blog entry on the matter in January, lends some credence to the belief that Cordish is rubbing everyone the wrong way. Lets just hope they can work something out. Not only are the residential and commercial components of this project a big deal, but we could really use an influx of new jobs Downtown. I was really hoping Centene’s move Downtown was a sign of things to come. Here’s to hoping.

To keep up on all the rumors and gossip, check out this thread on Urban St. Louis.

Next Page »