A preliminary rendering of the future building at Virginia and Eiler. Community-centered wins continue to stack up in, and around, South City's Dutchtown and Carondelet neighborhoods. DeSales Community Development is setting sail on a mixed-use development that'll renovate multiple older structures and construct other new ones near Virginia and Eiler. The plan calls for 78 new homes (apartments and townhouses) that are a mixture of affordable (30% and 60% of the area's median income) and...
Rendering of "2000 Missouri" from the Preservation Board agenda. Lafayette Square’s north end is set to get another new apartment building, continuing a steady flow of development centered around the former Praxair site. Planned for a crumbling surface parking lot at the northeast corner of Chouteau and Missouri, the project named “2000 Missouri” (strangely, the address isn’t 2000 Missouri but rather 2350 Chouteau) will be a 6-story apartment building with apparent commercial space and...
A rendering of 2125 Locust. Construction has commenced on a portion of AHM's long-planned Downtown West development north of Energizer Park. The first building to begin construction is located on what was a gravel lot at 22nd and Locust. The building will rise 6-stories and feature 74 apartment units and 3250sf of ground floor commercial space. A bump out will be added to the Locust Street sidewalk to help calm traffic and create more space for a patio for a potential restaurant/bar tenant....
The Chemical Building at 8th and Olive is a Downtown landmark. Pictured here on July 23rd 2025. Note: Due to the number of photos in this post, load times may be slower than usual. Multiple failed redevelopment attempts over the years have plagued Downtown's Chemical Building. The red, bay-window, architecturally rich building at 8th and Olive has held its place since it was completed in 1896 and has seen the surrounding neighborhood grow, die off and be reimagined. Its immediate neighbors...
A rendering of the Reliance Automotive Building at McPherson and Kingshighway. Pier Property Group's planned multi-family development at 490 North Kingshighway (former Reliance Automotive building) is moving ahead, just with a change in scope. Gone is the 5-story addition on top of the existing structure, which would've yielded 144 apartments. In is the redevelopment of the existing building into 50 apartments and amenity spaces for the residents (such as a lobby lounge and rooftop deck). A...
An aerial rendering showing the proposed apartment building along McKnight. Rendering by Arcturis. A new apartment building has been proposed on the site of the Rock Hill Quarries Landfill (2663 South McKnight Road) yard at the very southeast corner of Ladue in the County’s inner-ring. The development site itself is located just north of Old Warson on McKnight Road. Proposed by T-V Acqusitions LLC, a joint venture between St. Louis-based Vitale Development and Chesterfield-based TriStar...
When we’re told that a building is “too far gone to save”, what does that mean? In the case of 3305 Meramec, a creativity and determination are preserving a building that would've otherwise been torn down, or collapsed.
For 101 years, the Grandview Arcade has proudly stood at Grand and Miami in the Gravois Park neighborhood. It's been a symbol of the area's decline and, now, rebirth. See what's going on inside.
A rendering showing the new 1st floor addition. Rendering by Trivers. Yet another office-to-other usage conversion in Downtown Clayton has been officially proposed. This time, the focus is on the building at 200 South Hanley. The 11-story building was constructed in 1965 and features around 110,000sf of office space. Over the years the building served numerous businesses in Clayton (like lawyers, consultants, and such), but as newer office buildings were built, and others were renovated, 200...
At Taylor and Washington is the former Liberty Hospital Building. The building's address is 4500 Washington Boulevard. The structure has been vacant for some time and is one of the few remaining vacant buildings in the Central West End neighborhood. A post on LinkedIn from MBG (Midas Building Group) reveals what the future holds for this modest brick strucutre. Planned for the building are: 31 apartments Community room dedicated to veterans A Recreated Citizens for Community Improvement...
A rendering of the new condo building. Rendering by Core10 Architects. Condos continue to be proposed and built in Clayton, especially along Topton Way, by the Mehlman family. Located at the southeast corner of Maryland and Topton Way, the site, which is currently home to a surface parking lot, has a new proposal for a 6-story condo building with retail space and 29 condos. The 29 condos will range in size from 2470sf to 3150sf. Floors 2 through 5 will have 6 units per floor while the 6th...
The Melbourne Hotel seen on September 18th 2025. If you've been by the intersection of Grand and Lindell recently, you might've seen windows open, or removed, from the 14-story brick building at the intersection's northwest corner. It's the first visible sign of progress on the redevelopment of what was once the Melbourne Hotel and, most recently, Jesuit Hall. The property's address is 3601 Lindell. Originally unveiled in March of 2021 by Neighborood Properties, the project was originally...
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