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There is yet another proposal for the reuse of the former headquarters of the Optimist International organization. With an initial proposal by developer Covington in 2014 recommending significant alterations to the exterior of the buildings and a 14-story, 200-unit apartment complex constructed on top, which fizzled following the project’s inability to receive support for tax […]

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Green Street plans a four story 268 unit apartment building at 4591 McRee to the west of Bar K in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. They would demolish the existing building. There would be 1,500 square feet of commercial space and structured parking. The estimated project cost is $75M. HDA is the architect. The proposal […]

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AHM of MoFo, WYOMO, and The 22 fame, plans to redevelop 3.13 acres in Downtown West north of the Schlafly Tap Room. AHM plans to rehab four existing buildings on the 2100 block of Locust, and build three new mixed-use ones on the surface parking lots. This could mean a few hundred dwellings. NextSTL – […]

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Returning to urbanity Like many of the other major intersections in this city, the crossroads of Grand and Gravois has suffered the fate of auto-oriented blight. With two of the four corners still standing as a testament to our city’s rich history, the northern half has been leveled by the automobile, a gas station, and […]

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St. Louis Place is a neighborhood in St. Louis, bound by Palm Street/Natural Bridge Avenue on the north, Cass Avenue to the south, N. Florissant Avenue/13th Street to the east and Jefferson Avenue/Parnell to the west: Take a good look at the map. The area to the south is Carr Square which was largely cleared for […]

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Ald. Shane Cohn introduced Board Bill 52 to create a Special Use District (SUD) for parts of the Dutchtown, Mount Pleasant, and Carondelet neighborhoods in parts of the 9th, 11th, 20th, and 25th wards (mostly the new 3rd ward), covering 91.75 acres, mainly along Grand, Meramec, and Virginia. It would: permit select uses, prohibit certain […]

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The next St. Louis Land Tax Sale is June 28th. These are properties for which the owner has not paid property taxes for four years. The owner has until the last minute to pay up, so it is likely some of these will not go for sale in the end. It’s an auction with the bidding starting […]

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Green Street and Midas Hospitality are proposing a 25 story (294 feet tall), 600,000 square-foot building on about 0.88 acres at 10 S Central at the corner with Forsyth where World News used to operate. The architect is Green Street’s HDA Architects. The Clayton Board of Aldermen will consider the proposal at its June 14th […]

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Lux Living has revised their proposal for the 1000 block of South Kingshighway in the Forest Park Southeast (FPSE) neighborhood. The architect is VE Design. FPSE NA will hold a neighborhood meeting to discuss the new revision June 21st at 6:30 pm. A PDF with more details and drawings is posted on the FPSE website. […]

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North Hampton is a south St. Louis neighborhood bound by Scanlan/59th Street/Connecticut to the north, Chippewa to the south, Kingshighway to the east and Hampton to the west. Unlike its neighbor to the south, Southampton, or SoHa, North Hampton is spelled with two words. To the best of my knowledge, there is no effort underway […]

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The South Grand Community Improvement District’s mission is to cultivate a robust and supportive business climate on South Grand in order to establish the Tower Grove community as the premiere urban lifestyle district in the Saint Louis Metropolitan area. The District is located just south of Tower Grove Park from Arsenal to Utah Street on […]

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St. Louis City politics dominated the local news cycle on Thursday when current Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed along with current Alderman Jeffrey Boyd and former Alderman John Collins-Muhammed faced federal indictments for racketeering and bribery. Per the indictment, it appears that all three members of the Board of Aldermen were receiving payments in […]

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The National Building Arts Center in Sauget, IL is hosting a summer lecture series highlighting topics and research selected by regional subject matter experts in the building arts. The lectures are free (tickets required) and open to the public. Select areas of the NBAC campus will be made available for self-guided touring before and after […]

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The Lagosian Apartments at 2300 LaSalle in the Lafayette Square neighborhood took another step forward after a couples years of inaction. A $3M building permit application was submitted for the five story building west of Missouri Ave. Planned are 34 apartments, each two stories, a pretty unique configuration. Surface parking would be located behind. This […]

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St. Louis has a long history of believing that demolition will solve all of its social and economic woes. The 20th century saw the demolition of entire neighborhoods like the riverfront, Kosciusko, Mill Creek Valley, and Carr Square. James Neal Primm’s Lion of the Valley notes that the Post Dispatch declared that the city “voted […]

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Construction continues in full swing at many job sites big and small. Below is a sampling. 8125 Forsyth Residence Inn Hotel 227 S Central AC Hotel Clayton NextSTL – 2019 – Updated plans submitted for AC Hotel in Clayton 8029 Forsyth Forsyth Pointe Bemiston Place 236 apartments, 10,667sf of retail 301 DeBaliviere Expo at Forest Park Will be […]

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Last month we saw how fuel sales in Missouri have remained robust despite rising prices nearing record highs. It appeared that fuel demand was very inelastic, that Missourians are captive—in the face of price increases, Missourians for the most part have no practical substitutes. For a state which produces almost no oil and has no […]

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After a decade of rumors and speculation, the fate of Bob Cassilly’s Cementland may soon be known. The 40-acre site sold at auction on Thursday night for a high bid of $714,000. The final contract price including a 10% buyers premium was $785,400. According to auction terms the sale will close within 30 days. Ten […]

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The area south of the highway downtown has long been choking on parking and automobile infrastructure. It become a little more asphyxiated recently with the demolition of 800 S 7th Street once home to The Bird House STL later called The Batter’s Box Sports Bar. Terrence McDonald of 800 4th Street LLC and The Dent […]

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Held by Koplar Properties since 2007, hopes for 1711 Locust in Downtown West were buoyed recently with the start of rehab of the Butler Brothers building across the street. The property was listed for sale for $100k (Koplar paid $385k in 2007 according to city records) and under contract in April. Now city records show […]

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