Blackline Design and Construction is setting out on a $34 million redevelopment of this building into 146 apartments and 11,150sf of commercial space. The project is currently seeking a rezoning of the property from “K - Unrestricted” to “H - Area Commercial”. Updated December 2nd 2020.

Previous plans, worth $20 Million, called for new windows, a cleaned facade, new roofs and a mixture of uses. Tenants could determine if they want light manufacturing, warehouse or creative office space. A brewery or distillery was also welcome. The one and two-floor portion will be demolished for a parking lot due to it being structurally unstable and collapsing. The hope is that this, 1920 North Broadway (to be renovated to office and warehouse for Greater than Games for $5 Million) and 2000 North Broadway spurs other developments on the North Riverfront. All buildings will receive new windows and are being developed by two different entities.

Current status...




Renderings...

That'a a gorgeous building and a darned hopeful project. I wish them luck.

I'm very optimistic about this project, and am excited to move my company's base of operations to the area. There are a ton of gorgeous buildings along the N. Broadway corridor between I70 and Produce Row quite close to downtown. If this project takes off along with some of the announced projects on the landing, I'll have a bunch of exciting developments to watch on my way to and from work!

pmbender wrote: ↑

Mar 30, 2019

I'm very optimistic about this project, and am excited to move my company's base of operations to the area. There are a ton of gorgeous buildings along the N. Broadway corridor between I70 and Produce Row quite close to downtown. If this project takes off along with some of the announced projects on the landing, I'll have a bunch of exciting developments to watch on my way to and from work!

I agree. This area doesn't get much attention but has amazing potential. Love this project and hope it sparks more around it.

Part of me envisions this area as a bit of an artsy neighborhood with residential lofts, etc. but I understand the city's focus on light industrial/jobs... the more mixed-use nature can be targeted for south of the Stan Span.

It's a bit further up from this warehouse, but it was great that Suburban Packaging relocated to North Broadway after vacating the Woodward-Tiernan Building on S. Vandeventer/Tower Grove Ave. to make way for that redevelopment.... a nice win-win keeping decent jobs that don't necessarily require a college degree in the city; in contrast, Hoffman Bros. moved out to the County from the Tower Grove Ave. building that is now retail.

I'm really hoping to encourage more artsy/creative companies to relocate to the area. St. Louis already has one of the highest concentrations of tabletop gaming companies in the country, and with a bit more awareness building we could start to draw in even more companies as well as artists and firms in adjacent industries.

What a phenomenal project! Could not support this more.

^Totally OT, but tabletop gaming? Does that refer to billiards, etc?

Much, much geekier than that It refers to both board games and card games as well as tabletop roleplaying games (think Dungeons and Dragons). The category has enjoyed massive sales growth over the past decade, and stores like Target and Barnes & Noble have started to devote more and more shelf space to "geekier" board games in recent years.

As it happens, St. Louis has a high concentration of both game publishers as well as several major distribution centers for wholesale and online resellers.

I just went to a gamer funeral Friday. Old old friend who for a time lived in the Pagan Publishing house in Columbia MO. (I still have friends on both sides of that darned rift.) I had no idea this project involved my particular kind of nerdy. Now I like it even more! (Stop me before I start posting pictures of my leadpile or gaming rooms.)

Good to see something happening in the North Riverfront area. The lofty plans for North Riverfront touted as a superior alternative to Stadium plans have, unsurprisingly, disappeared.

We are now more than 4 years into the 10 years declaration by Governor Nixon in 2015 regarding the North Riverfront: "If we do nothing then people will stand right here 10 years from now and that will look exactly like it looks right there," Nixon said during a news conference on St. Louis’ north riverfront near the proposed stadium site. https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/ni ... y#stream/0

I was hoping that stretch could attract new businesses with a view of the River and close proximity to downtown hotels and amenities -- just as the Seaport district revitalized a blighted and moribund area of Boston near their downtown. The two things that helped kick off the Boston Seaport area was 1) Federal Courts built a large new building there and 2) The Contemporary Art Museum chose that area to build a new museum. It would be nice to see a government or philanthropic institution here do something similar to see if we could kick-off a similar riverfront renaissance.

It just takes a couple of high profile developments down there to turn it into a hot place for others to want to be. Look at this before and after for Boston Seaport. Once the ball started rolling, businesses from the suburbs started relocating here. In a short 12 years it exploded in new and refurbed old structures.






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The Mayor wrote: ^ And that's wonderful.  But St. Louis isn't Boston and doesn't have the concentration of universities and business that Boston does (nor the proximity to the other massive cities in the NE Corridor), not that St. Louis is necessarily a slouch in those metrics however.  Still there was just an article the other day in the Business Journal about how those large companies largely shy away from the City.  And look at all the redevelopment here, it's not bringing them in as it is.  On top of that the Mississippi River is a working river, the idea that we could build something on the scale of the Boston Seaport is just not realistic.

I can't read the article you city since it is behind the firewall.  What does do they say is the reason no big companies are moving to St. Louis City?

^ no one thing but basically boiling down to lack of strong downtown strategic vision and leadership; Cortex shown as kind of an example of what can be a model for downtown. Also mentions how some like McKelvey say it's coming.

Btw, I agree with you... there's been some pretty decent momentum downtown even without a surge in jobs; if/when that happens, and it very well may with Square and the new BPV office building etc. changing perceptions about downtown office, things can change very quickly as Detroit has shown. Sure, it won't be seaport, but it can become a destination.

But with all that aside, a key question is what Justine Peterson's (non-profit working on financial empowerment for underserved communities) plans are for the near north riverfront with it's several acquired buildings like the Cotton Belt, etc.... I've heard they have an eye on a version of the old Farmworks initiative but I'm eager to hear more.

Glad to see this moving forward. I remain particularly excited about this. And might just have plugged some related products at a gaming convention in England outside Nottingham. It would be really really nice to see St. Louis become the Nottingham of the West. Good luck and keep up the good work.

Guess this topic should be moved to residential development 

GoHarvOrGoHome wrote:Guess this topic should be moved to residential development 

The fact this is become 146 apartments surprises me a bit. It’s an odd move now, but I would expect additional projects of similar style up around there.

I’ll update the first post to put the renderings back and pictures.

Not all development news is good. 2000 N Broadway is in a middle of an industrial area where residential isn’t permitted & for good reasons*. This project also wants low income housing tax credits- just bc people are low income it doesn’t mean you stick them in a industrial park

*we have industrial zoning for a reason- and this is an active industrial zone. There is noise, pollution, heavy machinery, lack of basic walk-able infrastructure, lack of basic amenities etc

^ yep. this is also why i'm concerned about the Green Street McRee development (though this area is even worse).

Live/work units may do well up there. Artist lofts too.

First post in the thread updated to reflect new pictures from today and information.

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Dec 02, 2020

Not all development news is good. 2000 N Broadway is in a middle of an industrial area where residential isn’t permitted & for good reasons*. This project also wants low income housing tax credits- just bc people are low income it doesn’t mean you stick them in a industrial park

*we have industrial zoning for a reason- and this is an active industrial zone. There is noise, pollution, heavy machinery, lack of basic walk-able infrastructure, lack of basic amenities etc

It is not listed in the current, and as of yet, unawarded LIHTC applications - Is this for next years allotment? 
http://www.mhdc.com/nofa/FY2020_Applica ... efault.htm