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^ Crazy. If you look very closely you can see Don Draper poolside with some hottie.

roger wyoming II wrote:^ Crazy. If you look very closely you can see Don Draper poolside with some hottie.

Yeah, but she's a nun.

debaliviere wrote:It's interesting to see the buildings that once stood on Maryland, before the West End Terrace apartments were built. I'm kind of amazed that complex hasn't been redeveloped.

It's owned by Mills. It's also over 40 years old and looking like it. I have to wonder whether Mills will start replacing those buildings with a higher end product once the Whole Foods project is behind them.

CWE committee backs apartment tower
4 hours ago • By Tim Bryant



A developer's price of replacing a midcentury modern office building with an apartment tower might include the absence of taxpayer incentives for the Central West End project.

That's the trade off recommended today by the Central West End Development Committee, which is part of Park Central Development, the area's development corporation.

Covington Realty Partners, of Clayton, is proposing a $50 million, 14-story luxury apartment building at 4490 Lindell Boulevard. That's the site of the Optimist International headquarters, comprised of two structures, one built in 1961 with an addition completed in 1979.

Officials have said the Optimists are looking to relocate their 30 headquarters employees to a smaller building in the neighborhood.

Regardless, the Optimists building has it fans.

As a result, the development committee voted today not to support tax abatement or other public incentives for Covington's project, which, of course, includes demolition of the Optimists building.

According to Covington's plan, the new tower of brick, stone and stucco would have 220 apartments. Resident parking is planned on the first two levels or below grade. Plans for an outdoor deck include a pool.

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^ good recommendations. I also see the committee recommended limited tax abatement on the Lawrence Group's Remington Rand Building conversion to residential/bank.... I think something like 100% for three years and 50% for two.

matguy70 wrote:

That's my pic! I took it from the top of the Pierre Chouteau!

I think we should strive to get to the point where tax abatement isn't expected or necessary to get development done in the city. While I have no insight into the specifics for this development, I do think we should crank up the tax on surface parking lots significantly so that places like cathedral basilica or kindred will be forced to sell or put up a building at those sites.

^ I don't think there was a specific timeline from Geoff on the apartment story.... I think you misinterpreted a promised article on North Riverfront industrial (which was posted) for residential.

Gateway City wrote:So, we were supposed to hear about another residential high-rise last weekend (besides the Montgomery one in Clayton) but it didn't happen. Now, it didn't happen this weekend, either. Anybody know what's going on?

Story probably won't go to print until more details are known or renderings are in hand. It sounds like a good scoop, but I think he wants to develop the story.