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Moorlander wrote:BPV trickle down effect a blessing in disguise?

Now there's a headline the Post-Dispatch would never run!

AvantStL wrote:

**CityGirl** wrote:I heard the Ballpark Lofts are selling out fast, are there any left??

You tell us, don't you work there?

Glad to see I’m not the only one who figured this out. You know, if you come clean and admit you work for a company you'll get a warmer reception than if you try to deceive and "guerrilla market" us.....

Urban Elitist wrote:Glad to see I’m not the only one who figured this out. You know, if you come clean and admit you work for a company you'll get a warmer reception than if you try to deceive and "guerrilla market" us.....

Exactly. It's okay to fess up. A representative of The Laurel, for instance, has been upfront with us all along and provides us with much-appreciated periodic updates.

I had higher hopes for this account when it was registered.



**CityGirl**, there's a lot of respect here for people that are providing solid info, but not for people just trying to sell their developments in this manner. Better just to provide info, not do it in a manner that suggests you somehow don't know what's going on. And remember, this is not a sales site. We get some great posts from people connected to developments, including me, so we want to see what you have to say. Just don't make it a sales pitch, whether overt or covert. Let the project sell itself.

email from blueurban....

Great News! We have finalized the Unit plans and pricing for the new condominium homes to be renovated at Cupples Station Building #9, across the street from the Westin Hotel and immediately west of the new Busch Stadium. We plan to hold a one-day special sales event on Saturday, May 17th, at 10:00 am, at which time we will offer discounted pre-construction sales prices to those who have registered on our Priority List and made a refundable $2,500 deposit. These prices will be valid until 12 noon the day of the event. A follow-up email will be sent out in the coming weeks providing details on the event, unit selection and how to take advantage of this pre-construction pricing offer. Attached to this email please find the following:



The unit floor plan layout for floors 5 and 6 at Ballpark Lofts Building No. 9 and the floor plan layout for the remaining units on floors 3 – 6 at the Ballpark Lofts Building No. 8.

The Private Club Level at Building No. 9, Floor 7, is being marketed exclusively to Corporate and Celebrity St. Louis.

Here's an update on Ballpark Lofts (Cupples Building Eight)



have another update for you on the progress of your Ballpark Loft. The interior walls are now 100% framed on the residential floors. After some delay, the roof is now 100% applied. Drywall installation has now begun since the roof is complete and is being installed from the 6th floor down. The 6th floor is 100% completed and the other floors are to follow. You can expect to see site work beginning in the next couple of weeks along with the storefront installation. Also, the windows are going in on the east side and the workers will be continuing to the south side, then moving to the north side.



To answer the big question, “When can we move in?” We expect that occupancy will now be closer to the 15th of July. This is a result of the wet weather pattern that has been with us for many, many weeks. The delay of the roof installation due to weather also caused drywall installation to be delayed. Another construction activity that has been affected by the weather and therefore affecting the move-in date is the exterior restoration. The exterior restoration has to precede window installation so this has also been pushed back.

Does anyone know what happened with the one day sales event on May 17th?

The one-day sales event for Ballpark Lofts #9 concluded and all units were sold. There were quite a few buyers who purchased units in #9 after releasing their units in building #8 next door.



I was told that the top floor of #9 will be reserved for Cardinal players and staff.

Wow, that's great news that they sold out again. So out of curiosity, how are these units selling out immediately when other projects are getting cancelled due to not enough sales? Is it the price-range, location, product?

Conurbation wrote:^Location is everything for this one. In a baseball town like St. Louis, everyone likes the idea of living next to the stadium. I still think this affect would be felt in any residential component of BPV as well.

And if there's an upside to the BPV fiasco, it's great that these projects never had to compete with BPV for residents. If BPV was actually moving along, these buildings might have sat vacant even longer.

Downside is that BPV is still a fiasco and still not moving along.



So, what's the situation with building #8 if it has lost many of its sales?

#8 is still on schedule with closings to occur sometime in July. They are currently working on the interior units installing drywall, kitchen cabinets, etc. I have a contract on this development and there has been no indication that there are any delays and everything continues to move forward.

The Central Scrutinizer wrote:I'm not too familiar with which building is which over there, but why would someone give up a reservation in #8 to go to #9?

IIRC, 9 has good eastern views (facing the ballpark), where as 8's eastern views are of 9's western walls.

Each prospective buyer that signed a contract back in late 2006 or later made a deposit which could be refunded in some cases. We just received the condo documents and have 10 days to either sign the condo docs and be legally bound to the terms of the contract or we can be formally released from the contract and get our money back.

The <I>Post-Dispatch</i> has an article about the Ballpark Lofts and plans for the other Cupples buildings:



<a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/busine ... ument">Two local projects buck the condo bust</a>

The $30 million Building 8 project, with 68 one-, two- and three-bedroom condos and two floors of commercial space, is nearing completion. Work on the $35 million Cupples No. 9 began recently. It will have 54 one-, two- and three-bedroom units with a Mike Shannon group restaurant on the first floor. Osborn and Barr Communications will rent the second and third floors, and Adamson Advertising will rent the fourth floor. Both firms will relocate from Clayton.



Construction will start next spring on Building 7, a $47 million project with 120 units. "They're likely to be all apartments," McGowan said.

The article also reports sales info for MLP's Hanley Station project.

^Awesome! I hope they made some money in the process.

Somebody send a memo to the folks over at Ballpark Village.

in your face bpv

Exactly, I've been saying this......They could build a few hi rise condos at ballpark village and sell them out before they even started construction. Either Cordish is short sighted, has no confidence in downtown's renaissance, or are very idiotic. I think its a combination of all three, because the real estate at ballpark village is unlike any other in the region. We could have some serious skyline changing going on in this area.