There are demoing the old 50sish building and site work /digging has started.arch city wrote:New renderings of WUSM/BJC Mid-Campus Center building. According to the source, the project will start in June 2015 and will be completed in November 2016. The building will be 510,000 square feet with a basement. Roughly 42,500sf on each floor.
I guess they are trying to maximize the footprint with such a fat/wide building, but 34,000 sf per floor would yield 15-floors. And 30,000 sf would yield 17-floors.
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Cool. Just in time for the second Orion / CityWalk crane to come down if it hasn't already.
It always amazes me how quickly BJC moves on its projects.
It always amazes me how quickly BJC moves on its projects.
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^ COP also appears to be moving fast.... it has a permit application in on site improvements for the 7 story Phase II building and I believe may already have started on breaking up the surface lot.
Actually with things moving so fast, does anyone have a good handle on the overall timeline?
I assume the first phase of the hospital replacement project currently will be completed by 2017, if not 2016. Is the Queeny Tower replacement supposed to start after that? Are there any other replacement new construction phases besides Queeny?
And I also assume the Coal Bunker office building will be completed in the next 12-18 months and it appears the COP Phase II will be done sooner than later. I wonder how much will be completed by 2020. Is the campus going to be rather craneless by then? Or will there be even more new erections?
I assume the first phase of the hospital replacement project currently will be completed by 2017, if not 2016. Is the Queeny Tower replacement supposed to start after that? Are there any other replacement new construction phases besides Queeny?
And I also assume the Coal Bunker office building will be completed in the next 12-18 months and it appears the COP Phase II will be done sooner than later. I wonder how much will be completed by 2020. Is the campus going to be rather craneless by then? Or will there be even more new erections?
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^ so that is 5 south of Forest Park Ave and it looks like there will be at least one coming before too long at the STLCOP Phase II building.
My god all those cranes look beautiful from the Tower Grove overpass.... like a symphony for the eyes!
The view from Forest Park is looking good too. And how about some long-range shots from Clayton? We need all of you social-media-savy youngsters to post tons of pics and spread them all over the e-waves. Gotta spread the news.
And note the College of Pharmacy's freshly-turned dirt to the left of the pic.
This just shows that density is increasing around our transit stations. I know a lot of people have been complaining about the lack of TOD in St. Louis and some have even proclaimed that we have had "zero" TOD in St. Louis. While this may not be what we all envisioned at first, I surely consider these types of developments TODs and it will definitely add ridership to the system. I think our biggest hurdle to TOD in St. Louis is our lack of growth overall and our fractured government systems. Richmond Heights and Maplewood seem like prime markets for dense residential around transit, but their big box visions of the future have essentially shut that down for another 20 years. Clayton is thinking right about transit and I can see downtown Clayton being much more livable and transit oriented in the future. In many ways Clayton reminds me of Silver Spring, MD or Rosslyn Va in the DC Metro, only far less busy (obviously). I would love to see some TOD around areas that make sense in the near future...seems like the Delmar, UMSL, and Hanley station should be a prime candidates for real TOD moving forward. I also think Rock Road has potential if Beyond Housing gets behind it.
We're taking baby steps.goat314 wrote:This just shows that density is increasing around our transit stations. I know a lot of people have been complaining about the lack of TOD in St. Louis and some have even proclaimed that we have had "zero" TOD in St. Louis. While this may not be what we all envisioned at first, I surely consider these types of developments TODs and it will definitely add ridership to the system. I think our biggest hurdle to TOD in St. Louis is our lack of growth overall and our fractured government systems. Richmond Heights and Maplewood seem like prime markets for dense residential around transit, but their big box visions of the future have essentially shut that down for another 20 years. Clayton is thinking right about transit and I can see downtown Clayton being much more livable and transit oriented in the future. In many ways Clayton reminds me of Silver Spring, MD or Rosslyn Va in the DC Metro, only far less busy (obviously). I would love to see some TOD around areas that make sense in the near future...seems like the Delmar, UMSL, and Hanley station should be a prime candidates for real TOD moving forward. I also think Rock Road has potential if Beyond Housing gets behind it.
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And the DeBaliviere station, of course! Two Metrolink lines, a trolley line and numerous bus lines converge there, Wash U nearby and Forest Park! Yet, a surface parking lot and a strip center are currently at its front door. Screw TIFs and other incentives-- how can developers not see the dollar signs in this prime location???goat314 wrote:...seems like the Delmar, UMSL, and Hanley station should be a prime candidates for real TOD moving forward. I also think Rock Road has potential if Beyond Housing gets behind it.
^A question that has plagued me since 2008. Speaking of which....what's in the space at the southeast corner of DeBaliviere and Pershing right now?
At 1200 feet long (366 meters), BJC's The Link, now under construction, is going to be the longest pedestrian skywalk in Missouri. It is going to connect multiple garages and BJC buildings - including the new Mid-Campus Center now under construction.
FYI, The Link at Crown Center in Kansas City is 880 feet long (269 meters).
FYI, The Link at Crown Center in Kansas City is 880 feet long (269 meters).
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Ignoring the terribly anti-urban message of the video above, I'd like to say this has become the best part of St. Louis lately.
Having lived in many places, I often feel that St. Louis is a bit like a war zone that was never rebuilt. Everywhere one looks there seem to be obvious signs of abandonment, lack of investment, low standards, or complete lack of inspiration. It often depresses me.
The view from the Central West End metrolink station is incredible right now. It actually feels like a city. City's have a way of surprising a person regularly with incredible sights, encounters, and things you did not know were happening. Big construction projects have a way of adding to that wonder because things feel like they're in motion. Lately I have been getting off the train in the CWE and just sitting there until the next one comes by because I want to be reminded of that feeling.
The beams were up over eight floors this week and growing. The lower floors have been poured and pipes have been fit here and there. It's loud and the air is hard to breathe with that generator next to the platform, but it is an incredible site.
I'm left with a question though. There's an odd twenty foot gap between the building and the courtyard area with the van valkenburg landscape now cast in permanent shade. Will there continue to be a gap at the western end of the building or will the pedestrian space above be expanded to meet the building? It seems like they'd want to just hide that service driveway completely and expand the tunnel out to meet the new building.
Having lived in many places, I often feel that St. Louis is a bit like a war zone that was never rebuilt. Everywhere one looks there seem to be obvious signs of abandonment, lack of investment, low standards, or complete lack of inspiration. It often depresses me.
The view from the Central West End metrolink station is incredible right now. It actually feels like a city. City's have a way of surprising a person regularly with incredible sights, encounters, and things you did not know were happening. Big construction projects have a way of adding to that wonder because things feel like they're in motion. Lately I have been getting off the train in the CWE and just sitting there until the next one comes by because I want to be reminded of that feeling.
The beams were up over eight floors this week and growing. The lower floors have been poured and pipes have been fit here and there. It's loud and the air is hard to breathe with that generator next to the platform, but it is an incredible site.
I'm left with a question though. There's an odd twenty foot gap between the building and the courtyard area with the van valkenburg landscape now cast in permanent shade. Will there continue to be a gap at the western end of the building or will the pedestrian space above be expanded to meet the building? It seems like they'd want to just hide that service driveway completely and expand the tunnel out to meet the new building.
Actually it does look like the pedestrian space will be expanded out to meet the building and hide the service tunnel beneath.
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^ nice! Now, if that photo were slightly different to have the train in the foreground and the crane more visible I just might pay some $$ for that development porn!