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Seems like all properties should have been acquried before any announcement.



The developer probably jumped the gun on the announcement.

well if this is dead at least we can be thankfull that they tore down some old buildings before taking off. St. Louis needs more green space ... especially vacant lots ....



seriously though ... if this project can't go through what can. Lafayette Square is booming with high dollar places. Its RIGHT NEXT to the entrance to two major highways. A blind monkey could make money on those lots

Maybe the blind monkeys are smarter?

Watcher wrote:As of today, the sign announcing Walgreens is gone. Actions speak louder than signs.

The additional Walgreen's sign looks like it was run over, it is in many pieces on the ground.



Also, Walgreen's is still on the overall Georgian Square sign.

I think they mowed the grass recently.

krykel wrote:any news lately on this development?

Well, I was just told the Walgreens is now scheduled to open by July of next year. Walgreens has their own developer they use for all of their stores, so they are kind of seperate from the BSI construction. The City Market and Starbucks all have contracts signed, but the 44 on and off ramps need to be changed, which includes getting the a lot of parties involved. Unfortunately, this probably won't be done for a while.

jmmnq6 wrote:

krykel wrote:any news lately on this development?

Well, I was just told the Walgreens is now scheduled to open by July of next year. Walgreens has their own developer they use for all of their stores, so they are kind of seperate from the BSI construction. The City Market and Starbucks all have contracts signed, but the 44 on and off ramps need to be changed, which includes getting the a lot of parties involved. Unfortunately, this probably won't be done for a while.

At the Lafayette Square neighborhood meeting last night, Chris Goodson was the speaker of the day. Found out some more info about this:



- City Market & Starbucks are on hold. No idea when they will go in, but probably not for a while given the economic climate.



- Walgreens will be going in soon, and should be up and running in 1Q of 2009.



- Walgreens will be built in a "historic" style, not like a typical suburban Walgreens. They have experience doing this in SC and other SE states.



- The whole plan will be changing to allow more street fronting stores, and reduce the impact of parking.

rencelas wrote:

jmmnq6 wrote:

krykel wrote:any news lately on this development?

Well, I was just told the Walgreens is now scheduled to open by July of next year. Walgreens has their own developer they use for all of their stores, so they are kind of seperate from the BSI construction. The City Market and Starbucks all have contracts signed, but the 44 on and off ramps need to be changed, which includes getting the a lot of parties involved. Unfortunately, this probably won't be done for a while.

At the Lafayette Square neighborhood meeting last night, Chris Goodson was the speaker of the day. Found out some more info about this:



- City Market & Starbucks are on hold. No idea when they will go in, but probably not for a while given the economic climate.



- Walgreens will be going in soon, and should be up and running in 1Q of 2009.



- Walgreens will be built in a "historic" style, not like a typical suburban Walgreens. They have experience doing this in SC and other SE states.



- The whole plan will be changing to allow more street fronting stores, and reduce the impact of parking.

I like the "street fronting stores" part of that email!

The fact that this won't be a suburban style walgreen's boggles my mind.



After Soulard's Bread Co/Starbuck strip mall (the other stores are still vacant, BTW), I just assumed that this would be like the Walgreens at Chip/Kingshighway. A piece of parking-lot suburban trash......



I am geuinly shocked and in fact, skeptical. Do we have any renderings yet?

rencelas wrote:
- Walgreens will be built in a "historic" style, not like a typical suburban Walgreens. They have experience doing this in SC and other SE states.

Does anyone know of any examples of Walgreens that have been built this way elsewhere? Any photos? Can they be found on Google Streetview?

Boston, I think.

jlblues wrote:



Boston, I think.

Here is a good one in Baltimore... i hope it is this nice.

Matt beat me to it! I was searching to find that Canal St. Walgreens. That store definitely stands out. The one in the middle of the French Quarter doesn't because it blends in with the rest of the neighborhood. I'd love to see how they would get this one to blend in with Lafayette.

See, this is all I ask. I don't expect an architectural masterpiece, just something that comes up to the sidewalk, not a box in a sea of asphalt.



Although one of those mixed-use Walgreen's sure would be nice.

^

Seriously, how hard would that have been at Hampton/Kingshighway and Chippewa?

Or Clayton and Big Bend for that matter.

jlblues wrote:See, this is all I ask. I don't expect an architectural masterpiece, just something that comes up to the sidewalk, not a box in a sea of asphalt.

agreed. And I like how that one loses the second story (or would be second story if any of their stores had one) window box thingy that looks so dumb on all the cookie cutter ones around here.

Interesting piece about Bohemian Hill in the LA Times, strange but cool!



http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld ... 1808.story

I've had several neighbors tell me that the COMPLETE demolition of Bohemian Hill has been given the green light. I never give rumors much credit - but FOUR people have told me the same thing and they all seem rather certain about it. Does anyone have any insight.