Application has been filed for a crane at City Foundry. Three other applications include a north and south tower and a parking garage.
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City Foundry adds a Puttshack!
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Thanks Sc4mayor for postingsc4mayor wrote: ↑Oct 26, 2021Application has been filed for a crane at City Foundry. Three other applications include a north and south tower and a parking garage.
So if I understand correctly, 1 crane with possibility of 3 more cranes forthcoming or needed to build out next phase?
^ Just one crane. Applications also have to be filed with the FAA for building structures too. 4 applications, 3 for buildings, one for a crane.
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Fresh Thyme’s Grand Opening is tomorrow
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I went to Fresh Thyme this evening. Definitely not as busy as I thought it would be, but it looks really nice inside. They had pretty good prices on produce and other general food items. I was really impressed with their vegan food options. Seemed like they had more variety than Dierbergs or TJ's. Nice wine and liquor section with a dedicated employee in that area due to the hard alcohol being behind the counter. Self-checkout only, which was a little weird to see, so there were only two employees in the checkout area. I saw what appeared to be several SLU students shopping, and overheard one say they would go there for quick runs. I hope this location is successful.
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This Fresh Thyme location will have a lot more flexibility with what it is able to bring in in terms of alcohol. Other Fresh Thyme's have rigid and mostly unchanging sets, but this location will have a lot more autonomy.
I haven't been in yet, but if they're smart they'll 10x the order of Natty Light cases.Miss Shell wrote: ↑Nov 12, 2021I saw what appeared to be several SLU students shopping, and overheard one say they would go there for quick runs. I hope this location is successful.
Alamo Drafthouse starts construction on City Foundry location
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The $300 million City Foundry development, which opened its centerpiece food hall in August, is a project of Lawrence Group developer Steve Smith and his development company New + Found, along with his son Will Smith, who serves as managing director of investments and asset management for the company. The project reached another milestone Wednesday when grocery store Fresh Thyme Market opened a new 27,000-square-foot flagship location at the site. A second phase of apartments and retail is also expected to break ground this fall.
With the announcement in October that a new Target is coming to a site near Saint Louis University, Willett said it’s an exciting time for Midtown, especially when Alamo Drafthouse and Puttshack both open around the same time next year.
“Now you have Target and Fresh Thyme and Puttshack and Alamo Drafthouse — we’re really starting to build some incredible momentum,” Willett said. “And that’s where we have a blessing and a desire to work with Steve Smith’s team to try to continue that momentum and bring more interesting retail to St. Louis.”
^ Will be a huge milestone when phase II breaks ground. They must be close considering that their isn't really much time left in Fall this year let alone this year with Holiday season coming up. I'm hoping he is not trying to hedge words to give it a positive spin. At some point you would rather hear the reality of things.
^ The FAA applications for the crane and buildings had a December start. Obviously those dates aren’t always accurate, but I’d say they’re probably getting close.
Went this morning. Very nice grocery store, it has managed to beat the Arsenal Schnucks as the closest grocery store to where I live. The self-checkout thing was a bit strange though, especially for a grocery store that looks as premium as this one.Miss Shell wrote: ↑Nov 12, 2021I went to Fresh Thyme this evening. Definitely not as busy as I thought it would be, but it looks really nice inside. They had pretty good prices on produce and other general food items. I was really impressed with their vegan food options. Seemed like they had more variety than Dierbergs or TJ's. Nice wine and liquor section with a dedicated employee in that area due to the hard alcohol being behind the counter. Self-checkout only, which was a little weird to see, so there were only two employees in the checkout area. I saw what appeared to be several SLU students shopping, and overheard one say they would go there for quick runs. I hope this location is successful.
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Is it efficient self-checkout like this with a hand-held scanner or the usual?
Gotta admit, aesthetically this Fresh Thyme might be the best-looking grocery store in the area.
Where else can you find a liquor station as sexy as this…
Where else can you find a liquor station as sexy as this…
And they still manage to stock handles of Old Crow. Damnit, it looks beautiful.
Finished shopping at Ikea yesterday around 1p and it was a beautiful day so I stopped by with my SO and sampled the food hall. Cool space, really love all the natural light inside. There was a decent crowd inside though they could really use some outdoor seating areas in the sun, currently everything is shaded. Because of that, outside was eerily quiet beyond the piped-in music.
We had a couple of drinks at The Kitchen Bar then had empanadas at Buenos Aires Cafe and the chicky sammy at Sub Division. Good but pricey.
It's great to see all this development happening in midtown and I look forward to seeing the next phase here.
We had a couple of drinks at The Kitchen Bar then had empanadas at Buenos Aires Cafe and the chicky sammy at Sub Division. Good but pricey.
It's great to see all this development happening in midtown and I look forward to seeing the next phase here.
Sorry to be a downer but this development feels a lot like Union Station 2.0. Obviously I hope it's successful but I'm wondering what this will look like in 10 years. I'm curious how others would compare those two developments. What makes them different? Do you think City Foundry is more likely to succeed than Union Station, if so why?
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Union Station was a mall....this isnt a mall and its surrounded by college students from two schools that charge $40,000+ a yearPeterXCV wrote: ↑Nov 22, 2021Sorry to be a downer but this development feels a lot like Union Station 2.0. Obviously I hope it's successful but I'm wondering what this will look like in 10 years. I'm curious how others would compare those two developments. What makes them different? Do you think City Foundry is more likely to succeed than Union Station, if so why?
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If you mean Union Station as a mall, this will 100% be better for the simple reason of having a college with ample daily users right across the street.PeterXCV wrote:Sorry to be a downer but this development feels a lot like Union Station 2.0. Obviously I hope it's successful but I'm wondering what this will look like in 10 years. I'm curious how others would compare those two developments. What makes them different? Do you think City Foundry is more likely to succeed than Union Station, if so why?
If by union station as a current entertainment spot, I think they cater to different types of events and reasons to go so again I think it will succeed that way too. Especially once the office and apartments get built.
In 10 years, there will be two large residential buildings, another office building (and possibly a third office building) at the Foundry, plus all the anchor tenants would be built out. The Armory (and hopefully its two residential towers), Steelcote/Target and a potential TopGolf would presumably be built out by then too.
Union Station has never had that kind of complementary development around it. Not even today with the MLS stadium. Nor has it ever had (or ever will have) the institutional development around it like SLU and WU.
City Foundry will be fine.
Union Station has never had that kind of complementary development around it. Not even today with the MLS stadium. Nor has it ever had (or ever will have) the institutional development around it like SLU and WU.
City Foundry will be fine.