I Didn't see a thread for building 9.




Great news for the red brick mama.  These old red brick Cupples buildings really are a treasure and look gorgeous with a little ($30m) TLC.  It's great to see Osborn and Barr kick off the development by signing a multi year lease for 45% of the property.  They may be moving from neighboring Cupples 8, but they are a growing company that needs more space.  Read more about the project here:

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news ... oject.html

Wow that was fast. Great news. Another one off the list. Getting closer and closer to new construction!

Sweet!

^Couldn't agree more. Cupples station is shaping up to become a great mixed-use pocket of downtown.

Which building is this? The one closest to the metro stop?

wabash wrote:^Couldn't agree more. Cupples station is shaping up to become a great mixed-use pocket of downtown.

yeah not bad as it essentially is an isolated island... with all the 64 infrastructure, parking lots and garages and the fortified Fed Building and useless park across the street it has some location issues for sure.

Roger Wyoming wrote:

downtown2007 wrote:Which building is this? The one closest to the metro stop?

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=spruce%20 ... =en&tab=wl

The surface parking lot next to the Westin and metrolink station is begging for a slender office tower.

Roger Wyoming wrote:

wabash wrote:^Couldn't agree more. Cupples station is shaping up to become a great mixed-use pocket of downtown.

yeah not bad as it essentially is an isolated island... with all the 64 infrastructure, parking lots and garages and the fortified Fed Building and useless park across the street it has some location issues for sure.

I don't really think of the area as an isolated island, yes, next to I64 way too much parking at the moment but that defines the entire St. Louis region. But your litterally within easy walking distance to the intermodal train/bus station, next to a metrolink station, two stadiums, easy walk to Gateway Mall/Peabody Opera house or the homegrown ballpark bars and so forth. Next stop, Greenway rips up there surface parking lot and build a sportsfield/diamonds until the Chouteau Greenway can be funded. If anything, this area is starting to excel because people can get to it.

Roger Wyoming wrote:yeah not bad as it essentially is an isolated island...

I think some of the "isolating" elements could actually be assets for Cupples Station. 1-64 and the parking to the south obviously add nothing. But some of the monlithic towers to the north, namely the Eagleton Courthouse, the Bank of America Tower, and 1010 Market Street, bring hundreds of workers nearby and offer paltry retail/dining options. I think Cupples Station could continue to absorb some of that lunch/drinks demand, and also obviously benefit from the two hotels, two major sports venues, and two metrolink stations that sit on either end of it.

So I know I am getting wayyyy off topic (kind of) here but I think couples station would be an amazing place for wash u to relocate their graduate business school to. With their endowment they could deff make a really modern (and likely tall) new downtown business school in the heart of stl that imo would really raise the profile of the school. A large amount of private institutions already have satellite business schools in their metro downtown areas. It would be a perfect fit for cheap and a great location for the future. Alright I'm finished.

newstl2020 wrote:Cupples station would be an amazing place for wash u to relocate their graduate business school

Interesting idea. Whomever redevelops the ninth and final Cupples Station building (at the southeast corner of 11th & Spruce) will need some very deep pockets. It looks like the roof collapse and related damage extends throughout the core of the building.

wabash wrote:

newstl2020 wrote:Cupples station would be an amazing place for wash u to relocate their graduate business school

Interesting idea. Whomever redevelops the ninth and final Cupples Station building (at the southeast corner of 11th & Spruce) will need some very deep pockets. It looks like the roof collapse and related damage extends throughout the core of the building.

Let's just look at that as an opportunity for someone to get a building and do something extremely creative with it. Big ass atrium or court-beer garden? Also, maybe that same developer can fix up the power station next door. Build a green roof or community garden over the top somehow?

I remember when they sold out of the condos of this building.

http://www.blueurban.com/ballpark-lofts ... fm#news-10

It would be great to see Wash U get back in the Cupples game. You know they owned the complex at least through the late 70's AND that the place was developed in the first place by Robert Brookings, who endowed the University with all the property in 1900. The University actually constructed three buildings including, I believe, this one.

gone corporate wrote:Yeah, but there's absolutely no way in freaking hell that the Olin School will transfer to Cupples because "it'd be cool".

gone corporate wrote:and a state-of-the-art, beautiful building designed specifically for the business school's operations, to pick up and move operations into Downtown next to Busch. There's no realistic way they'd ever consider moving there, not even if the building came for free and with the renovation already done.

I realize that I inserted "relocate" in my original post in error. My intent was to throw out the idea of Wash U locating a satellite campus for their MBA programs downtown in a new infill (or rehabbed) building in Cupples Station. Many schools have downtown satellite campuses to accomodate working professionals with easier access to classes. So while they would by no means move the school, they could locate additional operations there, most likely for part-time night mba courses. It was an idea I personally thought would be very cool to see. Plus, it would continue to add more people into the mix at more hours of the day in this area of downtown. Casual posting, that's all . I have no decision making capabilities for the Wash U business school, unfortunately.

newstl2020 wrote:

gone corporate wrote:Why not campaign for WashU to do something more pragmatic, like invest in a new Downtown Incubator for student & faculty businesses?

Very good idea! They could do this and also have more class space. Could possibly occupy a decent size building. But we are getting slightly off topic here, unless we can generate some investor interest in buying the remaining 7 building to create our own...

NextSTL generating any profit?

SQUARE comes to mind, didn't Dorsey state that he would like run part of his start up in St Louis if it ever got on solid footing. Considering the region is a already a mini financial hub and a Stiffel wants to build next door at BPV, why not find an unique way to expand upon it.