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dtwest wrote: from the SLU’s website:
Saint Louis University is moving forward with plans to replace a 55-year-old, University-owned electrical substation that supplies power to about one-third of SLU’s north campus.
The existing substation is situated between Busch Student Center and McDonnell Douglas Hall. After considering a variety of options, SLU selected the St. Peter’s parking lot, south of Marchetti Tower East, as the new location.

gone corporate wrote: Meanwhile, if I were to speculate, I'd think there's a great impetus for SLU to build new residential. Their 2 new dorm towers on Laclede (Grand Hall and Spring Hall) have both been impressive and can easily be said to have increased quality of life measures for students. There is much development going on near SLU, including the City Foundry, the rehab of the Armory, and everything Cortex. Land prices have been going up. As well, there's talk of redeveloping the depressed lanes of Forest Park Parkway at Grand (like what was done at FPP at Kingshighway), which would be highly disruptive to SLU students who reside at Reinert Hall (SW of the intersection, next to 64/40). Making a pure guess here, with no backing, and not wanting to start rumors: If I was in charge, I'd build new dorms on what's now the Grand Forest Apartments (the 2-story buildings clustered west of Chaifetz Arena); sell Reinert Hall to private developers in the wing; and immediately back roadway redevelopment of Grand at Forest Park Parkway. 

gone corporate wrote: ^^The image posted by chaifetz10 certainly point to a great opportunity for SLU to replace outdated residential on clearly underutilized land with new dorms that'd be more attractive to students than current offerings. And as he noted, it is just conceptual and not meant to spur rumors. Indeed, no news stories from SLU on new construction have been put out recently, including whatever it is they're doing on the parking lots south of the Marchetti Towers. 

Meanwhile, if I were to speculate, I'd think there's a great impetus for SLU to build new residential. Their 2 new dorm towers on Laclede (Grand Hall and Spring Hall) have both been impressive and can easily be said to have increased quality of life measures for students. There is much development going on near SLU, including the City Foundry, the rehab of the Armory, and everything Cortex. Land prices have been going up. As well, there's talk of redeveloping the depressed lanes of Forest Park Parkway at Grand (like what was done at FPP at Kingshighway), which would be highly disruptive to SLU students who reside at Reinert Hall (SW of the intersection, next to 64/40). Making a pure guess here, with no backing, and not wanting to start rumors: If I was in charge, I'd build new dorms on what's now the Grand Forest Apartments (the 2-story buildings clustered west of Chaifetz Arena); sell Reinert Hall to private developers in the wing; and immediately back roadway redevelopment of Grand at Forest Park Parkway. 

billikens&bricks wrote:

gone corporate wrote: Meanwhile, if I were to speculate, I'd think there's a great impetus for SLU to build new residential. Their 2 new dorm towers on Laclede (Grand Hall and Spring Hall) have both been impressive and can easily be said to have increased quality of life measures for students. There is much development going on near SLU, including the City Foundry, the rehab of the Armory, and everything Cortex. Land prices have been going up. As well, there's talk of redeveloping the depressed lanes of Forest Park Parkway at Grand (like what was done at FPP at Kingshighway), which would be highly disruptive to SLU students who reside at Reinert Hall (SW of the intersection, next to 64/40). Making a pure guess here, with no backing, and not wanting to start rumors: If I was in charge, I'd build new dorms on what's now the Grand Forest Apartments (the 2-story buildings clustered west of Chaifetz Arena); sell Reinert Hall to private developers in the wing; and immediately back roadway redevelopment of Grand at Forest Park Parkway. 

This. 

Also, while it will never happen, I'd also reconnect Theresa Ave. through SLU's campus as part of the Grand/FPP roadway redevelopment. 

chriss752 wrote:I got a message the other day saying that Paddy O's is looking to buy Humphrey's and reopen it. This could be a good thing. 

chriss752 wrote:I got a message the other day saying that Paddy O's is looking to buy Humphrey's and reopen it. This could be a good thing. 

SLU’s athletics department announced the addition of the O’Loughlin Family Champions Center during a news conference Tuesday afternoon. The 25,000-square-foot facility will be connected to Chaifetz Arena.

SLU described it as a “best-in-class facility” that will impact more than 400 student-athletes “by delivering programming related to academic advising, spiritual development, sports performance, nutrition, wellness and sports psychology.”

jshank83 wrote: ↑

Oct 19, 2021

Found this interesting.

Michael and Noémi Neidorff Social Justice Institute

dweebe wrote: ↑

Oct 19, 2021

So I'm guessing this is on the northwest corner of the arena and the practice gym? Maybe take some of the parking lot?

gone corporate wrote: ↑

Oct 19, 2021

Straight-up awesome. This'll definitely help SLU to recruit more and better athletes. 

dweebe wrote: ↑

Oct 21, 2021

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Oct 21, 2021

gone corporate wrote: ↑

Oct 19, 2021

Straight-up awesome. This'll definitely help SLU to recruit more and better athletes. 

And hopefully get SLU into the Big East when it expands.

When they made the pre announcement I was wondering if this was a move to the Big East.

Hopefully this addition gets some attention from the conference power brokers.