$3.6M building permit application has been submitted to rehab the school at 4021 Iowa in apartments
That's a nice little building. I predict great things will happen in Dutchtown over the next decade. It will feed off of the success that will be, and is being, seen in Gravois Park.
Zillow listing on the 4021 Iowa. Says the sale is pending. Some interior photos featured too. Also mentions some specifics for unit count...
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4021 ... 8174_zpid/Sale can include plans for rezoning the former St. Thomas Of Aquinas School to 22 residential units. 19 Units have been approved for both State and Federal Tax Credits. Also included are building permits for 14 units initially...
Additional land behind the building can be included for additional parking (22 spots total, possibly more).
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St. Joseph Housing Initiative is set to complete their 8th rehab for low-middle income families in Dutchtown:
https://missouri-metro.com/2020/12/06/stji/
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been hearing about that emerging commercial corridor on Meramec for years—partly why we bought a house in the vicinity. i wouldn't say that it's "coming together," exactly. i would say that it's "perpetually stagnant" or "still declining." while we lived in the neighborhood (2017–2019), a couple of long-time businesses left and a couple of new ones opened and closed. Urban Eats makes little to no money. Behrmann's gets robbed with assault rifles. i'm sure the new block-long nail salon is doing great 'cause you can never have too many of those. several property owners who probably live in the suburbs are allowing their vacant buildings/storefronts to fall apart and/or burn while likely holding out for unreasonable amounts of money (in typical STL fashion). it's unfortunate because the street has great bones but the neighborhood just isn't there.Here in Dutchtown, potential is everywhere, with a commercial corridor coming together on Meramec St. and an impressive set of architecturally significant homes.
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The dominos are falling quickly in south city, affordability is already falling in neighborhoods like Gravois Park and Marine Villa. Hopefully this initiative can stay ahead of it, but I expect a ton of single family conversions in Dutchtown over the next few years.
4021 Iowa just began redevelopment into 25 apartments by Blackline. They posted on LinkedIn today about construction commencing.
Blackline posted these renderings to their Facebook. I like the bi-level apartment units in the former gymnasium here.chriss752 wrote: ↑Jun 11, 20214021 Iowa just began redevelopment into 25 apartments by Blackline. They posted on LinkedIn today about construction commencing.
Dutchtownstl.org Small Spaces for Living Large in Dutchtown
https://www.dutchtownstl.org/2021/08/sm ... dutchtown/
https://www.dutchtownstl.org/2021/08/sm ... dutchtown/
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^I do love some of those little houses. And I'm thrilled to see them getting some love. Of course quite a few of my neighbors live in more or less identical homes. Keep bringing the happy south, just don't screw my neighbors out of their houses with inflated assessments. (It's a delicate balance, I know.)
No picture to share, but the renovation of the Aquinas school is underway. Some windows have been removed and a trash chute was installed on the north side of that building.
NextSTL - Marquette Homes Project Coming to Dutchtown
https://nextstl.com/2022/01/marquette-h ... dutchtown/
https://nextstl.com/2022/01/marquette-h ... dutchtown/
3305 Meramec is such an important save. That block is important historically because the #70 Grand streetcar's terminus was in the alley behind those buildings, you can still see the tracks. So it's great that it will remain almost completely intact.
Wow, looks like they've done, and continue to execute, some really worthwhile projects for the community and the future of our city. The 3-bedrooms are particularly good to see.
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TBH, I would love it if we used all of the NFL money for more projects like this...
Dutchtown/Bevo is probably the neighborhood on the Southside that is most important to save from spiraling into vacancy and decline, so these successes are great to see.
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Agree and I’d go one step further: of all the neighborhoods in the entire City, I think saving Dutchtown is most critical to our future. I say that because I think saving that area will be easier than most of the Northside neighborhoods. The area isn’t too far gone yet and a collection of smaller projects like this will have a massive positive impact on Dutchtown in a relatively short amount of time.
^Sounds right to me. Until the 2020 census, Dutchtown also had the most people of any neighborhood in the city (the Central West End now has more).
Also, does anyone have an idea of what the new apartment buildings will look like?
Also, does anyone have an idea of what the new apartment buildings will look like?
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Completely agree, funnel a good portion of that money to organizations like Lutheran South and Rise that are doing the important neighborhood level work. Money just goes SO much further when working at the small neighborhood scale.
Focus on renovating the historic storefront/mixed use buildings in the important corridors such as Deep South Grand, Chippewa, South Broadway, and Virginia. Maybe throw in some grant money to help refugees or anybody start businesses. Walkable and small scale retail is IMO one of best ways to stabilize neighborhoods.
Edit: ALSO the retail structure in Fountain Park at the intersection of Fountain and Bayard. I can think of few buildings more worth saving than that one. Talk about keystone to a neighborhood.
Focus on renovating the historic storefront/mixed use buildings in the important corridors such as Deep South Grand, Chippewa, South Broadway, and Virginia. Maybe throw in some grant money to help refugees or anybody start businesses. Walkable and small scale retail is IMO one of best ways to stabilize neighborhoods.
Edit: ALSO the retail structure in Fountain Park at the intersection of Fountain and Bayard. I can think of few buildings more worth saving than that one. Talk about keystone to a neighborhood.
Investment is really important though it's also crucial that the city figure out what to do about investors buying historic buildings and letting them deteriorate. I don't even want to know how many historic buildings we lost because of Mckee and he's far from the only one doing so. Is there any reason why the city can't just use eminent domain? There's no way those buildings are up to code.
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Vacant and abandoned buildings get punitively taxed progressively more every year for a certain time period, say 5-10 years. At the end of that period should reasonable improvements or maintenance not be implemented the property reverts to the LRA or tax auction with the money from the punitive tax going towards rehab/stabilization.
You could even leave the fund of punitive tax available to the landowner as a vehicle for them to fix up the property themselves. Or should an investor sell the property the fund would be available for the buyer to rehab.
You could even leave the fund of punitive tax available to the landowner as a vehicle for them to fix up the property themselves. Or should an investor sell the property the fund would be available for the buyer to rehab.
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^Do you know if that's the Auto Alarm Center? I'm hoping it's not the big apartment building across the street, given that they said mercantile not residential.