Expo at Forest Park

chriss752 · PostAug 28, 2020#3262020-08-28T04:24+00:00

The foundation drill has moved to the strip mall site.

quincunx · PostSep 13, 2020#3272020-09-13T17:51+00:00

PostSep 20, 2020#3282020-09-20T17:51+00:00

chriss752 · PostSep 24, 2020#3292020-09-24T22:19+00:00

Did they finish driving foundations here? I notice that the drill is gone.

Also, the project goes before the Board of Adjustment again on October 14th...

APPEAL #11382 – Appeal filed by Trivers, from the determination of the Building Commissioner in the denial of a building permit authorizing the Appellant to build new mixed-use building, per plans, at 5720 DeGiverville Ave. (cont’d from 7/8/2020)
WARD 28 #AB-556041-20
ZONE: “A” – Single-Family Dwelling District and
ZONE: “H” – Area Commercial District

quincunx · PostSep 24, 2020#3302020-09-24T23:00+00:00

According to the Assessor's website the permit was issued July 28th. Is that just the building division?

throatybeard · PostSep 25, 2020#3312020-09-25T17:53+00:00

Living here, this is getting to the scary/hellish stage. No peace whatsoever until God knows when, as I'm sure the whole project will take longer than they say.

On the plus side, if the white supremacist police murder a citizen, there's no almost commercial here to smash up. Silver linings and all.

urban_dilettante · PostSep 25, 2020#3322020-09-25T18:28+00:00

^ is this in the right place?

SeattleNative · PostSep 25, 2020#3332020-09-25T19:09+00:00

throatybeard wrote:Living here, this is getting to the scary/hellish stage. No peace whatsoever until God knows when, as I'm sure the whole project will take longer than they say.

On the plus side, if the white supremacist police murder a citizen, there's no almost commercial here to smash up. Silver linings and all.

I live a block away and yeah, you can hear construction, but it’s really not bad. I’m both impressed and pleased with how quickly they are moving on this. Feels like they’re making up for lost time. They’ve dug out quite a bit on the park and ride lot now.

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urban_dilettante · PostSep 25, 2020#3342020-09-25T19:46+00:00

^ oh, now i get it.

wabash · PostSep 25, 2020#3352020-09-25T23:12+00:00

Great to hear things are moving forward.

quincunx · PostSep 27, 2020#3362020-09-27T18:45+00:00

I was surprised the trees weren't cut down sooner.

Excavation underway

throatybeard · PostSep 27, 2020#3372020-09-27T19:13+00:00

quincunx wrote: ↑
Sep 27, 2020
I was surprised the trees weren't cut down sooner.

Most of them, at least, were just fairly disposable Bradford pears. But they senselessly murdered two Lindens and a Poplar around the perimeter.

urban_dilettante · PostSep 27, 2020#3382020-09-27T19:24+00:00

^ the treatment of old, mature trees as disposable really f*cking bothers me.

sc4mayor · PostSep 27, 2020#3392020-09-27T20:52+00:00

^ Actually the Bradford Pear is considered an invasive species by the Missouri Department of Conservation. They have a tendency to choke out native Missouri plants and vegetation. Probably better they get removed and replaced with a native Missouri tree like Serviceberry, which has similar characteristics.
https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-asks-pu ... pear-trees

urban_dilettante · PostSep 27, 2020#3402020-09-27T22:20+00:00

^ sure. i agree Bradford Pears are awful. my parents' subdivision in Fenton—built in the late 80s—is littered with them. i'm just saying in general.

chriss752 · PostOct 15, 2020#3412020-10-15T06:58+00:00

Posted by Trivers on Facebook the other day...

A demolition progress update at the south site of The Expo at Forest Park, the Transit Oriented Development coming soon to the Forest Park- DeBaliviere Station.

SeattleNative · PostOct 15, 2020#3422020-10-15T13:37+00:00

They’ve been digging out a trench on the north lot where the trees used to be the last couple days.

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framer · PostOct 15, 2020#3432020-10-15T16:42+00:00

^^Life sure will be different for those dozen or so homeowners right in the immediate area. Not saying better or worse; just different.

SeattleNative · PostOct 15, 2020#3442020-10-15T21:04+00:00

They’re digging out the north lot now

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urbanitas · PostOct 15, 2020#3452020-10-15T22:51+00:00

It is pretty impressive when you consider that there are four major residential projects under construction or renovation in a four block radius right now.

Hopefully, this will finally provide the critical mass of residents with disposable income to establish a consistent retail streetscape around Pershing/Debaliviere. That is the one thing that has been holding this area back, versus the CWE, since, well...at least since Metro opened...

SeattleNative · PostOct 16, 2020#3462020-10-16T00:12+00:00

urbanitas wrote:It is pretty impressive when you consider that there are four major residential projects under construction or renovation in a four block radius right now.

Hopefully, this will finally provide the critical mass of residents with disposable income to establish a consistent retail streetscape around Pershing/Debaliviere. That is the one thing that has been holding this area back, versus the CWE, since, well...at least since Metro opened...

With Delmar Divine going on just 5 blocks away from Pershing & DeBaliviere

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urbanitas · PostOct 16, 2020#3472020-10-16T00:57+00:00

SeattleNative wrote: ↑
Oct 16, 2020
urbanitas wrote:It is pretty impressive when you consider that there are four major residential projects under construction or renovation in a four block radius right now.

Hopefully, this will finally provide the critical mass of residents with disposable income to establish a consistent retail streetscape around Pershing/Debaliviere. That is the one thing that has been holding this area back, versus the CWE, since, well...at least since Metro opened...
With Delmar Divine going on just 5 blocks away from Pershing & DeBaliviere

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I was counting that, and Pearl's two buildings as one project, but yes...unless there's something else? Did they ever finish the renovation of the building across from Delmar Divine?

quincunx · PostOct 24, 2020#3482020-10-24T19:25+00:00

sc4mayor · PostOct 27, 2020#3492020-10-27T18:56+00:00

Despite ongoing litigation...this one is full steam ahead!
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... the-latest

In early August, the Commercial DeBaliviere Place Association sued to block the Expo shortly after Tegethoff closed on the real estate. A judge denied Lux’s request for a temporary restraining order, and Expo countersued, accusing Lux of conspiring to delay its project. That lawsuit is ongoing.
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Tegethoff’s Expo development, which the city last year endorsed with a $14 million tax increment financing incentive package, now appears full speed ahead. Tegethoff was scheduled to appear Tuesday for a groundbreaking with Mayor Lyda Krewson, Alderwoman Shameem Clark Hubbard, Alderwoman Heather Navarro and Bi-State CEO Taulby Roach. Brinkmann Constructors is the general contractor and Trivers is the architect on the project.

BJ link:
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... oject.html

Are there still plans for a crane to be used on this site?

sc4mayor · PostOct 27, 2020#3502020-10-27T21:02+00:00

Bi-State has a nice drone video of the overall site:

https://www.metrostlouis.org/nextstop/p ... rest-park/

Expo at Forest Park

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