Ground has been broken on 40 new, affordable, single-family homes in the 4200 blocks of Finney, Cook, and CD Banks. This area around Vandeventer and Bell has really been transformed.

http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_n ... 36e8d.html

http://rosemann.com/blog/177-breaking-n ... ily-living

I kind of like the design though of course I wish it was more than just the front.

Yeah, these are meant to be affordable, so no frills, I'm afraid. Still, a very good project.

^ It’s good to see infill up north like this even if the buildings aren’t the most attractive

Nice

pattimagee wrote: Agreed - I'm excited to see if Ranken can become an anchor for growing and infilling that area. If I remember correctly they are building homes around their campus also. 

Correct. The school has no plans to move the Finney Ave. campus.  Ranken owns land in the area.  There have been discussions about how to expand the campus, and develop the surrounding area, as future projects.

Some photos from today.

Nice spot from KMOV:

"Development north of Delmar Boulevard encouraging to St. Louis residents"
https://www.kmov.com/news/development-n ... 53ebe.html

The first few homes are finished, and many more are under construction. Rankin's new building is just out of sight to the left of the first pic, and the whole project now reaches all the way to McCormack Barron's North Sarah apartment project. 

I'm happy to see the new construction!  But from an aesthetic  perspective, why hipped roofs instead of flat?  Seems a bit out of place in the neighborhood

-RBB

The leasing manager mrs wells has horrible horrible customer service skills. She always has an attitude and talks at ppl!!! Bad for business me and my husband submitted an application sept 5 2019 we were told we were approved 2weeks before Christmas only for mrs rudely (mrs wells) to call 3weeks prior to our move in date feb15 to tell us we were not approved!! Bottom line is that they are very very unprofessional!!!

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Feb 04, 2020

The leasing manager mrs wells has horrible horrible customer service skills. She always has an attitude and talks at ppl!!! Bad for business me and my husband submitted an application sept 5 2019 we were told we were approved 2weeks before Christmas only for mrs rudely (mrs wells) to call 3weeks prior to our move in date feb15 to tell us we were not approved!! Bottom line is that they are very very unprofessional!!!

That's no good. Sorry to hear about this. I hope you find a home that you want to live in soon and that has better customer service reps.