2014 Saint Louis City Project Completions and Starts

roger wyoming II · PostJan 07, 2014#12014-01-07T16:46+00:00

So what projects of note in Saint Louis City do we have to look forward to in 2014?

We've already had Fields Foods and the NMRB is opening next month. Ballpark Village will open in the Spring. I think the OPO Tower will be done. Urban Chestnut in the Grove as well. Beer City listed a bunch of businesses set to open in Cherokee. Bailey's on South Grand. That's just the start.... what else?

Completed 2014

Fields Foods
Renovation of 2709 Cherokee into Los Punk. Multiple Cherokee St. properties to come online this year as well.
Stan Span
Renovation of 1425 Salisbury into Sun Cafe
London Tea Room Relocation/Expansion to Hyde Park Building on Morgan Ford (from downtown)

Expected Completions 2014

Transportation
Partial Completion of Arch Project street work (new on/off ramps, Texas turn-around, replacement of Walnut St. Bridge, removal of Chestnut and Market bridges, completion of south portion of Central Riverfront Trail/LKSullivan, demo of Arch parking garage and closure of Washington)
New I-64 bridges/Tower Grove Interchange

Downtown
Tower OPOP (132 units)
Millennium Center 11 floor apartment conversions (102 units)
Lacassian Lofts (completed already?) (27 units + ground floor commercial)
CitiParc at Pine Senior Housing redevelopment of vacant Plaza Square building (149 units)
Mayfair Hotel conversion and upgrade to Magnolia Hotel
Bride's House commercial renovation
Bissinger's Chocolates -- N. RIverfront vacant building renovation
Union Station (first phase of large renovation)
t-rex move - renovation of occupied Lammert Building
Old Cathedral renovation
Laclede's Landing Plaza & 3rd Street streetscape

Central Corridor
Cortona @ Forest Park (278 units)
Lacledes Lofts (50 units)
Aventura Phase II (102 units)
4011 Delmar (Renovation into Residential for Veterans) (68 units)
North Sarah Apartments Phase II - mixed use (103 units + commercial)
Conversion of vacant CWE St. John's UMC into Link Auction Galleries (goal of March opening)
245 Union residential project (expected late 2014 completion) (88 units)
Salvation Army Midtown Rehabs
Shriner's Hospital
@4240 - CIC at Cortex (early 2014 opening expected)
Cortex Commons
Public Media Commons
Sun Theater
Missouri Theater Building - Commercial Space (residential completion slated for 2015)
Urban Chestnut in the Grove
The Ready Room life music venue in the Grove
Mercedes-Benz of Saint Louis (relocation from Ellisville)

South City
Farmers & Merchant and Lutz buildings renovation into "Southside Station" mixed-use development (39 units)
Terry Park homes in Gate District (25 single family homes)
Tower Grove Mews mixed use development
Multiple renovations of underutilized Cherokee St. Buildings including 2728 (Yaqui's) and 2732 (Craft Art Bar)
Bailey's South Grand
Modern Brewing renovation of 4xxx Manchester
Subway mixed-use building Soulard
Subway mixed-use building S. Knghwy
Grapeseed renovation of 5400 Nottingham

Not sure of status
1900 Pine (does anyone know status of this conversion to residential project?)
Northside Regeneration (not sure of anything slated to be completed in '14, but I believe streetscaping will begin for Cass and Jefferson and the Saint Louis Place pilot homes may get underway)

2014 Expected Construction Starts with post-2014 completion

Downtown
Chemical Building (approx. 120 units)
Arcade (approx. 250 units)
Arch grounds
Gen Am Building renovation for Laclede Gas move
Blues Museum
1915 Olive (old AG Edwards building) conversion to new Police HQ

Central Corridor
IKEA (2015 completion)
City Walk mixed-use (already begun - 2015 completion)
WUMC McKinley Research Building (already begun - 2015 completion)
BJC hospital buildings
STLCOP Phase I

Loop Trolley (finally!)
Demo of existing/construction of new Commerce Bank @ Manchester & Vandeventer

South City
S. Knghwy Viaduct
AT Still Dental in Laf. Sq.
youth treatment facility at Grand & Gravois

North City
Cardinal Ritter former campus redevelopment into Vets housing

jstriebel · PostJan 07, 2014#22014-01-07T17:09+00:00

It's a move, not a new opening, and it's also nothing large scale so I'm not sure if this is what you had in mind, but London Tea Room will open on Morganford in TGS sometime in the coming months, I believe.

Also, Local Harvest Cafe in TGS will or just did close and re-open in about 2 weeks as LHC (the LH still standing for Local Harvest, but the C being flexible to fit many new themes) with a different set up and an evolved theme. I assume there's changes to what the grocery will carry as well, but I"m not sure.

beer city · PostJan 07, 2014#32014-01-07T17:55+00:00

Sun Theater renovation and opening - Don't know how much it will book outside the high school but at 600 seats it seems like it will have a wider mission then just a venue for GCAA

Modern Brewing should open sometime this year

https://www.facebook.com/ModernBrewery

PostJan 08, 2014#42014-01-08T19:35+00:00

Also

The Cortona at Forest Park

And

Wash U Loop housing/Global Foods

That should have an interesting impact on Forest Park - opposite sides- over 500 units - Probably will mean an uptick in daily aprk use

roger wyoming II · PostJan 17, 2014#52014-01-17T20:25+00:00

It looks like Laclede Lofts will also be online in 2014.

PostJan 18, 2014#62014-01-18T17:15+00:00

Tower Grove Mews is purring along. I've added it and other projects at the top of the thread. Are any of the downtown loft projects slated to come online this year?

swebb · PostJan 18, 2014#72014-01-18T20:18+00:00

Shouldn't the new Mercedes dealership at Hampton and Clayton be finished in 2014.

Off the subject a little, noticed the building at the northeast corner of Manchester and Tower Grove are recently boarded up with the Gills rehab restoration insigna on the plywood. Will this group of storefronts be ready for 2104?

roger wyoming II · PostJan 18, 2014#82014-01-18T20:40+00:00

^ yeah, renovation and occupancy of that building and occupancy of the one across the street are really needed. I believe there is a plan to have the NW corner building renovated into a Reliance Bank with drive-through and maybe residential on the top floor. I'm not sure of its status though, or what is up with the deteriorating, recently boarded up building on the NE corner.

And I think you're right on the Mercedes dealership.

stlhistory · PostJan 19, 2014#92014-01-19T20:18+00:00

Grapeseed is supposed to open in January sometime. Renovation at 5400 Nottingham by Ben Anderson into a local foods restaurant.

http://www.stlmag.com/Blogs/Relish/Octo ... estaurant/

Their chef has pictures of the work on his Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/jonathanolson/media

roger wyoming II · PostJan 20, 2014#102014-01-20T16:06+00:00

^Thanks. Added up top along with t-rex move into Lammert.

Was going to add GenAm renovation for Laclede Gas but I think that move won't happen until next year or 2016. Thinking maybe of adding Significant Construction Starts to include things like IKEA, Whole Foods, McKinley Research Building, etc.

PostJan 24, 2014#112014-01-24T15:36+00:00

Updated for Laclede's Landing Plaza and 3rd St. Streetscape expected completion.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ ... c5980.html

So far, Drury’s only solid proposal is to build a seven-level, 540-vehicle garage near Third and Morgan streets. The first level of the garage’s west side facing the elevated section of Interstate 70 would include vendor spaces to complement a plaza to be developed along and beneath the freeway.

Miller said Landing garage construction could begin this year, depending on the timing to remove the Arch garage.

Clark said Thursday the reworked Landing plaza, scheduled to be done this spring, will include sculptures and clearly marked walkways to better connect the Landing to the rest of downtown.

PostJan 28, 2014#122014-01-28T19:49+00:00

Reluctant to add it, but updated for the apparent demo of existing Commerce Bank building and construction of new one at Manchester and Vandeventer in the Grove.

PostFeb 06, 2014#132014-02-06T02:13+00:00

updated to include the conversion of vacant, beautiful St. John's UMC in the CWE into Link Auction Galleries and the expected commencement of S. Kingshighway viaduct replacement.

Presbyterian · PostFeb 06, 2014#142014-02-06T18:01+00:00

The 245 Union building is on schedule to be completed late this year.

roger wyoming II · PostFeb 11, 2014#152014-02-11T00:58+00:00

Updated for Stan Span completion and several smaller additions.

PostFeb 13, 2014#162014-02-13T00:04+00:00

Updated to include opening of Sun Cafe in Hyde Park neighborhood.... a historic preservation win for sure:
https://stlouis-mo.gov/government/depar ... zation.cfm

MattnSTL · PostFeb 14, 2014#172014-02-14T19:42+00:00

I have knowledge of and/or am working on a few different projects right now that could start this year, but it's way to soon to talk details of anything. How's that for a tease?

Presbyterian · PostFeb 14, 2014#182014-02-14T19:51+00:00

Kevin B · PostFeb 14, 2014#192014-02-14T22:04+00:00

Very excited about Sun Cafe opening and the potential of a Hyde Park rebirth.

There's some beautiful old brick beauties remaining around all sides of Hyde Park, proper (both well-maintained and otherwise), and still a pretty strong semblance of community. Sure, there's been some demos and decay, but it hasn't included the devastating permanence and steep decline other northside neighborhoods encountered.

Count me among those who hopes for some more quality rehabs and swift infill around Hyde Park that respects the lot lines, materials and design of its remaining buildings. A few years down the road, the momentum/growth of this vital puzzle piece, when couple with neighboring Old North's efforts could create a pretty noticeable improvement in our Near North Side.

Now to get everyone else to break with decades-old tradition and reconsider or move past their opinions of the North side...

roger wyoming II · PostFeb 18, 2014#202014-02-18T14:28+00:00

roger wyoming II wrote:
Completed 2014

Fields Foods
Renovation of 2709 Cherokee into Los Punk. Multiple Cherokee St. properties to come online this year as well.
Stan Span
Renovation of 1425 Salisbury into Sun Cafe
London Tea Room Relocation/Expansion to Hyde Park Building on Morgan Ford (from downtown)

Expected Completions 2014

Transportation
Partial Completion of Arch Project street work (new on/off ramps, Texas turn-around, replacement of Walnut St. Bridge, removal of Chestnut and Market bridges, completion of south portion of Central Riverfront Trail/LKSullivan, demo of Arch parking garage and closure of Washington)
New I-64 bridges/Tower Grove Interchange

Downtown
Tower OPOP (128 units)
Millennium Center 11 floor apartment conversions (102 units)
Lacassian Lofts (completed already?) (27 units + ground floor commercial)
CitiParc at Pine Senior Housing redevelopment of vacant Plaza Square building (149 units)
Mayfair Hotel conversion and upgrade to Magnolia Hotel
Bride's House commercial renovation
Bissinger's Chocolates -- N. RIverfront vacant building renovation
Union Station (first phase of large renovation)
1915 Olive (old AG Edwards building) conversion to new Police HQ
t-rex move - renovation of occupied Lammert Building
Old Cathedral renovation
Laclede's Landing Plaza & 3rd Street streetscape

Central Corridor
Mixed-use Wash U Delmar new construction
Cortona @ Forest Park (278 units)
Lacledes Lofts (50 units)
Aventura Phase II (102 units)
4011 Delmar (Renovation into Residential for Veterans) (68 units)
North Sarah Apartments Phase II - mixed use (103 units + commercial)
Conversion of vacant CWE St. John's UMC into Link Auction Galleries (goal of March opening)
245 Union residential project (expected late 2014 completion) (88 units)
Salvation Army Midtown Rehabs
Shriner's Hospital
@4240 - CIC at Cortex (early 2014 opening expected)
Cortex Commons
Public Media Commons
Sun Theater
Missouri Theater Building - BB King's and other Commercial Space (108 unit residential portion slated for 2015 completion)
Urban Chestnut in the Grove
The Ready Room life music venue in the Grove
Mercedes-Benz of Saint Louis (relocation from Ellisville)

South City
Farmers & Merchant and Lutz buildings renovation into "Southside Station" mixed-use development (39 units)
Terry Park homes in Gate District (25 single family homes)
Tower Grove Mews mixed use development
Multiple renovations of underutilized Cherokee St. Buildings including 2728 (Yaqui's) and 2732 (Craft Art Bar)
Bailey's South Grand
Modern Brewing renovation of 4xxx Manchester
Subway/mixed-use building Soulard
Subway.miced-use building S. Knghwy
Grapeseed renovation of 5400 Nottingham

Not sure of status
1900 Pine (does anyone know status of this conversion to residential project?)
Northside Regeneration (not sure of anything slated to be completed in '14, but I believe streetscaping will begin for Cass and Jefferson and the Saint Louis Place pilot homes may get underway)

2014 Expected Construction Starts with post-2014 completion

Downtown
Chemical Building (approx. 120 units) (mid-2015 opening)
Arcade (approx. 280 units)
Arch grounds
Gen Am Building renovation for Laclede Gas move
Blues Museum

Central Corridor
IKEA (2015 completion) (August 2015 opening)
"The Standard" 164 unit, 465 bed new residential; demo of Mobil Gas Station (August 2015 opening)
Renovation of Gerhart Block for ground floor commercial and 17 lofts above (across from IKEA)
City Walk mixed-use (already begun - 2015 completion)
WUMC McKinley Research Building (already begun - 2015 completion)
BJC hospital buildings
STLCOP Phase I
Home2Suites Hilton in FPSE
Loop Trolley (finally!)
Conversion of vacant CWE church into Cathedral Square Brewery (500 N. Kingshighway)
Demo of existing/construction of new Commerce Bank @ Manchester & Vandeventer

South City
S. Knghwy Viaduct
AT Still Dental in Laf. Sq.
youth treatment facility at Grand & Gravois
24 single-family Mississippi Bluffs project

North City
Cardinal Ritter former campus redevelopment into Vets housing

PostFeb 18, 2014#212014-02-18T14:29+00:00

added "The Standard" project at the Mobil gas station site and Saint Louis Metro PD HQ (which I believe is slated for completion this year but who knows) nextstl also hints on its Standard post that "Midtown Station may begin before too long as well.

PostFeb 25, 2014#222014-02-25T19:43+00:00

added 24 unit suburban-style single-family housing development by McBride called Mississippi Bluffs. I think the design has crushed the soul of stl-style: http://stl-style.com/_blog/STL-Style_Bl ... -st-louis/

BrickCity4470 · PostFeb 25, 2014#232014-02-25T20:45+00:00

I wish these homes were of a more urban design.. I can understand why they are angry but we're not always going to get our way ...

Gateway City · PostFeb 25, 2014#242014-02-25T23:05+00:00

Well it looks like cat gonorrhea and needs to be changed.

imran · PostFeb 26, 2014#252014-02-26T00:15+00:00

I find it hard to believe that Cultural Resource Office would approve of the nasty suburban designs that are circulating. Will look out for the meeting minutes though they can take months sometimes. The Agenda mentions 23 townhomes in 6 buildings.