This:stlgasm wrote:What's in store for the Gerhart Block?
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... 9a87e.html
Awesome. Best news this week !
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... 9a87e.html
Awesome. Best news this week !
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sweet news indeed!
I know a lot of people have complained about no retail planned for the new SLU-oriented apts coming across the street; while I think a small bit of retail frontage would be good, I would much rather have the Gerhart Block as the focus for retail in that immediate vicinity.
And this corner will need some serious bike/pedestrian examination.
I know a lot of people have complained about no retail planned for the new SLU-oriented apts coming across the street; while I think a small bit of retail frontage would be good, I would much rather have the Gerhart Block as the focus for retail in that immediate vicinity.
And this corner will need some serious bike/pedestrian examination.
Great news. I was worried that block would get "Biondified" and we'd end up with another block with fences, gates and fountains.imran wrote:This:stlgasm wrote:What's in store for the Gerhart Block?
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... 9a87e.html
Awesome. Best news this week !
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I really love this building and so happy to see it come back to life.... With Biondi gone from SLU maybe the days at SLU will become brighter much more forward and progressively cutting edge...
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I believe Cortex is poised to announce the plans for the mixed-use building that will be next to IKEA, but I can't recall if there have been any plans discussed for the land they cleared next to the Gerhart Block. Anyone know?
Just asking: does this deserve to be it's own thread?imran wrote:This:stlgasm wrote:What's in store for the Gerhart Block?
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... 9a87e.html
Awesome. Best news this week !
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Yes, the mixed-use is coming soon. I haven't heard anything specific about the northwest corner of Vandeventer and Forest Park, though.roger wyoming II wrote:I believe Cortex is poised to announce the plans for the mixed-use building that will be next to IKEA, but I can't recall if there have been any plans discussed for the land they cleared next to the Gerhart Block. Anyone know?
Looks like somebody saw this while driving down 270. Its coming soon 
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^ What's kinda odd is that they are starting to clear the area to the west where the Silo Lofts will go but it looks like Laclede Gas workers are still on site where the IKEA will go.
^ Its on its way down 270 to 70 to KC. They purposely had it shipped thru the STL to rub it in... Yes, I'm joking...
A buddy of mine works for SM Wilson. He said a lot of the work required for the project involves existing utilities under the site. I would a assume there's a lot of gas lines as well as electric, sewers, etc. Any utility work is usually done by the utility. So you might see Laclede folks there for a while.What's kinda odd is that they are starting to clear the area to the west where the Silo Lofts will go but it looks like Laclede Gas workers are still on site where the IKEA will go.
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"Besides, IKEA hasn't even closed on the Cortex district land they'll be building on, Solomont reports. The land will cost about $30 million."
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyr ... -e-a_l.php
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyr ... -e-a_l.php
They applied for a building permit May 6. It hasn't been issued yet.
LACLEDE GAS CO Building 05/06/2014 RETAIL SALES $56,000,000.00 Description: CONSTRUCT COMMERCIAL BUILDING PER PLANS
LACLEDE GAS CO Building 05/06/2014 RETAIL SALES $56,000,000.00 Description: CONSTRUCT COMMERCIAL BUILDING PER PLANS
Noticed this morning Duncan is closed from Vandevneter, light prep work going on. A small excavator was knocking down trees by I-64, plus a small front loader was knocking down a chain-link fence, and a bunch of SM Wilson guys talking.
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^ I just saw yesterday that IKEA is putting up the large solar array on the roof of its new KC area store.... I believe it will be the largest array in the entire state of Kansas. Would be kind of cool to have the same here. I also wonder if they are planning to do the geothermal heating here. Maybe even put up a few wind turbines in the back lot by 64/40.
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^now that would be incredible; the solar panels would be great!!!
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^ here is an overview of the solar and geothermal projects for the Merriam, KS location.... pretty impressive!
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... ansas.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... ansas.html
Interesting comment from the Brentwood mayor.
http://40southnews.com/kelly-on-drug-bu ... bros-more/
EDIT: looks to be six for the entire chain.
-The first one in North America (Nova Scotia) closed because of lack of support in the early 80's.
-1 in Poland and 1 in Slovakia. I think those stores opened right after the iron curtain came down and they later relocated to newer bigger stores.
-1 each in the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Those seemed to be older, smaller 1970's era stores that relocated to new bigger modern stores in the 90's and 2000's.
http://40southnews.com/kelly-on-drug-bu ... bros-more/
Just asking: how many IKEAs have closed? (World and US) I couldn't find anything.While talking about development, Kelly said IKEA originally wanted to build in St. Louis on 27 acres in Hanley Industrial Court. He said Brentwood turned them down.
“If you guys (IKEA) aren’t successful and leave, what would we do with that building? That’s the mistake that some communities make. They’ll put all their money into one pot, like one retailer, and I think that’s a mistake,” Kelly said. “A big part of our success has been our location, but we also made sure we had diverse stores.”
EDIT: looks to be six for the entire chain.
-The first one in North America (Nova Scotia) closed because of lack of support in the early 80's.
-1 in Poland and 1 in Slovakia. I think those stores opened right after the iron curtain came down and they later relocated to newer bigger stores.
-1 each in the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Those seemed to be older, smaller 1970's era stores that relocated to new bigger modern stores in the 90's and 2000's.
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^ "[Mayor] Kelly began with a 20-minute self-described “rant” against Better Together St. Louis, a group that promotes unifying St. Louis City and the municipalities of the county. He said a new report is due out from the group, and called it another initiative to take control away from municipalities. “It’s a good idea if you’re in control when it’s over,” he said."
Let the shovels turn:
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... aaaa1.html
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... aaaa1.html
Great news. I am now waiting for the updated and urban-scale Midtown Station renderings.
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He doesn't care if the report finds a way to make things better for the PEOPLE of St. Louis. He's looking out for his own job and interests, not ours. He's shaking in his little boots that someone else could take control later.roger wyoming II wrote:^ "[Mayor] Kelly began with a 20-minute self-described “rant” against Better Together St. Louis, a group that promotes unifying St. Louis City and the municipalities of the county. He said a new report is due out from the group, and called it another initiative to take control away from municipalities. “It’s a good idea if you’re in control when it’s over,” he said."
But 90 municipalities is too much. We should have 10 at the most. One I have thought about is if Mid-County were one muni, 52 sq. mi. with a pop. of 185,000. That's a real, dense, city right there, largely with urban form, and complete with two light-rails, a streetcar, and a skyline of high-rises.