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Beaumont Building...





Midtown Sporting Club...








Garage Reuse...

I love this place, and I didn't realize it was backed by a couple of half-flounders.

^According to the city, the 3-story building was built in 1890, but the street facade looks older than that. 1890 was probably when the Flounders were added to the back.

I'm sure they have done research on this, so if it has any interesting history we'd know, but I'll have to see if I can find it on the historical maps...

I think that city record is wrong. It seems to appear in Compton and Dry. And the flounders are already there. I'm guessing that's actually two buildings that have been joined. It appears to be on plate 71. In the two attached images I've marked out where I believe you can see it in the 1875 atlas. I've highlighted my suspects in blue. I'm guessing it's the two center buildings of what was once a larger row.

^Awesome, thanks. The windows aren't quite right, but that has to be it.

That map is so depressing though. That looks like Lafayette Square, only more dense, at least once those empty lots were filled in...

^They get the fenestration right so often it's always a surprise when they don't. Even if it is on visually compressed narrow rear wall. That said, I trust their map over most official city records. And THAT is saying something. That thing is unreal.

Drone photos 11/5/20. I would've gotten the Westside view but by this point, my drone was quite far away from me. 

Is the Boxyard still happening?

Kind of a sleeper project. This is really starting to come together. 

GoHarvOrGoHome wrote: ↑

Dec 15, 2020

Is the Boxyard still happening?

I imagine it will come after Midtown Sporting Club and Malone are open. Considering office was/is a large portion of the Boxyard, they'll probably want to get some money coming in from the other two components before starting on the Boxyard portion.

By the time they're ready to build the Boxyard, the container fad will be over (hopefully). 

Progressing nicely...

What’s going on across the street? Some type of lift pictured in the first pic.


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dbehrens011 wrote: ↑

Jan 20, 2021

What’s going on across the street? Some type of lift pictured in the first pic.


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That building has long been planned to be renovated. They've been doing some work to it for the past several weeks, mostly spot fixes (from what I can tell). 

they're apparently leasing for March....

Developer Continuing 20 Years of Progress Connecting Downtown to Midtown

https://stlouiscnr.com/developer-continuing-20-years-of-progress-connecting-downtown-to-midtown/

Forever_Lou wrote:https://stlouiscnr.com/developer-continuing-20-years-of-progress-connecting-downtown-to-midtown/

I am honestly surprised one of these larger developers hasn’t proposed a new central corridor streetcar funded by property and/or sales taxes.

Not sure I’d support it... just seems like the typical thought process of developers in untapped neighborhoods.


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Some progress shots of the JC Midtown development. The Midtown Sporting Club beer garden roof has now been installed and the corner building at Locust and Beaumont received a new facade. The Malone (Beaumont Building) looks like it's close to being open, but work remains to be done (from the looks of things, on the roof and in the courtyards). The 5-story building across the street seems to have started on renovations. Windows have been removed on the eastern wall.

No pictures, but the small Candy building across from the Beaumont has a now leasing sign on it with a rendering of the building after alterations are done. 

The spiral fire escape is gone. That was one of my favorite things about that building.

chriss752 wrote: ↑

Oct 04, 2019

Two separate threads mention the projects that will take place here, so I decided to create a new thread to specifically focus on just the JC Midtown (Jefferson Connector) project.

This thread will cover the following projects...

1. Old Ed Roehr Buildings: Conversion into Office and Retail Space (under construction)
2. 2647-53 Locust: "The Eliot", conversion of the 2-floor building into office space and Airbnbs (completed) and the conversion of the 5-floor building into Loft Apartments (planned).
3. The Candy Building: Conversion into retail/bar space (under construction)
4. The Boxyard: A retail development with office space. To be built on the Northside side of Locust (proposed). 
5. Parking Garage: To be built East of the Beaumont Building. Retail on the first floor. (planned)
6. Hotel: To be built at the corner of Jefferson and Locust. (being reconsidered)
7. Beaumont Building: Conversion to Live-Work spaces and lofts (under construction - dedicated thread: beaumont-telephone-exchange-2654-locust ... t1663.html)
8. 2741 Locust: Conversion to office space (under construction). 

The project is supposed to be completed sometime in 2022. As shown above, some projects are underway. The renderings below give you an idea of what's coming to this area. The two newest ones, of the Candy Building and the Boxyard/Office, are from the STL Made banner that was put up at the old State Farm building last Fall. I did not include the hotel rendering since it's currently up in the air.

Mayor Jones has vetoed tax abatement for 2741 Locust

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

May 14, 2021

Mayor Jones has vetoed tax abatement for 2741 Locust

There were/are some valid concerns on this board with the Jesuit Hall project - Is the large Phase II really intended? What exactly is the garage design and how would that interact with the street? As there are for abatement of projects with increasingly ostentatious amenities. But 2741 Locust is part of a project that is transforming a pocket of the City that has been decaying for decades (despite a large corporate tenant and some investment before the Great Recession) and is a vital connector between DT and the rest of the Central Corridor.  

This project (along with nearby MLS Stadium and maybe NGA) is poised to act as a catalyst to drive further improvement of this relatively well positioned area. But I don't think what the mayor said about the Jesuit Hall proposal, “this particular deal probably would happen without the tax incentives,” is applicable just yet. The Central Corridor has seen a lot of abatement and a lot of investment in the last decade, but Locust & Leffingwell isn't Euclid & Laclede. Not all pockets of the Central Corridor are equally poised to attract development dollars, and shouldn't be treated as such when tax incentives are considered. 

Hopefully this isn't too big of a setback for the overall project and vision. 

Bigger question, what his her game plan?  Is this just one of many vetos to be forthcoming?  What projects does she actually  support? (the easy thing is to always say no) and why do want to discourage any investment when the city can literally apply for $500 million in Federal dollars, 50% in May of this year and the other 50% in May 2022 if I understand right..  

Like Wabash noted, this veto doesn't make a whole lot of sense in the big picture of what is happening in the immediate area as well the big investment in terms of NGIA as well as recent Fed grants for Jefferson Ave and bike loop.   

I guess I'm not familiar with the timeline, but how do you veto a tax break for a project that is already completed? Can any tax cut just be retroactively vetoed? Is there a cutoff when a tax break is set in stone?