View from the Lenor K. Sullivan and Carr Streets





View from the Lenor K. Sullivan/Mississippi River





View from I-70, facing east



"Additional phases, which include eight residential buildings totaling 375 condos, and 220,810 square feet of commercial space, will be built after phase 1 opens based on market demand, said Pinnacle Chairman and CEO Daniel Lee.



The Jerde Partnership, based Los Angeles, was named master planner of Lumiere Place. "



"Making use of the French word for 'light,' every aspect of the mixed-used development will incorporate Lumiere Place in its branding, including The Casino at Lumiere Place and The Residences at Lumiere Place, Lee said.

"We wanted to create a neighborhood," Lee said. "We need to convince people who live in the arc around the city to come downtown."



"Retail tenants have not been signed to the proposed commercial space. The second phase of the development calls for a 35,258-square-foot grocery store, an 11,481-square-foot cafe and an additional 174,071 square feet of retail space."



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"Pinnacle hired The Jerde Partnership to master plan Lumière Place. Based in Los Angeles with offices in Amsterdam, Shanghai and Hong Kong, Jerde is internationally recognized for its global planning and urban design work. The firm's philosophy of "placemaking" has led to the creation of truly remarkable urban environments that provide lasting social, cultural and economic value and promote further investment and revitalization."



"Pinnacle's partnership with Jerde will put St. Louis in the company of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Tokyo and many other cities that have created remarkable communities through the vision of Jon Jerde and his partners." Mr. Lee said.



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Wow, thanks for the pictures! I think that if phase II comes out anything like the model it will be amazing; great for the landing and the north side of downtown in general.

I believe the wall is/would part of a parking garage based on my observations of the model while on my travels through the airport. It probably has a lot to do with flood plain elevations. Putting the parking garage in the flood plain elevations and keeping the residential units high and dry makes sense.

"Additional phases, which include eight residential buildings totaling 375 condos"

More condos!

How am I supposed to choose one to buy?

Maybe we should be assigned a condo (in former Soviet Union condo choses you).

Do I want to roll out of bed and go to a ballgame or play blackjack?

WOW! Very impressed by the models and I like how it looks like a community rather than a development plumped down into the middle of something (see Hanley Station and The Boulevard)



That said, the model of the Lumiere tower looks much better there than it does in person. I like the blue glass and original glohawk design better but am happy with the finished product as well.

Since market conditions will not change for housing for the next

year (or longer), expect this to be on the back burner for awhile.

Financing for this project would be tough right now. The last thing

Pinnacle needs is to try and pre-sell in this market. Why not wait?



The design looks great. Especially the way they broke up rooflines on each building to keep things in scale with the landing. I also see a decent

sized building right off the courtyard which could be a casino (or retail). Pinnacle will likely build a much smaller casino to augment the new one.



I still have not figured out how the boat-in-a-moat actually works at the new place. Three blocks from the river and at a much higher elevation. Do they pump water up to the basin? Does that water have to circulate or just be river water in a tub? Strange rules in Missouri for casinos... wonder what the over/under is on eliminating or raising the loss limit? If it is eliminated, I would bet the 2nd casino will be for elite high-rollers.

Yes Please! Ok, Im going to Chicago for New years. I expect this to be built by the time I get back next weekend.

Wow! That model's freaking awsome. Thanks for the post, Arch.

Now aren't we glad that the city didn't choose Isle of Capri and its bloated Bass Pro Shop concept?

Bass Pro Shop? Are you serious? Chicago, NYC or Boston must have outbid us. Oh well.

innov8ion wrote:Bass Pro Shop? Are you serious? Chicago, NYC or Boston must have outbidded us. Oh well.

Nah, their proposal was just a casino that looked like a BPS. Really crappy.

DeBaliviere wrote:Now aren't we glad that the city didn't choose Isle of Capri and its bloated Bass Pro Shop concept?

Hell yeah!



I am in awe after seeing the pictures of the model. There's a lot going on downtown, and the market is soft, so I can be patient even though I want to see this now!

The renderings are really incredible... this is exactly the type of development we need on the riverfront

Not to burst anyone's bubble, but the only way anything close to that model will be built by Pinnacle anytime soon (read: in the next decade), is if Pinnacle pumps all of their St. Louis casino profits back into this project - and I'm not sure why they would do that. Remember, they have another huge casino and entertainment complex to take on in St. Louis, along with a whole lot more risk, not to mention three or four other casino/resorts around the world.



It is much more likely that they will partner with some national developer to put up a mid-sized, mixed-use project in the next few years, satisfying their $50 million residential investment commitment to the city, and then wait to gauge its success. I can definitely see them expanding the Embassy Suites/HoteLumiere soon (as the model indicates), perhaps in conjunction with their residential commitment and some retail, but definitely in conjunction with another gigantic parking garage. The level of investment that that model represents, however, and the $1 billion tease, is a very, very long term vision, and the final result won't look anything like the model.



That model was created for only one reason; to make city and state officials more, uh, compliant.

^With comments like that it's no wonder why big developments like this don't come to fruition in St. Louis often.



I seriously doubt Atlantans doubted the grand plan for Atlantic Station, which is about 75% complete.

"That model was created for only one reason; to make city and state officials more, uh, compliant."

Huh? jlblues, Phase I of Lumiere Place came with no tax incentives from the city or state and the expanded plans for Phase II were announced long after the city selected Pinnacle for the casino/hotel complex.

Hell, I'll be happy if just half of the buildings in the model are completed someday.



This would look so impressive from the Eads or MLK bridges, and it's a great opportunity to tie Laclede's Landing and downtown with the north riverfront.

The freight train is very loud, I think the curved wall/garage will really help with that, especially for future residential

jlblues wrote:Not to burst anyone's bubble, but the only way anything close to that model will be built by Pinnacle anytime soon (read: in the next decade), is if Pinnacle pumps all of their St. Louis casino profits back into this project - and I'm not sure why they would do that. Remember, they have another huge casino and entertainment complex to take on in St. Louis, along with a whole lot more risk, not to mention three or four other casino/resorts around the world.

I'd say that increasing the loss limits or getting rid of them will play a big role in how future phases are realized.