^ yeah, this goes all the way to Vandeventer so Grand Center/SLU is very convenient.
These look really good. I wish they'd build something like this on North Grand; I think they'd have an easier time filling retail spaces on Grand, too. I'm thinking especially around the water tower, you could create something that really feels like a PLACE!
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Yes. I want more phases of this to stretch to Grand Center and Gaslight Square. It can peak at the water tower before, in the future, meeting with NS Regeneration's developments. It's the NEW North St. Louis!
Why couldn't Aventura have looked like this??
Why couldn't Aventura have looked like this??
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I haven't been able to see it lately, does someone have any recent pictures or anything? and isn't phase 2 almost finished now?
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Here's a relatively recent photo of the Vandeventer side:
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I have a flickr photo set of this project over the past few years here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasa/sets/ ... 526842700/
I have a flickr photo set of this project over the past few years here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasa/sets/ ... 526842700/
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yes, Phase II is moving along nicely and should be finished soon. I don't believe there are future phases planned but McCormack Baron certainly is able to partner on similar developments elsewhere in the city.i,Iive,to,draw wrote:I haven't been able to see it lately, does someone have any recent pictures or anything? and isn't phase 2 almost finished now?
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McCormack Baron Salazar applied to the Missouri Housing Development Commission for Low Income Housing Tax Credits for North Sarah Phase III last year. The MHDC denied their request in December because "Development cost [sic] were not competitive with other new construction proposals in the St. Louis region."
Not sure if that killed it. I'd love to see Phase III.
Not sure if that killed it. I'd love to see Phase III.
That's unfortunate...I'd be interested to see the quality of these other new proposals they couldn't compete with...and I'd like to see how they compare in 10 years. You get what you pay for.
That development looks pretty great! A 100% improvement over what I see on Google streetview.
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CDA has awarded $1 million for North Sarah Phase III along with other projects throughout the city.
https://stlouis-mo.gov/government/depar ... awards.cfm
39 parcels for 76 new construction housing units.... some of these will even fill in some of the vacant parcels east of Vandeventer.
https://stlouis-mo.gov/government/depar ... awards.cfm
39 parcels for 76 new construction housing units.... some of these will even fill in some of the vacant parcels east of Vandeventer.
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^ Agreed. ... sure its not as glamorous as IKEA or Citywalk or whatnot, but I think the North Sarah project is one of the most exciting projects that we've had in the city in recent years.
I hope McCormack Baron can continue to do more great work throughout the City.... I see it is partnering on an impressive development in Pittsburgh's Larimer neighborhood that jut received a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods award from HUD. It'll be applied to a 350 unit mixed-income, mixed-use project.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/ ... 1406300171
We deserve/need such an award here as well.
I hope McCormack Baron can continue to do more great work throughout the City.... I see it is partnering on an impressive development in Pittsburgh's Larimer neighborhood that jut received a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods award from HUD. It'll be applied to a 350 unit mixed-income, mixed-use project.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/ ... 1406300171
We deserve/need such an award here as well.
North Sarah should be a model for how to redevelop neighborhoods. Way too much suburban looking crap in the city. This actually the first development that has an urban aesthetic, although I like the newer gaslight square townhouses too.
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^ Curious what you think of UIC's work. I'm also partial to that company that did the townhomes in SW Gardens on Macklind. Of course, these two are doing market-rate.
If I were McKee I'd be working with McCormack Baron to be doing mixed-income projects with an eye on W. Flo to push for N/S rapid transit. Get one of those HUD Neighborhood Choice awards, TIGER grants and a New Start(s) for North Saint Louis.
If I were McKee I'd be working with McCormack Baron to be doing mixed-income projects with an eye on W. Flo to push for N/S rapid transit. Get one of those HUD Neighborhood Choice awards, TIGER grants and a New Start(s) for North Saint Louis.
^ I like those developments and I like that they are "market rate".
The problem with the city is that there is too much low income housing and its really not sustainable. Most of St. Louis County and virtually all of St. Charles and Jefferson County have effectively banned low income housing and it puts a burden on the city to care for all of the region's entrenched poor (and homeless). This puts the city in a situation where it can never really grow because so many areas of the city are "no fly zones" to anybody that works for a living and wants a safe neighborhood for their family, black or white. Too many alderman complain about stuff that the city has no control over, many of them are poverty pimps that couldn't get elected if their constituents lived in stable communities.
The problem with the city is that there is too much low income housing and its really not sustainable. Most of St. Louis County and virtually all of St. Charles and Jefferson County have effectively banned low income housing and it puts a burden on the city to care for all of the region's entrenched poor (and homeless). This puts the city in a situation where it can never really grow because so many areas of the city are "no fly zones" to anybody that works for a living and wants a safe neighborhood for their family, black or white. Too many alderman complain about stuff that the city has no control over, many of them are poverty pimps that couldn't get elected if their constituents lived in stable communities.
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^ I'm not sure how to respond to this. I guess I'll try by saying the greatness of McCormack Baron and the North Sarah project is that it shows that well-designed and managed mixed-income, mixed-use developments can be a wonderful thing for the city. Plus there is no way that the North Side can rebound without thoughtful mixed-income projects. Heck, even some of our marquee projects in the central corridor like Metropolitan Building and Arcade-Wright couldn't be done without such components or Southside Station in South City.
We have some very capable players like McCormack Baron and Millennium that can deliver excellent mixed-income work and frankly its necessary if we are to thrive. As for Northside Regeneration specifically, I hope that in this immense area there are market-rate only nodes of development, but there also must be mixed-income development, especially around potential rapid transit lines.
We have some very capable players like McCormack Baron and Millennium that can deliver excellent mixed-income work and frankly its necessary if we are to thrive. As for Northside Regeneration specifically, I hope that in this immense area there are market-rate only nodes of development, but there also must be mixed-income development, especially around potential rapid transit lines.
Actually from this article last November, McKee has been talking with McCormack Baron. Good move.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... 052de.html
McCormack Baron has a long history of work with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and its projects have won three of the nine Choice Neighborhood Grants — each roughly $30 million apiece — that HUD has issued nationally since 2010 to better tie public housing redevelopment into education, transportation and job training.
Teaming up just makes sense, McKee said.
“I don’t know how to win that kind of money,” McKee said. “Those guys are masters at it.”
I also wonder if the 79 home project with the various home builders is moving forward:
One of those soon-to-start projects is a pocket of new homes off North Florissant Avenue in St. Louis Place. McKee said he’s still hammering out pricing with his homebuilder-partners, but that he hopes the development will include row houses that start at about $100,000, with the most expensive houses going for around $350,000.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... 052de.html
McCormack Baron has a long history of work with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and its projects have won three of the nine Choice Neighborhood Grants — each roughly $30 million apiece — that HUD has issued nationally since 2010 to better tie public housing redevelopment into education, transportation and job training.
Teaming up just makes sense, McKee said.
“I don’t know how to win that kind of money,” McKee said. “Those guys are masters at it.”
I also wonder if the 79 home project with the various home builders is moving forward:
One of those soon-to-start projects is a pocket of new homes off North Florissant Avenue in St. Louis Place. McKee said he’s still hammering out pricing with his homebuilder-partners, but that he hopes the development will include row houses that start at about $100,000, with the most expensive houses going for around $350,000.
Hmmm...Curious why they apparently intend to tear down three occupied homes:
http://vanishingstl.blogspot.com/2014/0 ... clude.html
http://vanishingstl.blogspot.com/2014/0 ... clude.html
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Phase II ribbon-cutting was today.... on to Phase III!
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^^It's a good project, but I really hope they decide to/are forced to work around the handful of good stuff that already exists there. A few hundred year old buildings might make things a little less sterile.
roger wyoming II wrote:Phase II ribbon-cutting was today.... on to Phase III!
According to the Post Dispatch,
• North Sarah Phase III—a project of 77 single-family units by McCormack Baron Salazar on Finney, Whittier and C.D. Banks avenues has received state and federal low income tax credits.
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I really love this project I'm glad theres a phase III
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Looks like North Sarah Phase III is moving forward... various funds have been awarded and McCormack Baron has secured the properties. However. I thought earlier it was going to cross over into some parcels east of Vandeventer, but I'm not sure that is the case now. In addition to North Sarah, something called Finney Place will bring 34 new construction units on 28 parcels in the same area.
https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d ... awards.cfm
https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d ... awards.cfm
