^Yep. When you have rapid transit stations surrounding a beautifully built neighborhood with a healthy balance of rented and owner occupied homes sandwiched between a national research university, a world class city park and a thriving entertainment district, rapidly rising rents will ensue.
This certainly bodes well for Everly on the Loop getting leased up (although it's not technically in Skink-D and its rates are on a completely differently level). It can't hurt the prospects of the Olivette Baptist Church or Church's sites either.
This certainly bodes well for Everly on the Loop getting leased up (although it's not technically in Skink-D and its rates are on a completely differently level). It can't hurt the prospects of the Olivette Baptist Church or Church's sites either.
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Couldn't agree with you more. The fact that its taken this long for this to happen shows just how bad the situation in the City got over the years and how absolutely suburban we made ourselves. Take a neighborhood like Skinky-D with all the characteristics you mentioned and put in in Chicago or any other metro region that gets urbanism, and the rents would be absolutely outrageous.
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I'm with the landlord on this.... 7 WashU students in the 7 rooms seems to be a good thing; who cares if they aren''t related?
Crackdown in Skinker-DeBaliviere Has Some Wash U Students Getting the Boot
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblo ... g-the-boot
Density, please!
Crackdown in Skinker-DeBaliviere Has Some Wash U Students Getting the Boot
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblo ... g-the-boot
Density, please!
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^ I read it as the city says she is violating the ordinance because more than three unrelated people live there in the 7 bedrooms..
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It sounds to me as though there are two separate units and she's legit, at present. But she's running into a "we don't want renters in our neighborhood" NIMBY backlash. (Since she's rented to more people in the past, and can't get that license change without the approval of her neighbors.) Which is . . . unbelievable in the west end of town. Absolutely unbelievable. You know, if you don't want to live near students, move the frick away from the school. End of sentence. Geemany. I hate people sometimes. I am so weary of people that think rental housing is the end of the world.
Who cares if they aren't related? Homeowners in the vicinity care.STLrainbow wrote: ↑Dec 07, 2017I'm with the landlord on this.... 7 WashU students in the 7 rooms seems to be a good thing; who cares if they aren''t related?
Crackdown in Skinker-DeBaliviere Has Some Wash U Students Getting the Boot
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblo ... g-the-boot
Density, please!
I owned a home near a college in Columbus, OH. Parents of the college students were starting to buy up homes as an investment (prior to the 2008 crash, like many speculators were doing), and then turn around and sell them 4-5 years later. They would rent to other students and have their kids manage the place. This was a neighborhood where many younger children would walk to the local grade and junior high schools. Also an older community with a lot or retirees.
It didn't take long for loud music, outdoor drinking and fights breaking out on front lawns. Plus, with mom and dad away, the places would deteriorate very quickly, and home prices in the area were not keeping up with city average (before 2008).
So, yes. It can be a problem for the community.
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Not allowing 3 or more unrelated people protects against drug and prostitution houses. If she wants to have 1 per bedroom she can apply for a boarding house occupancy permit.
The pitch forks are out over single family homes being turned into rentals, but if you're going to use the only 3 non-related in a living unit ordinance as an enforcement tool you can;t discriminate.
Some micro apts on DeBaliviere might help.
Or on the empty lot at Forest Park and Skinker. Of course the mansion dwellers would go crazy over that idea.
Some micro apts on DeBaliviere might help.
Or on the empty lot at Forest Park and Skinker. Of course the mansion dwellers would go crazy over that idea.
5700 McPherson has only one empty lot. Congrats to the Jaffe Group and buyers filling it back up.
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6007Pershing finished and 6001 underway
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Thank goodness they didn't go with one big window upstairs on the corner house.
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5766 Pershing
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5766 Pershing
Fixer-upper on DeGiverville
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/S ... ect/16_zm/
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/S ... ect/16_zm/
Solar array
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That's the thing, it's really not. Property owners can go here and request that the city Forestry Division plant a new tree for you: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d ... oblems.cfm
There is no charge for the service.
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Thanks for posting, I keep forgetting about that.
I was aware back when I lived in St. Louis Hills about 14 years ago. Not an easy process then and there was about an 18 month wait time from request to planting. Not sure if that's changed.
I was aware back when I lived in St. Louis Hills about 14 years ago. Not an easy process then and there was about an 18 month wait time from request to planting. Not sure if that's changed.
They cut down a big street tree on my block yesterday. They're out doing another this morning. I hope for a good reason. It looks so much worse without them.
Ash Tree? They've been cutting them everywhere due to the ash borer bug. Really a tragedy how many mature trees we will lose. They will replant with a 6-8' tall tree.