Gee maybe Crestwood could support higher density housing. There's probably some parking lots that could be built on.
Here was my concept, was certain I posted it an image a couple years ago but couldn’t find it.
Was talking to an established developer about feasibility/how best to approach Crestwood….and then Crestwood announced their current plan in the midst of it.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?u ... 242786e934
Was talking to an established developer about feasibility/how best to approach Crestwood….and then Crestwood announced their current plan in the midst of it.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?u ... 242786e934
^Definitely would’ve been better than crappy McBride houses.
People camping out to get a “deal” on a house is ridiculous. They must not have much to do. The older suburban homes in Crestwood and South County are certainly built better than what McBride is slapping up. Some of those have been there for 60 years and are doing well, the new McBride houses probably won’t even last to see their 40th year.
People camping out to get a “deal” on a house is ridiculous. They must not have much to do. The older suburban homes in Crestwood and South County are certainly built better than what McBride is slapping up. Some of those have been there for 60 years and are doing well, the new McBride houses probably won’t even last to see their 40th year.
Actually, My two cents is that Crestwood site is a great location for single family residential homes (with a few solar panels and tesla's to boot).
Instead, dense mixed use filling surface lots on a successful mall say Galleria that is literally a ten minute walk at most to metrolink station or at minimum, keep filling downtown Kirkwood with mixed used is a much better fit. Building stand alone dense mixed use with limited transit options in a slow growth region isn't that productive IMO.
Instead, dense mixed use filling surface lots on a successful mall say Galleria that is literally a ten minute walk at most to metrolink station or at minimum, keep filling downtown Kirkwood with mixed used is a much better fit. Building stand alone dense mixed use with limited transit options in a slow growth region isn't that productive IMO.
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That really was a neat concept. You had another one I liked, as I recall. Near Foundry, maybe? Sad to see it's just more of the same, but maybe someone else could follow your model.shadrach wrote: ↑Aug 24, 2022Here was my concept, was certain I posted it an image a couple years ago but couldn’t find it.
Was talking to an established developer about feasibility/how best to approach Crestwood….and then Crestwood announced their current plan in the midst of it.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?u ... 242786e934
^^My plan was meant as an incremental step up in productivity with some mixed-use and plenty of single fam, just not as spread out as what's being built. More akin to Maplewood scale. And the town square was meant to serve as a Crestwood gathering place like the mall used to be.
It would be more productive than adding to the urbanized footprint on the edges in our slow growth region. What's coming to be is too, but just doesn't substitute for as much of the really spread out and unproductive stuff that might be built on the edges.
To have walking, biking, and transit use, we need to build walkable, bikable, and transit-compatible places. Car-only places simply aren't a good fit anywhere given their environmental damage and financial insolvency.
Another take away is just how much "new" matters to many. I'm living the headaches that come with an old house. I get the impetus to avoid that, but tearing everything down over and over again seems wasteful on the order of continuous building on the ever expanding edges.
It would be more productive than adding to the urbanized footprint on the edges in our slow growth region. What's coming to be is too, but just doesn't substitute for as much of the really spread out and unproductive stuff that might be built on the edges.
To have walking, biking, and transit use, we need to build walkable, bikable, and transit-compatible places. Car-only places simply aren't a good fit anywhere given their environmental damage and financial insolvency.
Another take away is just how much "new" matters to many. I'm living the headaches that come with an old house. I get the impetus to avoid that, but tearing everything down over and over again seems wasteful on the order of continuous building on the ever expanding edges.
Some interesting quotes from folks waiting to sign up to buy a house.
KMOX - LISTEN: Why people camped out all night for the chance at a McBride home
https://www.audacy.com/kmox/news/local/ ... bride-home
KMOX - LISTEN: Why people camped out all night for the chance at a McBride home
https://www.audacy.com/kmox/news/local/ ... bride-home
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22 days until Dierbergs opens
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Crestwood is now seeking a developer for the old shopping center across from the former mall site....
Crestwood seeks developers for aging shopping center across the street from former mall site
Crestwood seeks developers for aging shopping center across the street from former mall site
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2023/03/13/crestwood-developers-shopping-center-crestview.htmlCrestwood officials issued a request for proposals last week for the 8.8-acre Crestview Plaza at 9222 Watson Road, a shopping center that was anchored by an Aldi grocery store that moved last year into a renovated ex-Shop ’n Save site, also across from Crestwood Crossing, the former mall site.
Proposals for the site are due by March 31. Officials want to see plans for commercial, retail, entertainment, office, residential or services as part of any proposal, especially if developers can “reinvigorate a vital commercial corridor for the Crestwood community,” according to the RFP.
The property, which is listed for sale, is currently owned by Chippewa Loft LLC, which purchased the site for $2.7 million in 2016. That entity is affiliated with registered agent Harjot Padda of the Padda Banner & Banner law firm, and was registered in 2001 by physician Gurpreet Padda. The 2016 sale price was about half the price of the last time the property sold in the 1990s, when it was home to a Circuit City store, according to past Business Journal reporting. St. Louis County in 2021 assigned the property an appraised value of $3.28 million.
As foretold
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I only took one pic, but the store is impressive with an awesome selection. I’m sad the other proposals didn’t come to fruition, but I am happy the site is finally developed.
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Updated info posted recently on Facebook regarding newer phases of Crestwood Crossing.
PDF found within the post here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecrestwoodexperience
Looks like Katie's Pizza/Pasta and an as yet named Mexican restaurant by the Syberg Group will both build freestanding restaurants in the area near where Macy's was located.
PDF found within the post here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecrestwoodexperience
Looks like Katie's Pizza/Pasta and an as yet named Mexican restaurant by the Syberg Group will both build freestanding restaurants in the area near where Macy's was located.
To each his or her own but those newly build homes (to me) look awful
And your front door faces a gray wall
yech!
And your front door faces a gray wall
yech!
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Yeah but very little violent crime, Lindbergh school district and every homeowner is armed to the hilt so I guess they’ll take the ugly gray wall.
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Yes, so little crime.
Funny choice the folks in our community have to make: live in the city with an increased, but still minuscule, risk of premature death or move to the county and live out your days among the walking dead.
Funny choice the folks in our community have to make: live in the city with an increased, but still minuscule, risk of premature death or move to the county and live out your days among the walking dead.
I can't believe McBride still hasn't been able to figure out how to build a proper mansard roof.
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