I just scrolled and was shocked it wasn't for parking. Looks pretty good but I will miss those homes.
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Homebuilder eyes buying long-vacant school site on The Hill
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2024/02/26/homebuilder-buying-vacant-school-the-hill-mcbride.htmlA homebuilder is eyeing a long-vacant state-owned site in the city of St. Louis for development.
McBride Homes has entered into a contract with the state to buy the former Hubert Wheeler State School at 5707 Wilson Ave. in The Hill neighborhood, the homebuilder confirmed.
The state has been marketing the closed and vacant school site for sale since 2017. It’s too early in the process for McBride, based in Chesterfield, to have a plan for what could be built at the site, said a spokeswoman. The developer has not yet conducted due diligence on the property, she said.
A closing date for the deal could be targeted for the end of 2024, according to the spokeswoman.
Financial terms of the pending deal were not disclosed. The property’s appraised value was $67,400 as of 2023, according to records from the city assessor.
The 35,113-square-foot former school, built in 1969, is located on a 4-acre site, according to the state website. It has a storage building that was added in 1987. McBride, the largest homebuilder in the state, has been actively building new housing on The Hill. The developer last year announced plans to construct 26 new townhouses in the neighborhood, expanding on its earlier $27 million development of 58 new houses called La Collina. Separately, a 225-unit apartment complex, Moda on the Hill, was also recently built in the neighborhood by developer Draper & Kramer.
Part of the Hubert Wheeler School site is adjacent to existing housing.
Officials with the Missouri Office of Administration did not immediately have more information on the contract.
The Missouri Legislature authorized the state to sell the property, which is named after a longtime state education commissioner, along with others in 2017. It once housed a state school for students with disabilities, and later Harris-Stowe State University occupied the site with the Anheuser-Busch School of Business.
That is the ugly 1970's "village of huts" school on Wilsonairforceguy1 wrote: ↑Feb 27, 2024Homebuilder eyes buying long-vacant school site on The Hillhttps://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2024/02/26/homebuilder-buying-vacant-school-the-hill-mcbride.htmlA homebuilder is eyeing a long-vacant state-owned site in the city of St. Louis for development.
McBride Homes has entered into a contract with the state to buy the former Hubert Wheeler State School at 5707 Wilson Ave. in The Hill neighborhood, the homebuilder confirmed.
The state has been marketing the closed and vacant school site for sale since 2017. It’s too early in the process for McBride, based in Chesterfield, to have a plan for what could be built at the site, said a spokeswoman. The developer has not yet conducted due diligence on the property, she said.
A closing date for the deal could be targeted for the end of 2024, according to the spokeswoman.
Financial terms of the pending deal were not disclosed. The property’s appraised value was $67,400 as of 2023, according to records from the city assessor.
The 35,113-square-foot former school, built in 1969, is located on a 4-acre site, according to the state website. It has a storage building that was added in 1987. McBride, the largest homebuilder in the state, has been actively building new housing on The Hill. The developer last year announced plans to construct 26 new townhouses in the neighborhood, expanding on its earlier $27 million development of 58 new houses called La Collina. Separately, a 225-unit apartment complex, Moda on the Hill, was also recently built in the neighborhood by developer Draper & Kramer.
Part of the Hubert Wheeler School site is adjacent to existing housing.
Officials with the Missouri Office of Administration did not immediately have more information on the contract.
The Missouri Legislature authorized the state to sell the property, which is named after a longtime state education commissioner, along with others in 2017. It once housed a state school for students with disabilities, and later Harris-Stowe State University occupied the site with the Anheuser-Busch School of Business.
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Did they try to out-pizza the Hut with that design? Yikes.
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The former Wheeler State School campus in Midtown (behind Harris-Stowe on Market) also is very odd looking. It would be nice to redevelop that one, too.
McBride is planning 58 townhomes at "the corner of Wilson and January Avenues—the former site of what was called the Hubert Wheeler State School" (a hazardous waste site).
https://fox2now.com/news/fox-files/new- ... -the-hill/
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^That's awesome - let's hope the cleanup project goes well. 
$400k building permit application submitted for a new home at 2315 Sublette
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Anyone know why 5019 DAGGETT AV ST LOUIS MO 63110 hasn’t been sold or developed? Seems like prime real estate.
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The owner wants way more money that it is worth. 6M give or take. McBride was trying to purchase.dbehrens011 wrote: ↑Dec 02, 2024Anyone know why 5019 DAGGETT AV ST LOUIS MO 63110 hasn’t been sold or developed? Seems like prime real estate.
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The Assessor appraises it at $260.7k. Maybe land speculators should pay taxes on what they think their land is worth.
Issuedquincunx wrote: ↑Dec 02, 2024$400k building permit application submitted for a new home at 2315 Sublette
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Demo permit for 2004 Hereford? 19th century shotgun home. McBride it appears is doing demo.
Look I’m okay with McBride building infill and larger scaled projects on vacant lots and industrial sites like they have done so far in the Hill. Do I love their designs? Not particular, but in the hill they are mostly urban and relatively dense so it’s a positive. McBride already owns pretty much all of these vacant sites - build on them, cool. But we have to get historic preservation review in the Hill if they are going to start tearing down 19th century homes that made the Hill. These small shotgun homes are the character of the Hill. I hope this demo is stopped and we make the Hill a historic review district.
Look I’m okay with McBride building infill and larger scaled projects on vacant lots and industrial sites like they have done so far in the Hill. Do I love their designs? Not particular, but in the hill they are mostly urban and relatively dense so it’s a positive. McBride already owns pretty much all of these vacant sites - build on them, cool. But we have to get historic preservation review in the Hill if they are going to start tearing down 19th century homes that made the Hill. These small shotgun homes are the character of the Hill. I hope this demo is stopped and we make the Hill a historic review district.
$400k building permit application submitted for a new home at 2004 Hereford. Demo permit application was submitted two weeks ago.
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So tired of constantly spotting the Bellon ghouls in the Hill.
Demo permit applied for.framer wrote: ↑Nov 21, 2024McBride is planning 58 townhomes at "the corner of Wilson and January Avenues—the former site of what was called the Hubert Wheeler State School" (a hazardous waste site).
https://fox2now.com/news/fox-files/new- ... -the-hill/
Heard 5106 Shaw at Hereford is under contract. Hopefully something more productive will come of it.
$350k building permit application submitted for a new home at 2008 HEREFORD ST
^Actually it's a $3.5M permit. Donno if that's a typo or if it's for a mansion with multiple lots being consolidated..
McBride Homes plans 80 townhouses on historic St. Louis site
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... 994af54a4f
Say what you will about McBride but STL needs hundreds of projects on this scale. Not everyone wants to own a single family home from the 1800s or 1960s. New construction, high density, mass production infill has a big role to play in saving the City.
Back to my Rams Settlement idea…City should take two city blocks (at a time) and say to developers like McBride… “Build here. Whatever doesn’t sell after two years after completion, we’ll buy back from you at cost + interest.” I know homes would sell. There are interested buyers but there are a lack of safe and affordable homes. Developers are too nervous and banks won’t make the loans. City should back the loans!
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... 994af54a4f
Say what you will about McBride but STL needs hundreds of projects on this scale. Not everyone wants to own a single family home from the 1800s or 1960s. New construction, high density, mass production infill has a big role to play in saving the City.
Back to my Rams Settlement idea…City should take two city blocks (at a time) and say to developers like McBride… “Build here. Whatever doesn’t sell after two years after completion, we’ll buy back from you at cost + interest.” I know homes would sell. There are interested buyers but there are a lack of safe and affordable homes. Developers are too nervous and banks won’t make the loans. City should back the loans!
Pretty sure this was announced a while back, or maybe they had just bought the land and it was assumed that this is what they'd do.addxb2 wrote: ↑Aug 04, 2025McBride Homes plans 80 townhouses on historic St. Louis site
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... 994af54a4f
Say what you will about McBride but STL needs hundreds of projects on this scale. Not everyone wants to own a single family home from the 1800s or 1960s. New construction, high density, mass production infill has a big role to play in saving the City.
Back to my Rams Settlement idea…City should take two city blocks (at a time) and say to developers like McBride… “Build here. Whatever doesn’t sell after two years after completion, we’ll buy back from you at cost + interest.” I know homes would sell. There are interested buyers but there are a lack of safe and affordable homes. Developers are too nervous and banks won’t make the loans. City should back the loans!
On the other side of The Hill, there's a couple blocks of McBride townhouses that were built over the last few years. Can't wait to see how much The Hill's population will grow come 2030.
I'd like to see a large scale development with houses like this, apartments, and mixed use built where St. Louis Marketplace currently is. Build a whole new neighborhood. It's such a dead spot in the city right now.
People on Reddit were complaining about it nonstop, but honestly, with this kind of development in the city, it's just a matter of not letting perfect be the enemy of good
