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Did you see that they will be building a second garage next to the monstrosity that's already there.

so that will be a total of 4 new parking garages within 1 block of each other. Two on the Meridian site and two on the Hanley Station site.



Hopefully they will work on traffic flow because the Eager/Hanley exchange SUCKS.

JMedwick wrote:Oh who cares. The building will not win any awards for innovative design, but it looks fine. It is good to hear about more parking (in garages) and office development within walking distance of the Hanley-40 metrolink station and that is what people should be concerned about. Who cares what the building looks like, when what is more important is how it will conncet to the adjacent station and the big project across the street.

THANKS! That is exactly what I wanted to say. The most important issue is developing around Metrolink stations. And as far as design is concerned, this is exactly what I expect to find around suburban stations. Jobs on Metro stations? That is tremendous good news to me.



Tough crowd....

1) I still think the Metrolink station should be relocated 300 ft further south. The north end of the station, as it stands, is useless.



2) Will there be any accomodations for pedestrians who wish to walk from the Meridian development to the Home Depot on the other side via the parking garages? More and more, the Home Depot is looking like an underutilization of the land it occupies, so I wouldn't be surpised if a new developement is proposed on the site in the near future. The parking garages look like they will present a formidable barrier between the two sides.

Expat wrote:

JMedwick wrote:Oh who cares. The building will not win any awards for innovative design, but it looks fine. It is good to hear about more parking (in garages) and office development within walking distance of the Hanley-40 metrolink station and that is what people should be concerned about. Who cares what the building looks like, when what is more important is how it will conncet to the adjacent station and the big project across the street.

THANKS! That is exactly what I wanted to say. The most important issue is developing around Metrolink stations. And as far as design is concerned, this is exactly what I expect to find around suburban stations. Jobs on Metro stations? That is tremendous good news to me.



Tough crowd....

Yes, in St. Louis. Also maybe in many other metro areas 20 years ago. But look around the country, architectural design has progressed since then, even suburban architectural design. That building could be made infinitely more attractive for very little to no extra cost. If it was down on Brentwood or Hanley a quarter mile or so, I wouldn't care so much. But it is in one of the most prominent and visible locations in the metro area. A higher standard should be applied.

^No, not just in St. Louis. I see this type of building in the suburbs of all cities - and not just 20 years ago. Sure, if they want to make it better, that is fine with me. Especially for this high profile location. But come on......

Expat wrote:^No, not just in St. Louis. I see this type of building in the suburbs of all cities - and not just 20 years ago. Sure, if they want to make it better, that is fine with me. Especially for this high profile location. But come on......

Sorry Expat, I have to disagree. It seems to me most of the criticism here is just people expressing opinions on the design, not actually calling each other to action to stop the building from going up. We are allowed to vent, you know.



Besides, I do think that as involved citizens we have the right and responsibility to demand quality construction. Just because someone wants to build something next to a Metro station doesn't mean we should trip over ourselves to let them build whatever shack they want. If the residents of Brentwood (or whatever jourisdiction) want something better looking, then it's ok with me, at least within reason.

^Tysalpha, by all means, vent. I agree, nothing wrong with expressing opinions on design. And certainly nothing wrong with expecting and hoping for the best

the composite metal deal on the top, with the divisions that come down that make it look like a ship do match the existing buildings. While the office building leaves much to be desired, am I the only one who thinks the best buy/sports authority etc is actually quite aesthetically appealing considering?



Arch city, why do you think this will be better than what was originally proposed?

Jobs on Metro stations? That is tremendous good news to me.

True. For some reason I've become a bit more accepting of these developments - TOD takes years to develop and this seems to increase density quite a bit. Also, I'm happy to see the parking garages - assuming this lessens the need for surface lots (and of course I'd like to see not parking garages/lots at all).

If anyone is curious, I saw today that they were busy welding the frame to the skywalk that will go in place between the garage and the office space above Best Buy. The frame itself was almost complete so I'm guessing that they're getting close to hoisting the thing up on top of the pillars.

Mill204 wrote:If anyone is curious, I saw today that they were busy welding the frame to the skywalk that will go in place between the garage and the office space above Best Buy. The frame itself was almost complete so I'm guessing that they're getting close to hoisting the thing up on top of the pillars.

It's up in the air as I type this. I'm surprised they are going at it in this bad of weather.

mcarril wrote:A giant new banner just went up today on the almost finished Garage -



Coming Nov 08: New Office Tower. www.meridianstl.com

Its been scaled back!!!



It was suppose to be 14 floors, now its only 6 floors...ugh! Plus, the old design looked better than this.

Looks like 7 stories to me but regardless, how is a 6 or 7 story building a "Tower" exactly?

I'd say it's been scaled up to six stories from a big fat 0.

From the site:



http://www.meridianstl.com/buildings.asp

Six floors of flexible multi-tenant office space, approximately 25,000 square feet, providing efficient office configurations for open workspace and private office layouts

-RBB

Anybody know the official height of the new Metro garage? I'm just curious as to whether it will end up being the tallest structure on the Meridian site.

Several floors of the steel shell are now up.

I was driving up to North County for Thanksgiving dinner and while waiting for the light I snapped this pic with my cell....hope the quality is good enough

^ The picture is just fine- thanks for sharing! It's good to see some progress there!

I noticed they layed a seperate foundation to the south of the new office building and close to Hanley. I understand that their was suppose to be another parking garage. However, the foundation looks like an outbuilding parcel (restaraunt, etc!). Does anybody have an idea. I drive Hanly often and been enjoying this project.