N. Hanley TOD Proposal Receives Funding Award
December 11, 2023
By Kim Cella

The Missouri Housing Development Commission announced on October 8 approval for financing for the University Crossing development in North St. Louis County, MO at the North Hanley MetroLink Station.   This project is partnership between Bywater Development Group and Employment Connection.  This approval marks the launch of the  60 high-quality mixed-income apartments for families that make up the workforce in the St. Louis region.  In addition, the development will include the establishment of a new North St. Louis County office of Employment Connection to serve the residents of this development and the larger community with employment and career advancement training and support.

link: https://cmt-stl.org/n-hanley-tod-propos ... ing-award/

That's awesome. Hopefully it's designed to accommodate future cohesive expansion 

Hopefully this will be a quality TOD project...

Kittle Property Group of Indiana is proposing a 192-unit development, with a pool, playground and dog park, called Triton Pointe on University Place Drive behind the North Hanley MetroLink station in unincorporated north St. Louis County. 

The apartments would range from one- to four-bedrooms across five buildings, according to a preliminary development plan. No other details about the project, located at 8724 University Place Drive, were disclosed. 
The company said in a statement that the site is currently occupied by houses, “most of which are boarded up and in need of demolition.”


“We look forward to continuing our work with the leaders of St. Louis County to provide a quality product for the families of the community,” Brenda Haddad, development director, said in a statement. 

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/business/developer-eyes-apartments-near-st-louis-county-metrolink-station/article_be366f96-24ef-11ef-b588-4b859fae2666.html

airforceguy1 wrote: ↑

Jun 07, 2024

Hopefully this will be a quality TOD project...

Kittle Property Group of Indiana is proposing a 192-unit development, with a pool, playground and dog park, called Triton Pointe on University Place Drive behind the North Hanley MetroLink station in unincorporated north St. Louis County. 

The apartments would range from one- to four-bedrooms across five buildings, according to a preliminary development plan. No other details about the project, located at 8724 University Place Drive, were disclosed. 
The company said in a statement that the site is currently occupied by houses, “most of which are boarded up and in need of demolition.”


“We look forward to continuing our work with the leaders of St. Louis County to provide a quality product for the families of the community,” Brenda Haddad, development director, said in a statement. 

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/business/developer-eyes-apartments-near-st-louis-county-metrolink-station/article_be366f96-24ef-11ef-b588-4b859fae2666.html

Between this and University Crossing. It looks like that TOD is finally start get rolling in North County. Also, there is a lot of promise at the UMSL Natural Bridge Station. 

 What is the status of the North Hanley TOD plans. Residential buildings are going up like crazy in U-City north of Clayton around I170. Clayton may have already overtaken downtown in office and commercial space. Is it time to develop the Hanley Station area and south toward Clayton? Is there any way to improve biking and walking access around HS? What are the financial possibilities? Is the topographic profile going toward Clayton downtown an obstacle for transit?

lklein- wrote: ↑

Aug 04, 2024

Clayton may have already overtaken downtown in office and commercial space.

No. It has not and it’s not even close.

JaneJacobsGhost wrote:

lklein- wrote: ↑

Aug 04, 2024

Clayton may have already overtaken downtown in office and commercial space.

No. It has not and it’s not even close.

I recently took a new position in downtown Clayton, and it's amazing how much smaller it feels than downtown St. Louis.

It's also largely dead even during the middle of a workday.

It's not an active place. And everybody there is actively waiting for 5 p.m. so that they can flee. Or eat at a nice restaurant and then leave.

Downtown Clayton and the entire area in general needs more residential. I'd like to see more activity at the street level. Even vehicular. It's that dead.

Also, that area that Centene abandoned near the Forsyth MetroLink station needs to be developed. It's ridiculous that you can come up from one of the two MetroLink stations serving downtown Clayton and immediately find a giant field -- with two massive parking garages beyond it. And a ton of asphalt parking across the street.

Lastly, Centene's desire for an auditorium of some sort in Clayton finally makes sense to me. Auditorium or not, there needs to be some kind of event space there that attracts people into Clayton at night.

RockChalkSTL wrote:

JaneJacobsGhost wrote:

lklein- wrote: ↑

Aug 04, 2024

Clayton may have already overtaken downtown in office and commercial space.

No. It has not and it’s not even close.

I recently took a new position in downtown Clayton, and it's amazing how much smaller it feels than downtown St. Louis.

It's also largely dead even during the middle of a workday.

It's not an active place. And everybody there is actively waiting for 5 p.m. so that they can flee. Or eat at a nice restaurant and then leave.

Downtown Clayton and the entire area in general needs more residential. I'd like to see more activity at the street level. Even vehicular. It's that dead.

Also, that area that Centene abandoned near the Forsyth MetroLink station needs to be developed. It's ridiculous that you can come up from one of the two MetroLink stations serving downtown Clayton and immediately find a giant field -- with two massive parking garages beyond it. And a ton of asphalt parking across the street.

Lastly, Centene's desire for an auditorium of some sort in Clayton finally makes sense to me. Auditorium or not, there needs to be some kind of event space there that attracts people into Clayton at night.

I just don’t think Clayton is meant to be a place with a lot of nightlife. I don’t get the push for that. That’s should be occurring DT.

What does all of this have to do with a housing development some 40 blocks north of Clayton?  

Or the Loop in Chicago for that matter.

I found plans submitted back in January to the STL County Planning Commission for the first building here. It is at the northeast corner of N Hanley and University Place.

60 units, 2000 sq of office, and a police substation, 71 parking spaces

Excited to see some movement on a TOD

https://stlouisco.civicweb.net/document ... A9B8D54E85