Gate District Infill and Rehab

STLrainbow · PostJul 02, 2020#1012020-07-02T16:23+00:00

^ Along those lines I'm curious if there are any kind of assurances that these stay as "affordable" housing serving the neighborhood for a significant period... I am not sure there is. Down in TGS a CDA-assisted home built in 2015/16 sold for $135k... now just four years later that owner has put it on the market and it quickly went under contract for $225k. (It's a smaller home so almost $200/sq. ft.)

The Gate District has a lot of momentum and it would be helpful to have protections ensuring these affordable homes aren't essentially flipped as market-rate after just a few years.

bwcrow1s · PostJul 02, 2020#1022020-07-02T21:24+00:00

Sounds like a great idea.

Are there any examples of this being put into place in STL? Abroad?

MarkGroth2020 · PostJul 03, 2020#1032020-07-03T00:35+00:00

Will they have big side yards? Will there be curb cuts for driveways? Will the street get Schoemehl pots/cul-de-sacs after construction (this is a big thing in the Gate District)? Vinyl and all that matters much less than affordability and the question STLRainbow made above is a good one.

I think anything will fit in here. Strangely, it's our most experimental neighborhood for infill...

quincunx · PostJul 03, 2020#1042020-07-03T00:42+00:00

Just say no to skinny houses on wide lots! We can't afford it!

4200 N Market Skinny house wide lot.png (874.22KiB)

chaifetz10 · PostJul 03, 2020#1052020-07-03T03:51+00:00

I think we've repeated these posts in other threads but... why is that such an issue? St. Louis has so many empty lots that I'd rather see homes built and people move in than these lots remain vacant. There are plenty of examples where houses in neighborhoods not to far from the Gate District have larger lots or even side yards, yet the neighborhood still is dense.

framer · PostJul 03, 2020#1062020-07-03T05:08+00:00

^Yep. People forget STL is still losing population. The width of lots is the least of our problems.

MarkGroth2020 · PostJul 03, 2020#1072020-07-03T08:37+00:00

I disagree. Build for the city you want not the one you will settle for.

quincunx · PostJul 03, 2020#1082020-07-03T13:32+00:00

Nextstl.com - Big Lots Making Us House Poor

https://nextstl.com/2018/03/big-lots-ma ... ouse-poor/

GoHarvOrGoHome · PostJul 03, 2020#1092020-07-03T14:11+00:00

I think we should require better density, specifically anywhere between Delmar and 44. The Central Corridor has space today, but that almost certainly won't be the case moving forward.

chaifetz10 · PostJul 04, 2020#1102020-07-04T01:56+00:00

Let's all just take a quick breather on this and see what Gladiator's designs are first. Without site plans or renderings, for all we know they may not be skinny houses on wide lots. The good news is that we already know that UIC's three different options are all great and match the existing neighborhood style / density.

quincunx · PostJul 18, 2020#1112020-07-18T13:33+00:00

The permits for 4 home son Hickory were issued
2720 HICKORY ST
2728 HICKORY ST
2732 HICKORY ST
2736 HICKORY ST

PostJul 18, 2020#1122020-07-18T13:38+00:00

$840k building permit application submitted for multi-fam at 3313 Park Ave.

PostJul 18, 2020#1132020-07-18T14:07+00:00

And applications submitted for new homes at
3252 HENRIETTA ST
3431-33 VISTA AV

PostAug 07, 2020#1142020-08-07T02:19+00:00

Building apps submitted for 6 new homes
3400 VISTA AV
3406 VISTA AV
3416 VISTA AV
3418 VISTA AV
3512 VISTA AV
3514 VISTA AV

southcitygent · PostAug 08, 2020#1152020-08-08T14:15+00:00

I'm guessing that the virus has halted work on the Habitat homes.

Trololzilla · PostAug 22, 2020#1162020-08-22T08:03+00:00

Looks like site prep has started on the large Killeen building. Big hole there now.

walker · PostAug 27, 2020#1172020-08-27T20:27+00:00

I'm guessing that the virus has halted work on the Habitat homes

It hasn't halted Habitat, just slowed them, they claim.

quincunx · PostAug 28, 2020#1182020-08-28T01:48+00:00

$160k building permit application submitted for new home at 2764 RUTGER ST

Laife Fulk · PostSep 03, 2020#1192020-09-03T18:22+00:00

Listings for 3528, 3536, 3538 & 3540 Vista are now on the MLS, including initial renderings.

https://www.redfin.com/MO/St-Louis/3538 ... /172770495

quincunx · PostSep 05, 2020#1202020-09-05T19:26+00:00

$190k building permit application submitted for new home at 3301 EADS AV

MarkGroth2020 · PostSep 22, 2020#1212020-09-22T16:43+00:00

These new homes should blend in quite nicely.
https://www.parkaveweststl.com/singlefamilyhomes

quincunx · PostSep 26, 2020#1222020-09-26T16:32+00:00

Permit apps in for more houses
3005 LAFAYETTE AV
3007 LAFAYETTE AV
3013 LAFAYETTE AV
3011 LAFAYETTE AV
3009 LAFAYETTE AV
5856 CLEMENS AV

EssTeeEll · PostSep 27, 2020#1232020-09-27T17:07+00:00

quincunx wrote: ↑
Sep 26, 2020
Permit apps in for more houses
3005 LAFAYETTE AV
3007 LAFAYETTE AV
3013 LAFAYETTE AV
3011 LAFAYETTE AV
3009 LAFAYETTE AV
5856 CLEMENS AV

More of those modern fancy ones, I'm assuming.

urbanitas · PostSep 27, 2020#1242020-09-27T22:55+00:00

EssTeeEll wrote: ↑
Sep 27, 2020
quincunx wrote: ↑
Sep 26, 2020
Permit apps in for more houses
3005 LAFAYETTE AV
3007 LAFAYETTE AV
3013 LAFAYETTE AV
3011 LAFAYETTE AV
3009 LAFAYETTE AV
5856 CLEMENS AV
More of those modern fancy ones, I'm assuming.

I presume that 3001 and 3003 Lafayette were finally completed? I'd guess it will look just like those.

quincunx · PostOct 03, 2020#1252020-10-03T00:34+00:00

quincunx wrote: ↑
Aug 07, 2020
Building apps submitted for 6 new homes
3400 VISTA AV
3406 VISTA AV
3416 VISTA AV
3418 VISTA AV
3512 VISTA AV
3514 VISTA AV

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