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RuskiSTL wrote:Great work Chris! Only complaints would be that the hallways look depressing as hell, like a public college dorm. And the pool deck seems pretty sad as well, considering the cost of the building and wealth of future residents. 

Any word on monthly rates? Considering a move back to STL and this would be target #1A for an apartment. 

Liveat100.com shows your floor plans and the rent associated with them. Price ranges depending on the floor and view you have from the unit.

RuskiSTL wrote: ↑

Sep 20, 2020

Great work Chris! Only complaints would be that the hallways look depressing as hell, like a public college dorm. And the pool deck seems pretty sad as well, considering the cost of the building and wealth of future residents. 

Any word on monthly rates? Considering a move back to STL and this would be target #1A for an apartment. 

Ya, I realize it's just a hallway, but the can lighting and acoustic ceiling tile choice is a bit, um, surprising...

RuskiSTL wrote: ↑

Sep 20, 2020

Great work Chris! Only complaints would be that the hallways look depressing as hell, like a public college dorm. And the pool deck seems pretty sad as well, considering the cost of the building and wealth of future residents. 

Any word on monthly rates? Considering a move back to STL and this would be target #1A for an apartment. 

You can browse floorplans and see rates here: https://liveat100.com/floor-plans

Apt APT 1002 is the cheapest I see on there - it's $1930/mo for a 1 Bed / 1 Bath, 676 sq. ft. unit.  The little end units like that one are all roughly within $100 or so either side of $2000/mo depending on the unit size and floor. 

The other units start at $2475 and range up to about $4400 until you get to the top couple of floors where the prices escalate significantly.  

Most expensive unit available currently is Apt 3506: 3 Bed / 2 Bath, 2,097 sq. ft., for $7,355/mo.

-RBB

Thanks for the photos, Chris. 
The corridor is definitely a disappointment. It is important to kill as much of that sound as possible but there's other ways to do it. I'm actually really disappointed in the unit interiors themselves. Apparently that's real hardwood but they chose the exact same color as the vinyl plank that's being installed everywhere else. I would have chosen a much richer light or dark brown. Also, the cabinet finish was a huge mistake, it's way too similar to the floor and detracts from it, it's a color & texture that's over used, and will look super dated in even 4 or 5 years. Flush or shaker solid color cabinets would have been a lot better. They used the exact same finishes as Monogram on Washington but paid a lot more for them. The bathrooms are also a big disappointment. The vanity sinks are nothing interesting whatsoever and I don't remember the shower tile being anything memorable. I really want to like Mac and LJC/Clayco but this is disappointing. 

aprice wrote: ↑

Sep 22, 2020

Thanks for the photos, Chris. 
The corridor is definitely a disappointment. It is important to kill as much of that sound as possible but there's other ways to do it. I'm actually really disappointed in the unit interiors themselves. Apparently that's real hardwood but they chose the exact same color as the vinyl plank that's being installed everywhere else. I would have chosen a much richer light or dark brown. Also, the cabinet finish was a huge mistake, it's way too similar to the floor and detracts from it, it's a color & texture that's over used, and will look super dated in even 4 or 5 years. Flush or shaker solid color cabinets would have been a lot better. They used the exact same finishes as Monogram on Washington but paid a lot more for them. The bathrooms are also a big disappointment. The vanity sinks are nothing interesting whatsoever and I don't remember the shower tile being anything memorable. I really want to like Mac and LJC/Clayco but this is disappointing. 

Do you think those were the original design choices, or perhaps the result of some cost cutting?

Here's something. The view from the 36th Floor. Definitely prefer the view of the City. I found these on a now closed Flickr account and saved them.




And nighttime...

^ gorgeous.

urban_dilettante wrote: ↑

Sep 24, 2020

^ gorgeous.

In the zoomed out daytime photo, and on the zoomed in photo, I realized that you can see the future sites of Iron Hill, Mill Creek Flats, Armory Phase 2, 4210 Duncan (sand crawler), Cortex Apartments, BJC Neuroscience, Verve (3765 Lindell), and 4545 Laclede. So this view will change for the better over the next few years. If only that Lindell and Euclid lot would go away and if only 4915 West Pine would come back. 

^That's a fantastic picture.

From the looks of the webcam, it appears as though there are only 3 sections of exterior facade left to complete. The original webcam for the project has been taken down and the single remaining cam is from atop the Chase. Looking like this will be wrapped up shortly.

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Apr 16, 2020

framer wrote: ↑

Mar 27, 2020

Looks like they're installing the corrugated panels on the top tier, west facade.   

So, they started installing the metal panels 3 weeks ago, and appear to be maybe a bit more than halfway done with the top tier from the webcam today.

I'm not sure what caused the delay, but at this rate, they will still be installing panels on Halloween...

Ha, not too far off...

I was searching on Google for an image of new art deco condo or apartment buildings similar to the one under construction in Kirkwood.  I was somewhat surprised to see 100 N Kingshighway building show up in the search on the far right.  Do we consider this building to be Art Deco inspired?  What elements?  Is the Chase Building Art Deco?

The stltoday article where that image is from includes a reference to the Chase.  In the article they link to a previous story about the Chase while talking about how 100 is "75 feet taller than the neighborhood’s Art Deco landmark".  So that's why it pops up.  

^^ there was discussion much earlier in the thread about this. the vertical ridges on the metal panels and the tiers definitely resemble Art Deco elements IMO, but the ridges were much more prominent in the renderings than they are in reality. on the other hand, i think they're more prevalent on the garage screen than they were in the renderings.

i would definitely characterize the Chase as Art Deco but i'm neither an architect nor an architectural historian so...

Art Deco. See it?
A link

imran wrote: ↑

Oct 09, 2020

Knit-picking here but Park Plaza is the Art Deco  building. The Chase looks more like ?Italian Renaissance.

Came here to write this!

I was hoping the metal panels on 100 were going to be a bit more like this, which would have really made the Art Deco elements stand out (as well as reflected the sunsets in that awesome silvery-gold kind of way) but alas, $$$:


Architectural Digest - The World’s Most Beautiful Art Deco Buildings

I ran across this thread started in 2005

Alderman Joseph Roddy envisions 40-story tower in CWE
alderman-joseph-roddy-envisions-40-stor ... -t901.html

Thanks Chris, great work and the building looks impressive. Agree there are some areas they clearly underinvested to save costs (like the Whirlpool appliance package particularly the top freezer refrigerator and range) but overall looks like a great addition to the area.

There are great views of the building at Hampton & Oakland and driving east on I-44 from around the Shrewsbury Metrolink overpass. Hopefully more architecture and projects like this will come.

The day the 100 renderings were first released, I was telling people about the Art Deco connection (if not inspiration). Especially the similarity to the bay windows in the park plaza penthouse. 

It seems they finished installing the last of the metal panels on Friday. They just need to finish the rooftop parapet, trim, railing...whatever they are planning up there.

https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... amily.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... ments.html

A couple intriguing titles. Curious if there's anything of value in either.

SeattleNative wrote: ↑

Oct 24, 2020

https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... amily.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... ments.html

A couple intriguing titles. Curious if there's anything of value in either.

A few numbers; most of the rest was just filler:

"Another boon to developers is a lack of supply. Only 364 apartment units are under construction across the St. Louis area, a decline from 509 this time last year, according to a second-quarter report from Berkadia.
...
"We're still scratching at the surface of how many units we can add for our population," said Jason Braidwood, president of commercial real estate development firm KDG. "We have a long way to go to hit critical density where it's a purely zero sum game."

But the question remains as to whether developers have capability of meeting that demand.
...
Rising construction costs are also making it more challenging for new multifamily projects.

Nationally, construction costs have risen 4%-5% annually for the past five years, according to Engineering News Record. In September, costs rose 1.2% over August with lumber see the biggest increase at 7.4%, according to trade group Associated Builders and Contractors (the price of lumber spiked 81.2% over the past year).

"Construction costs are the biggest heartburn for developers," Bukhshtaber said.
...
And St. Louis bears some key hallmarks that make its multifamily market attractive to investors. The occupancy rate in the region, for example, was 94.9% for the second quarter, a figure roughly the same from a year earlier, though still the highest it's been since 2001, according to Berkadia."
...

Occupancy figures:
OCW - "65% occupied by the end of the summer."
Orion - "roughly 86% occupied as of press time."
One Hundred - "27% as of press time*According to information on One Hundred's website"