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Weat Newsmagazine - Developer seeks tax incentive funding for Wildhorse Village

Property owner Jeff Tegethoff recently scolded members of Chesterfield’s Finance & Administration (F&A) Committee for their refusal to approve a preliminary funding agreement regarding the Wildhorse Village development

https://westnewsmagazine.com/2020/12/10 ... se-village

Clayco now has a "Innovation Stories" webpage up on their website and it features new renderings and the Wildhorse Village logo. It really seems like marketing is targeting the "healthy" lifestyle and attempting to portray a life after coronavirus. Also, let's not forget the "safe" comment at the end, a clear swipe at the City of St. Louis. 

Innovation Stories page link: https://claycorp.com/wildhorse-village/ 
Colliers Marketing: https://www2.colliers.com/en/properties ... usa1086964

Renderings and logo...

"live an active lifestyle on our three-acre retention pond."

^ yep. move 'em both.

With an update coming on Iron Hill in the next few weeks (unless something changes), I think we may see new renderings. I'm holding out some hope that some of the Iron Hill buildings carry a resemblance to some at Wildhorse Village (like the ones you both are pointing out).

Waste of regional energy.

urban_dilettante wrote: ↑

Jan 22, 2021

"live an active lifestyle on our three-acre retention pond."

HA! Precisely. Although...as funny as it is..these sort of downtown on the pond schemes do tend to work out...three examples of districts I have visited before that share a similar concept, at their root concept and are widely considered to be successful, are located in Florida:

• Baldwin Park Orlando (click to read)
• Celebration (click to read)
• Main Street Lakewood Ranch (click to read)

Ponds I believe are becoming developers, engineers and contractors alike best friends as of late as they resolve a couple issues in one elegant solution of simply digging a hole in a sandbox.    It resolves a lot of storm water concerns while eliminating a fair share of underground pipes, becomes a  way to balance cut & fill issues on site while creating a on site borrow pit (lot cheaper to move dirt around with scrapers and big off road haul trucks instead of paying the price to either import or export fill) and at same time the developer has an instant amenity to sell the project.

A few more renderings. These come from the Lamar Johnson Collaborative. The architect claims the project will be ready in 2023. Based on the way graphics make it sound in a Chesterfield Planning document, all building designs are not finalized yet and will have to be approved by the City of Chesterfield prior to construction beginning. So while the renderings we have seen look nice, building design could change.

Update from West Newsmagazine: Amended concept plans approved for Wildhorse Village https://westnewsmagazine.com/2021/02/04 ... se-village

^ that last one is kinda sexy, except for the weird concrete blocks.

So, who is filling all this commercial space? Should I get my hopes up that an existing employer is going to massively expand ops or that someone new is about to set up shop?

^If Equifax needs a million square feet I think there might be cheaper options downtown. They could have their very own signature feature.

But, they wouldn't have a lake to look at.

They'd have a huge historic river.

^I'm just being snarky as this development out in the middle of nowhere is exactly the last thing the region needs. It's pretty enough, but . . . man . . . we really need to see that kind of investment in the urban core and not cutting down one more cornfield.

We've already got two CBDs, lets go for the trifecta!

BellaVilla wrote: ↑

Feb 11, 2021

We've already got two CBDs, lets go for the trifecta!

I personally feel like we have 4 downtowns here.

1. Downtown St. Louis
2. Midtown-Grand Center
3. Central West End
4. Downtown Clayton

Each one has their own vibe. Of the 4, Midtown-Grand Center needs the most work to become lively and activated. Planned investments can help with that, but it has a long way to go.

The introduction of Wildhorse Village and the Chesterfield Mall redevelopment into "Downtown Chesterfield" will, if they both happen, give us our 5th downtown.

I do get your point about this being the third CBD of the region though. So 3rd CBD and 5th downtown. 

I'm a pretty big fan of this development. I don't think of it as competing with downtown nearly as much as with nearby office parks and strip malls on Clarkson, Olive, and in the valley. Compared to those it's a vast improvement.

chriss752 wrote: ↑

Feb 11, 2021

BellaVilla wrote: ↑

Feb 11, 2021

We've already got two CBDs, lets go for the trifecta!

I personally feel like we have 4 downtowns here.

1. Downtown St. Louis
2. Midtown-Grand Center
3. Central West End
4. Downtown Clayton

Each one has their own vibe. Of the 4, Midtown-Grand Center needs the most work to become lively and activated. Planned investments can help with that, but it has a long way to go.

The introduction of Wildhorse Village and the Chesterfield Mall redevelopment into "Downtown Chesterfield" will, if they both happen, give us our 5th downtown.

I do get your point about this being the third CBD of the region though. So 3rd CBD and 5th downtown. 

How long before St. Chuck gets in on the act? They've got an old underutilized mall at 64/70. What makes me sad is that I am only sort of joking.