The majority, but not all, was. But I believe that's not in effect anymore. It's also interesting that this proposed redevelopment area, while still very large, is significantly smaller than what the city had approved for Northside Regeneration and seems more targetted around NGA.quincunx wrote: ↑May 27, 2023Isn't a lot of this blighted already for the Northside Regeneration TIF?
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Demo permit applications submittedTheWayoftheArch_V2.0 wrote: ↑May 30, 2023Saw this smoke from iTap Soulard during the CitySC match.
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Union sues St. Louis developer Paul McKee over grocery store loan
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/union-sues-st-louis-developer-paul-mckee-over-grocery-store-loan/article_dda00b52-8e0f-11ee-b73d-0bfe9f05bd8a.htmlThe Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council is suing St. Louis developer Paul McKee and affiliated companies to recover $1.8 million stemming from a 2020 loan the union made for the sputtering Greenleaf Market grocery store north of downtown.
It’s the latest lawsuit from the Chicago-based union organization to clean up the finances of the defunct St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council.
The parent union, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, dissolved the St. Louis-based regional council without warning in late 2021, ousting leader Al Bond and putting its operations under Chicago’s control.
For McKee, the lawsuit is another setback for his ambitious plans to redevelop a large swath of north St. Louis. He owns hundreds of acres north of downtown and helped assemble the site for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s new western headquarters. But he has faced criticism from neighbors and officials for neglecting his vast holdings, and the handful of developments he has actually built, including the Greenleaf grocery and a yet-to-open urgent care center, have struggled. Only a gas station McKee’s companies built across from the grocery store appears to be operating regularly. In its lawsuit, filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court last week, Mid-America said the St. Louis-based council made a $1.5 million loan in January 2020 to McKee and St. Louis Grocery Group LLC. Also listed as borrowers were McKee’s wife, Marguerite, her trust and companies tied to the GreenLeaf project registered to Glenn Mitchell, the president of McKee’s M Property Services. Documents filed with the lawsuit say no payments have been made on the loan, which was due Jan. 31.
StlToday - Judge orders McKee’s NorthSide to repair north St. Louis property
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... b3634.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... b3634.html
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Who wants to take bets on when the mysterious fire happens? Over/under is six months
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Slamming the under button. With the cold weather it will be easier to blame it on homeless who gained entry and started fires for warmth.
StlToday - ‘Don’t do this to Mr. McKee’: City plan that could oust NorthSide advances
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/bus ... eb983.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/bus ... eb983.html
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I found this absurd detail in another article-
McKee is exempt from code violations. Cara Spencer is trying to change that
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/bo ... s-15244282
McKee is exempt from code violations. Cara Spencer is trying to change that
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/bo ... s-15244282
That was thankfully long ago resolved. McKee and Northside have been getting plenty of citations. A spate of demolitions followed.TheWayoftheArch_V2.0 wrote: ↑Jan 31, 2024I found this absurd detail in another article-
McKee is exempt from code violations. Cara Spencer is trying to change that
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/bo ... s-15244282
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Good. As it should be. So say we all.
I was so enraged I didn't even look at the date of the article. 2018, hahahaha
I was so enraged I didn't even look at the date of the article. 2018, hahahaha
Stl PR - St. Louis board greenlights eminent domain use near NGA while protecting residents' homes
https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/ ... ents-homes
https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/ ... ents-homes
Must be nice to have your risk-taking protected by the state.
StlToday - St. Charles County lawmaker files bill to protect Paul McKee’s lender
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/bus ... 67315.html
StlToday - St. Charles County lawmaker files bill to protect Paul McKee’s lender
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/bus ... 67315.html
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Why does St. Charles County care about what happens in St. Louis city if they hate it so much?
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I would say the Bank of Washington "lobbied" for the action
Paul Mckee evidently can't afford to maintain any of his north city property but can still afford to lobby the state legislature. Hate this m*therf*cker.
They submitted demo permits for 1812, 1814, 1816, 1820 N LEFFINGWELL.
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StlToday - St. Louis proposes deal to give NorthSide until Dec. 15 to pay delinquent property taxes
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/bus ... 636a2.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/bus ... 636a2.html
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maybe my birthday present Dec16 will be McKees eviction from St. Louis city....
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You know what I would rather have than an NBA team? Have a billionaire buy out all of Paul McKee's properties along with any LRA properties in the area and actually build them out. It's not as flashy as pro basketball but reallocating the $4,000,000,000 expansion fee towards rebuilding the North Side would impact the city much more.
If the scale of the project is large enough they might even make a nice return once the neighborhoods hit a critical mass towards desirability. I can't imagine the city giving them a hard time on tax breaks either.
If the scale of the project is large enough they might even make a nice return once the neighborhoods hit a critical mass towards desirability. I can't imagine the city giving them a hard time on tax breaks either.
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I don’t know… I get a little nervous when I hear any plan about a rich guy buying up swaths of the North Side.GoHarvOrGoHome wrote:You know what I would rather have than an NBA team? Have a billionaire buy out all of Paul McKee's properties along with any LRA properties in the area and actually build them out. It's not as flashy as pro basketball but reallocating the $4,000,000,000 expansion fee towards rebuilding the North Side would impact the city much more.
If the scale of the project is large enough they might even make a nice return once the neighborhoods hit a critical mass towards desirability. I can't imagine the city giving them a hard time on tax breaks either.
But yes, that would be much more impactful than an NBA team is promised were actually fulfilled.
We could do both.GoHarvOrGoHome wrote:You know what I would rather have than an NBA team? Have a billionaire buy out all of Paul McKee's properties along with any LRA properties in the area and actually build them out. It's not as flashy as pro basketball but reallocating the $4,000,000,000 expansion fee towards rebuilding the North Side would impact the city much more.
If the scale of the project is large enough they might even make a nice return once the neighborhoods hit a critical mass towards desirability. I can't imagine the city giving them a hard time on tax breaks either.
Seriously, a new arena on Washington Avenue could work if it hosted both the Blues and the NBA as part of a greater redevelopment of that area. I would prefer that the city just use eminent domain on McKee and then work with smaller developers to gradually restart north side redevelopment. Smaller steps might work better there.
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On Wash Ave??? Seems like a terrible idea but feel free to point to where you are proposing to build it to try and convince me.Fraydog wrote: ↑Aug 11, 2024We could do both.GoHarvOrGoHome wrote:You know what I would rather have than an NBA team? Have a billionaire buy out all of Paul McKee's properties along with any LRA properties in the area and actually build them out. It's not as flashy as pro basketball but reallocating the $4,000,000,000 expansion fee towards rebuilding the North Side would impact the city much more.
If the scale of the project is large enough they might even make a nice return once the neighborhoods hit a critical mass towards desirability. I can't imagine the city giving them a hard time on tax breaks either.
Seriously, a new arena on Washington Avenue could work if it hosted both the Blues and the NBA as part of a greater redevelopment of that area. I would prefer that the city just use eminent domain on McKee and then work with smaller developers to gradually restart north side redevelopment. Smaller steps might work better there.
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^I would actually like us to do another version of Prop NS... but just starting in the surrounding neighborhoods of NGA and just infilling empty lots and fully renovating buildings. Sell or lease-to-own them at decent prices (break-even) with a stipulation they have to stay for 5 years... I think half of the battle on the north side is just building the neighborhood to a place where it bridges the visual gap of blight. If we can't trust developers, why not cut out the middle man and do it ourselves...
Do 30-40 homes/year and reuse the funds to keep expanding every year... the new tax revenue help pay for the project... its been forever since we heard about McKee's project and we're still empty handed. And maybe a little progress brings a bigger better developer to the table
Do 30-40 homes/year and reuse the funds to keep expanding every year... the new tax revenue help pay for the project... its been forever since we heard about McKee's project and we're still empty handed. And maybe a little progress brings a bigger better developer to the table