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US Bank Plaza to undergo an $8.7 million renovation to improve the building's amenities, goal of boosting occupancy.

The renovation will include refreshed common areas, outdoor patios on the 2nd floor, in-building food options, a concierge desk, new coworking space, new restrooms, and a new fitness center.

Over 257,000 sf of space is available in the building, or nearly 40%.

They hope to replicate what 500 N Broadway and Peabody Plaza have done by attracting new tenants by improving the building's amenities, which both of those buildings have done.

The article also says that they have plans to renovate the 3rd floor into a new amenity floor as well, but want to attract 50k sf of new tenants before following through with it. They say that it could even be part of a new lease agreement with a large tenant.

Finally, the article says that there's future plans to redevelop the former US Bank branch at 721 Locust into either entertainment or a boutique hotel, ideally a redevelopment would interact well with the tower for "cross-amenitization".

Auggie wrote: ↑

Apr 17, 2025

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

US Bank Plaza to undergo an $8.7 million renovation to improve the building's amenities, goal of boosting occupancy.

The renovation will include refreshed common areas, outdoor patios on the 2nd floor, in-building food options, a concierge desk, new coworking space, new restrooms, and a new fitness center.

Over 257,000 sf of space is available in the building, or nearly 40%.

They hope to replicate what 500 N Broadway and Peabody Plaza have done by attracting new tenants by improving the building's amenities, which both of those buildings have done.

The article also says that they have plans to renovate the 3rd floor into a new amenity floor as well, but want to attract 50k sf of new tenants before following through with it. They say that it could even be part of a new lease agreement with a large tenant.

Finally, the article says that there's future plans to redevelop the former US Bank branch at 721 Locust into either entertainment or a boutique hotel, ideally a redevelopment would interact well with the tower for "cross-amenitization".

Thank you! 

Good to see. Again this is why DT has lost office tenants. Not crime

Auggie wrote: ↑

Apr 15, 2025

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

AT&T sells it's downtown tower 1010 Pine for $19.4 million as part of a sell off of real estate.

They said they they will lease back only space that they use.

AT&T also sold its downtown garage at 1126 Pine St and an office building at 3810 Washington Ave in the Grand Center neighborhood.

There was no sale price shared for the garage, but the office building was sold for $4.2 million.

I thought the Grand Center building was an active switching exchange. Excessively large parking lot, too.

Auggie wrote: ↑

Apr 18, 2025

Auggie wrote: ↑

Apr 15, 2025

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

AT&T sells it's downtown tower 1010 Pine for $19.4 million as part of a sell off of real estate.

They said they they will lease back only space that they use.

AT&T also sold its downtown garage at 1126 Pine St and an office building at 3810 Washington Ave in the Grand Center neighborhood.

There was no sale price shared for the garage, but the office building was sold for $4.2 million.

whoa!

framer wrote: ↑

Apr 19, 2025

I thought the Grand Center building was an active switching exchange. Excessively large parking lot, too.

A friends father-in-law worked for Bell (AT&T) for 40 years and told me that in the late 50's they lost an exchange building because the building next door caught on fire. So to eliminate the risk Bell started buying the buildings around them and tearing down the structures to create "buffer" - you can see this in the old switching stations in the Loop and South Grand - It is one of those blunt hammer solutions to a problem. As time goes on and the technology changes I wonder if more of these would hit the market.

Kiener plaza playground is open again after all the equipment and padding were replaced

This may be the incorrect thread What happened to the idea/plan to have the traffic lights change to green for an emergency vehicle responding to a call?

chris fuller wrote: ↑

Apr 23, 2025

This may be the incorrect thread What happened to the idea/plan to have the traffic lights change to green for an emergency vehicle responding to a call?

I think Bethalto got it something like a decade ago but it only works something like half the time.

I’m sure tech is better now but I’m not sure how much better and if it’s worth it.

Busy weekend again

4/24: Blues playoffs game

4/25: Cardinals game, Brooks & Dunn concert at enterprise

4/26: Cardinals game, Greater STL Marathon, Katt Williams at Enterprise, St. Louis Symphony at Stifel

4/27: Cardinals game, Blues playoffs game, St. Louis Symphony

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Apr 23, 2025

Busy weekend again

4/24: Blues playoffs  game

4/25: Cardinals game, Brooks & Dunn concert at enterprise

4/26: Cardinals game, Greater STL Marathon, Katt Williams at Enterprise, St. Louis Symphony at Stifel

4/27: Cardinals game, Blues playoffs game, St. Louis Symphony

do you know what construction is going on near Imo's on market st?

stlurbanist wrote: ↑

Apr 23, 2025

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Apr 23, 2025

Busy weekend again

4/24: Blues playoffs  game

4/25: Cardinals game, Brooks & Dunn concert at enterprise

4/26: Cardinals game, Greater STL Marathon, Katt Williams at Enterprise, St. Louis Symphony at Stifel

4/27: Cardinals game, Blues playoffs game, St. Louis Symphony

do you know what construction is going on near Imo's on market st?

There is no Imo's on Market St, i assume you mean "ballpark pizza" which was an Imo's licensed to Hilton at the Ballpark but then they didnt renew and just named it Ballpark Pizza and still serve Imo's.   its probably the 7th street improvements stage area.  it is almsot done and new pavement will be poured May 12th.  
 

stlurbanist wrote: ↑

Apr 23, 2025

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Apr 23, 2025

Busy weekend again

4/24: Blues playoffs  game

4/25: Cardinals game, Brooks & Dunn concert at enterprise

4/26: Cardinals game, Greater STL Marathon, Katt Williams at Enterprise, St. Louis Symphony at Stifel

4/27: Cardinals game, Blues playoffs game, St. Louis Symphony

do you know what construction is going on near Imo's on market st?

Battlehawks 4/26 at 6 PM, the Dome

Where do new downtown residents come from

Outsiders are moving downtown. What's St. Louis doing to attract more?

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

Infrastructure, beautification and filling in the gaps. Downtown has all the components for a great midsized downtown. No reason we would should be getting outshined by Nashville, Charlotte, and Austin.

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Apr 24, 2025

goat314 wrote: ↑

Apr 24, 2025

Infrastructure, beautification and filling in the gaps. Downtown has all the components for a great midsized downtown. No reason we would should be getting outshined by Nashville, Charlotte, and Austin.

Nashville and Austin are state capitals. They have the power and connections to get what they want. Charlotte has the power and connections to get what it wants. All three are unified metro areas.

St. Louis is fighting itself internally plus the rest of the state of Missouri.

Furthermore, those cities all have substantial population growth over the last 10 plus years. 

goat314 wrote: ↑

Apr 24, 2025

Infrastructure, beautification and filling in the gaps. Downtown has all the components for a great midsized downtown. No reason we would should be getting outshined by Nashville, Charlotte, and Austin.

Austin is way out of our league with all the infotech companies.

This is awesome

Tim wrote: ↑

Feb 28, 2025

Why does the city allow these abandoned vehicles to sit in perpetuity in its "Central Downtown Garage" at 7th and Pine?

I just don't get it. Some of these have expired tags from 2017. Some were tagged for tow...3 years ago.

This is an embarrassment. 
Abondoned.JPG

I'm very happy to report, after 6 months of pestering the city, that the city has finally towed these vehicles.

Meanwhile: People are still homeless, people are still impoverished, people are still being victimized by criminals.

But now, people who mostly don't even live in the city can park their cars with marginally more ease.

Priorities!