Have at it.

- County and City begin discussing consolidation of some functions (Libraries, Parks, Animal Control, and Public Health). 
- State legislature discusses City and County merger. 
- State makes progress in ending City earnings tax, renewal passes at a slimmer margin than previous years. 
- Bi-State and City release BRT/LRT transit plan which includes a few new routes/components not previously included. Something tells me a more direct to Downtown connection. Board of Aldermen will either end their ballot effort  or it passes easily. 
- AT&T Plans advance. 
- Millennium demolition runs ahead of schedule. Construction moved up in schedule to Q1 or Q2 of 2027.
- Railroad Exchange garage demolition in Q3 2026.
- Railroad Redevelopment Plans announced in Q2 2026. 
- Gills are back in on Chemical Building with GSL involvement. 
- Wainwright building is safe but remains in development limbo. 
- RSA consolidated into Explore St. Louis.
- Armory Data Center does not move forward but Data Center on Choteau does. 
- CityFoundry next two phases announced. Phase 3 along Vandeventer. Phase 4 around Armory. 
- A new apartment tower designed by internationally recognized architect is announced in Grand Center. 
- Paul McKee announces small developments, slightly more impressive than a gas station and clinic. 
- Purina announces campus redevelopment, seeks incentives from State and City. 
- Union Station reveals more vision for property. 
- Cardinals make a playoff run.
- CITY makes a playoff run. 
- Battlehawks make a playoff run. 
- Blues make a playoff run. 
- Heavy snowfall during winter and stormy spring brings May flooding. 

I will say wainwright building may make some breaking news in the few months.  A very interesting possibility for it is being floated right now

1. Millennium redevelopment finalize plans  with Thompson Coburn as the main tenant.
2.Homicides drop continues but less the 9 percent.
3. Cardinals attendance improves.
4. No big Announcement on BPV phase 3.
5. Chemical building to become apartments.
6. US is in a recession sunbelt hit the hardest Midwest cities not hit as hard.
7. Dems win the house. (Trump and GOP fractur).
8 Railroad exchange gets a sold redevelopment plan.
9. Downtown gets small office wins.
10. Downtown chesterfield low key scaled black. 

My predictions:

1) nothing big happens
2) nothing big ever happens here, especially downtown
3) it’s not like we’re getting a 450 foot Hilton Signia glass beauty downtown like our brethren 220 miles due East who have half a million less people than us.

^ and the city had to pay for it themselves because no private entity wanted to build a hotel in downtown Indy

whitherSTL wrote:My predictions:

1) nothing big happens
2) nothing big ever happens here, especially downtown
3) it’s not like we’re getting a 450 foot Hilton Signia glass beauty downtown like our brethren 220 miles due East who have half a million less people than us.

You’re lucky Augs isn’t here to put you in your place.

Wesley Bell defeats Cori Bush by double digits in the August primary.

Seeing a potential defeat in a blue wave Ann Wagner calls it quits in MO-2.

addxb2 wrote: ↑

Dec 07, 2025

- County and City begin discussing consolidation of some functions (Libraries, Parks, Animal Control, and Public Health). 
- State legislature discusses City and County merger. 
- State makes progress in ending City earnings tax, renewal passes at a slimmer margin than previous years. 
- Bi-State and City release BRT/LRT transit plan which includes a few new routes/components not previously included. Something tells me a more direct to Downtown connection. Board of Aldermen will either end their ballot effort  or it passes easily. 
- AT&T Plans advance. 
- Millennium demolition runs ahead of schedule. Construction moved up in schedule to Q1 or Q2 of 2027.
- Railroad Exchange garage demolition in Q3 2026.
- Railroad Redevelopment Plans announced in Q2 2026. 
- Gills are back in on Chemical Building with GSL involvement. 
- Wainwright building is safe but remains in development limbo. 
- RSA consolidated into Explore St. Louis.
- Armory Data Center does not move forward but Data Center on Choteau does. 
- CityFoundry next two phases announced. Phase 3 along Vandeventer. Phase 4 around Armory. 
- A new apartment tower designed by internationally recognized architect is announced in Grand Center. 
- Paul McKee announces small developments, slightly more impressive than a gas station and clinic. 
- Purina announces campus redevelopment, seeks incentives from State and City. 
- Union Station reveals more vision for property. 
- Cardinals make a playoff run.
- CITY makes a playoff run. 
- Battlehawks make a playoff run. 
- Blues make a playoff run. 
- Heavy snowfall during winter and stormy spring brings May flooding. 

I know Gills have a complete permit set for Chemical ready to go from their previous attempt. 

Excited for future Foundry updates. One thing that I'm unsure about is the Famous Barr warehouse (now that GS is out of the picture). If new construction is paused, it could be a good move for Lawrence Group, New+Found to rehab the Barr warehouse into apartments in time for the greenway bridge opening. 

What site would you select for the tower in Grand Center? (Grand & Lindell/Olive)?

Great to hear about Chemical. I hope they stay on it. I wish I had meaningful capital to encourage them.

Either the northeast corner of Lindell and Grand or somewhere along Olive or Washington between Grand and Theresa. Needs to be about 30% taller than Continental Life Building. I know nothing, just a hopeful speak it into reality attempt.

addxb2 wrote: ↑

Dec 07, 2025

- County and City begin discussing consolidation of some functions (Libraries, Parks, Animal Control, and Public Health). 
- State legislature discusses City and County merger. 
- State makes progress in ending City earnings tax, renewal passes at a slimmer margin than previous years. 
- Bi-State and City release BRT/LRT transit plan which includes a few new routes/components not previously included. Something tells me a more direct to Downtown connection. Board of Aldermen will either end their ballot effort  or it passes easily. 
- AT&T Plans advance. 
- Millennium demolition runs ahead of schedule. Construction moved up in schedule to Q1 or Q2 of 2027.
- Railroad Exchange garage demolition in Q3 2026.
- Railroad Redevelopment Plans announced in Q2 2026. 
- Gills are back in on Chemical Building with GSL involvement. 
- Wainwright building is safe but remains in development limbo. 
- RSA consolidated into Explore St. Louis.
- Armory Data Center does not move forward but Data Center on Choteau does. 
- CityFoundry next two phases announced. Phase 3 along Vandeventer. Phase 4 around Armory. 
- A new apartment tower designed by internationally recognized architect is announced in Grand Center. 
- Paul McKee announces small developments, slightly more impressive than a gas station and clinic. 
- Purina announces campus redevelopment, seeks incentives from State and City. 
- Union Station reveals more vision for property. 
- Cardinals make a playoff run.
- CITY makes a playoff run. 
- Battlehawks make a playoff run. 
- Blues make a playoff run. 
- Heavy snowfall during winter and stormy spring brings May flooding. 

Love some of the predictions. I will eat crow if the Cards & Blues make the playoffs. That is VERY optumistic!

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Dec 08, 2025

^ and the city had to pay for it themselves because no private entity wanted to build a hotel in downtown Indy

Indeed, several cities do this. Takes guts and vision. Impressive.

whitherSTL wrote:

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Dec 08, 2025

^ and the city had to pay for it themselves because no private entity wanted to build a hotel in downtown Indy

Indeed, several cities do this. Takes guts and vision. Impressive.

But that’s literally what STL is doing for the Millennium, actually less public support than Indy.

whitherSTL wrote: ↑

Dec 08, 2025

My predictions:

1) nothing big happens
2) Other than the Soccer Stadium, One Cardinal Way, Union Station, and the Victor, nothing big ever happens here, especially downtown

Fixed it for you

addxb2 wrote: ↑

Dec 08, 2025

whitherSTL wrote:

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Dec 08, 2025

^ and the city had to pay for it themselves because no private entity wanted to build a hotel in downtown Indy

Indeed, several cities do this. Takes guts and vision. Impressive.

But that’s literally what STL is doing for the Millennium, actually less public support than Indy.

But that’s 2027, not 2026. I don’t have the warm and fuzzies about 2026. I do about 2027, except for a possible baseball work stoppage…

Data center at The Armory gets the green light.  

STLAPTS wrote: ↑

Dec 08, 2025

Data center at The Armory gets the green light.  

I dont think so. i think a data center may be part of the re-development of the Armory area but not at the Armory itself. 

Yes. The surface lots like it was proposed.

STLAPTS wrote: ↑

Dec 09, 2025

Yes. The surface lots like it was proposed.

Maybe. Lot is happening behind the scenes

Blues narrowly miss the playoffs
Jordan Kyrou gets traded
Cardinals miss the playoffs
CitySC miss the playoffs
Battlehawks win their first championship finally
Billikens basketball make it to the sweet 16
There’s movement on phase 3 of BPV TC will be a part of that movement
Slight movement on Railway Exchange
Slight movement on AT&T
Chouteau’s landing announce’s ground breaking
The new proposed millennium apartment high rise will become St.Louis’s new 500 footer also the potential new office building will be at least 15-20 floors
There will be 2 maybe 3 big surprise developments in the city announced
City cancels brt proposal & moves forward with light rail as planned
Overall crime continues its downward trend city finally see’s less than 120 homicides for the first time in awhile
There will be at least 2 decent sized companies relocating to downtown
January February will be very cold & quite snowy city & region in stand still
Will be one of the coldest winters in recent memories
There will be 4 significant severe weather outbreaks in the region this spring maybe one will include a Derecho event
Sandcrawler site comes to life
forest park parkway gets proposed road diet
AMH timber high rise gets canceled
Sleepy Trumps dementia worsens & his overall health gets worse
MAGA continues its downfall
Dems get near clean sweep in mid terms


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I’m going to have to mute this thread, I have so much to say but I cannot either because of NDAs or the people involved are clients of my wife’s PR.

As 2026 will be the 5th straight year we have had a US President over the age of 80 in office at least part of the calendar year certain potential predictions haven't been too far fetched for a while.

Just sayin.