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February 8, 2010 at 1:57 pm

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After years of dormancy, this project just popped up out of nowhere. In an message to students and faculty of Saint Louis University, the university’s President Lawrence Biondi revealed that a bridge over the railways between Chouteau Avenue and Interstate-64 on July 1, 2010. Read more

February 5, 2010 at 2:47 pm

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Although they have been leasing units since November, I just now got a chance to take a look at the recently completed Courtyard Lofts at Polar Wave project. Located at 2222 Gravois Ave in the St. Louis, neighborhood of Benton Park, the 14-townhome project is located in the same building as Shock City Studios and Bittersweet Bakery among other businesses. Read more

January 28, 2010 at 7:18 pm

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There is no doubt that Grand Boulevard has been on the upswing in recent years. To the north, Grand Center continues to be  a focal point of activity for the arts and education. To the south, Grand South Grand has increasingly become a South City alternative to the Delmar Loop. Tower Grove Park and SLU have really added to the mix as well. However, one of the greatest failures along the street has been the area between Gravois and Chippewa. Read more

January 12, 2010 at 6:50 pm

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Things have been a little quite on the development front in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood of St. Louis this year. With Amy & Amrit Gill’s Restoration St. Louis starting no high-profile projects in 2009, changes have been slow compared the previous two years. Things might be changing to 2010. Read more

December 16, 2009 at 4:23 pm

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With the success of the 3-lane configuration test on South Grand, the powers that be decided to leave the bollards and concrete dividers creating the effect in place. The idea was that it would help people get used to the new layout, which is looming. The only problem is that those chunks of concrete are ugly. Read more

December 4, 2009 at 1:00 pm

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Gut rehabs of LRA (Land Reutilization Authority) have been few and far between in the past eighteen months, with construction financing has been virtually nonexistent in this economic climate. So you can count me surprised when I got a call from a friend saying that this 4,932 sq ft monster in Marine Villa was going to be turned into a single family home. Read more

December 3, 2009 at 2:42 pm

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The Post Dispatch is reporting that Cardinals President Bill Dewitt III has informed them not to expect any changes in the 2010 lineup at the future Ballpark Village project location. Read more

December 2, 2009 at 8:21 pm

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After being under construction for years (literally), the commercial storefront at 3182 Morganford appears to be nearly ready for business. So what’s going to open up in this long vacant space at Morganford and Connecticut? A restaurant called Plaza Cafe & Grill. Read more

November 25, 2009 at 6:09 pm

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The Magnolia Place condo development, under construction for more than a year at 4101 Magnolia in the Shaw neighborhood, is finally coming online. Read more

September 25, 2009 at 11:35 am

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This time last year, the commercial space at 2730 McNair appeared to be set to house a restaurant called Koronaz. Neighborhood support for the project, however, was not forthcoming and it fell apart. While that was a setback, the good news is that the wait for something to open in the space appears to be over. Read more

September 22, 2009 at 3:49 pm

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It seems like the “powers that be” in Jefferson City are at least playing lip-service  in the effort to help revitalize St. Louis City. With their help the long discussed, sometimes pipe-dream of a project, known as the Chouteau Greenway (or Chouteau Lake District), might just be back on the table. Read more

September 18, 2009 at 11:10 am

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While the controversial subdivision development in the eastern half of the Botanical Heights neighborhood (formerly McRee Town) has received more fanfare, the commercial corridor along Tower Grove has been quietly gaining momentum. Read more

September 11, 2009 at 2:40 pm

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Judging by the amount of frustrated comments I received on the previous story I ran on the Carondelet Rec Center, I imagine this news isn’t going to please a lot of people. While nobody will question that this recreation facility is very nice, the fees and management arrangements for running the facility are proving contentious. Read more

September 8, 2009 at 12:11 pm

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Some interesting news in South St. Louis this morning. It seems that the former coke facility in Carondelet, officially known as the Carondelet Coke Plant, is going to become a business park. More details will be unveiled later today, but the site is the largest parcel city-owned property at 42 acres, and is currently highly polluted. Read more

August 27, 2009 at 10:45 am

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The mixed-use property on the SE corner of Morgan Ford and Connecticut is an example of one of those buildings that seems to be in a perpetual state of construction. In the early part of the summer of 2008 it looked like the place was nearly finished, but it has sat relatively idle since then. Until now that is. Read more

August 24, 2009 at 1:01 pm

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Looks like Benton Park is seeing yet another addition to it’s business line-up. Bittersweet Bakery will soon be opening in the Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Company building at 2200 Gravois. This is the same building that houses Shock City Studios. Read more

August 21, 2009 at 12:25 pm

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Following the completion of Citygarden in Downtown St. Louis, there seems to be renewed interest in the long-troubled Gateway Mall. This renewed interest, as well as the fact that things are probably pretty slow for architects right now, led St. Louis-based HOK’s Planning Group to brainstorm this idea for Kiener Plaza. Read more

August 18, 2009 at 11:20 am

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Since the last progress update, the new Walgreen’s in the Georgian Square development has progressed nicely. Located between the LaSalle and Lafayette Square neighborhoods in an area know as Bohemian Hill, the building is the first to go up on the much-disputed development site. Read more

August 14, 2009 at 4:56 pm

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I have been admiring the LEED-certified green projects of Ecourban Homes for a couple of years now, but their new stuff shows even more promise. Continuing to add sensible contemporary elements into their projects, this new lineup of bungalows is all just great. Read more

August 12, 2009 at 4:56 pm

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UPDATE – That Sauce article was a typo. The store will only be 1,200 sq ft. –The media controls my life way too much. With the opening of the new Schnuck’s-owned grocery store, Culinaria, in Downtown, I completely missed the fact that a 12,000 sq ft grocery store is opening  just a few blocks away from me. Read more

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