Hopefully Sage’s Art House project will be getting start soon, but in the meantime I thought I’d share the updated website on the project. We need more of  this kind of developmentin town. If you have no idea what I am talking about check out my previous post on the subject.

When stalwart builders are closing up shop in droves, its always great to see a success story. I’ve posted about Sage Homebuilders in the past, but I wanted to point out a couple of newer projects they are working on. I was driving down a few back-roads in Richmond Heights the other day and stumbled upon a couple of houses being demoed on Hoover.

When I saw the Sage signs in the yard, I was impressed by what I saw. You can see both of the planned properties for yourself on the company’s current For Sale page. According to their website, one of the homes is already presold. Pretty impressive for a $600,000+ home in this market. Not only are these homes quite attractive and unique, they’re green developments too. Hopefully Art House will get underway soon. Keep up the good work guys.

Looks like the contemporary infill project in Grand Center, which I posted on a few weeks back, is getting a little more attention. The St. Louis Post Dispatch just posted an article on the Art House project, going into more detail on the projects origins and specs. Here’s the article.

A while back I posted details on a local project, which I thought had a somewhat inspired design. While I still like what they are doing over there, I must say that another developer, Sage, has managed to wholly capture my intention. They’ve done some good things in the past, but the plans for their next project are out of this world.

Details are scarce at this point, but current plans call for 7 contemporary townhomes to be built at 3732 Grandel Square, in Grand Center just to the north of St. Louis University. The project is being labeled Art House. You can see the elevation mockup above, but more details are available on their website.

This is the kind of development we need to be seeing more of. I’m also thrilled to see an infill project in the often overlooked location of near-North City. I think there is a lot of potnential for these kinds of projects in areas like these and its nice to see a developer with the vision to be a trend-setter rather than follow the “safe” road.

The good thing is that these guys aren’t new to the development world, so this project has a real chance of seeing the light of day. Among others, I’ve been really impressed with Sage’s green townhome project in Tower Grove South and I hope this project follows in that development’s path in terms of quality. For those unfamiliar with that project, the company is a little over half way done with 4 green townhomes at the intersection of Gustine & McDonald just south of Tower Grove Park. This is another on of those infill projects that really have their own look and style rather than trying to unfaithfully mimic existing housing. It looks like Sage is taking that concept to the next level with Art House. Let’s hope this one’s not just another architects pipe dream.