St. Louis Development

Think the St. Louis Zoo is too small and that it doesn't have enough parking? Apparently the Zoo agrees with you. To remedy the problem, they now have the former Forest Park Hospital under contract to purchase. The 13.5 acre site is located at 6150 Oakland Ave. in the Clayton-Tamm neighborhood (part of Dogtown) of St. Louis. While the Zoo would be tearing down a number of old buildings for surface...

The recent real estate development most people associate with the far-southern reaches of St. Louis City seems to be the the new River City Casino. While there is no doubt that the casino has brought a lot of attention to that area of South St. Louis City & County, there is actually another large-scale project that is even more noteworthy: The Temtor.Never heard of it? While you are not alone,...

The renovation of the former Loretto Academy at 3407 Lafayette Avenue in the St. Louis, Missouri neighborhood of The Gate District is finally wrapping up. Formally used as a school among many other uses, the building has been converted to housing for the local Dominican Friars, who have not have a local home of their own since 1981. The new facilities are called the St. Dominic Priory. Most...

Few neglected buildings in South St. Louis have received more attention than the former Avalon Movie Theater at 4225 Kingshighway Boulevard. Opened in 1935 and closed in 1999, this 1000-seat movie theater has been home only to pigeons and decay since. Nestled on the northeast edge of the South Hampton neighborhood, many an urbanite and developer has dreamed of redoing the facility. And some may...

The renovation of the pair of mixed-use properties running from 3201 to 3211 Lafayette Avenue, located along the edge of St. Louis'  Gate District Neighborhood, is finally entering the final phase. Another former DHP Investments property finally getting a long-awaited rehab, Metamorphi Development has completed work on two of the five townhomes at this 17,492 square foot complex on northwest corner of...

If you drive down South Grand in South St. Louis, you might have noticed the idle property at the northeast corner of Grand and Sidney. This property at 2350 South Grand is in the Tower Grove East neighborhood, just across the street from Shaw. While there is nothing remarkable about this building, the thing that is remarkable is that it has sat vacant and idle while everything else around it has been...

If you frequent Chippewa near it's intersection with Kingshighway, you have most likely noticed the glut of large apartment buildings on the western side of the intersection. While these buildings could be turned into an asset for the area, the general lack of upkeep at most of the buildings tends to create more problems than it solves. That's what makes the gut renovation of the 12-family at 4920...

It seems the end is near for the former American Eagle Credit Union (which was a Taco Bell before that) at 2101 S Jefferson Avenue and neighborhing vacant buildings at 2123-27 S Jefferson Avenue . Located on the southwest corner of Jefferson and Russell, these Fox Park neighborhood building will soon be demolished. Purchased by the South Side Day Nursery (SSDN), the sites and neighboring parking lot...

Construction at the long-vacant apartment complex at 3800 Shenandoah in the Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis is now complete. Developer T & E Development, LLC utilized Federal and Missouri State historic tax credits on the rehab of this apartment complex at wrapped up primary construction in August 2011.  Originally 24-units, the building was converted to 18-units in the finished project due to the...

When a duplex decays to the condition of 3434 Humphrey, the end result is often a date with a wrecking ball. But that wasn't the fate for this architectural beauty in the Tower Grove East neighborhood of St. Louis.Development is now complete on the conversion of this duplex to a 2,394 square foot single-family home. The finished product features 4 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms, and includes many...

It's been an eventful few years for the historic Pevely Dairy Complex at 1001 South Grand Blvd, on the southwest corner of Chouteau and South Grand. Following the abrupt closure of the site in October 2008, Bruce Development unveiled plans to convert the site to a mixed-use development. All seemed to be going smoothly until a fire wiped out one of the buildings in March 2009. Talk of Bruce Development's...

Construction of the $22 million Chouteau Crossing project at the NE corner of Chouteau and South Jefferson is finally showing some real progress.  The long-neglected warehouse, located on the southern border of Downtown, just north of Lafayette Square at 2301 Chouteau, went under construction April 1010 . Clayton-based Green Street Properties LLC is handling the project, which will see reuse of the...

Tucked behind Sasha's on Shaw in the Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, two mixed-use properties have been unceremoniously rehabbed. Located at 1810 Thurman and 1816-18 Thurman, both of these buildings are owned by the same people that own Sasha's. Repairs have been going on for the better part of two years, but it seems that things are finally wrapping up. Both buildings appear to being put...

The gut rehab project we have been following in Marine Villa is now officially complete. For a refresher on this project at 3500 Illinois, check out these stories before and during construction. The final product really did turn out pretty wonderful. With 4 bedrooms, 3 bath and white-boxed loft are on the third floor (including an extra bath), this 4,932 sq ft monster is a sight to behold. And that that...

Last December I featured a story about a large former LRA shell at 3500 Illinois getting a thumbs up on a complete green rehab. I finally got a chance to take a look at the progress at the project site, and I am happy to say the Marine Villa property has really come a long way in the last five months. In fact, from what I am told by Tiger Lily Development, the project should be finished by mid-May. At...