Downtown Improvements and Construction

 

• 12/28/01  Ruling might clear way to revive Arcade Building
• 12/16/01  Does the Old Post Office need a garage?
• 12/11/01  Slay touts projects that could revive downtown tourism
• 11/26/01  URS deal prompts Balke to proceed with Highlands
• 10/15/01  McGowan brothers sign $2.5 million contract for building on Market Street
• 10/15/01  Cupples project looks for boost from Arthur Andersen
• 08/27/01  Downtown roundup
• 07/13/01  Dillard's will shutter store downtown
• 06/25/01  Build It, and They Might Return
• 06/15/01  Washington Avenue Streetscape Transformation Begins
• 05/30/01  St. Louis Centre sold to N. Carolina investor
• 03/25/01  Downtown St. Louis shows net growth in commerce
• 02/26/01  Group to launch program to improve the face of Downtown St. Louis
• 02/25/01  Zoo plans new homes for penguins and apes
• 02/12/01  Switzer factory developers to get Brownfield credits
• 02/01/01  Local bankers are pumping big bucks into downtown development
  

 
Renovation Projects
 

• 10/19/01  Proposal for Old Post Office is emerging
• 10/15/01  Roberts buys downtown building for $550,000
• 10/04/01  Five new stained glass windows at Sheldon span the spectrum
• 08/16/01  Sterling Properties Unveils Laclede Gas Building Lobby Renovation
• 07/18/01  Allegiant Bank offers South Side building to a non-profit group
• 06/29/01  St. Louis officials reach agreement for purchase of Century building
• 05/21/01  Local group spending $1.2 million to return riverboat to former glory
• 05/21/01  Gateway Trailnet is expected to buy building
• 05/01/01  At Tums Facility, McCarthy Provides Fast Relief
• 04/11/01  Facelift For 500 Broadway Building Starts With Asbestos Removal
• 03/21/01  CITY HOSPITAL is about to go into rehab
• 03/19/01  Buildings' Planned Demolition Protested
• 03/19/01  About 100 protest planned demolition of building
• 03/06/01  Tech market's decline takes St. Louis real estate market along for the ride
• 01/19/01  Three historic downtown buildings may get help from out-of-town investors
• 01/01/01  Harmon offers $4 million for Steffen projects
• 01/01/01  Steffen set to close on Arcade

 
City Living    Lofts - Apartments - Housing
 

• 12/27/01  Alderman wants homes displaced by Lambert expansion for north side
• 12/20/01  Developer proposes a new downtown loft district
• 11/14/01  Holden Praises Merchandise Mart Development
• 10/01/01  3 new mixed-use development projects underway in downtown
• 10/01/01  Soulard developer moves on building in U. City Loop
• 08/29/01  St. Louis is buying Pruitt-Igoe site for $1 million
• 07/20/01  Historic Carpet Company Building Gets New Look
• 07/01/01  In St. Louis, Office Buildings Are Becoming Lofts
• 06/23/01  City's West End builds new homes
• 06/22/01  Bank of America invests $10 million in city housing development
• 04/17/01  Long-delayed work begins on Continental Building
• 03/11/01  King Louis Square Rises at Site of Former Darst-Webbe Public Housing

 
Forest Park ~ Forever

The inital fundraising goal for Forest Park's Master Plan has been surpassed 2 years ahead of schedule. The goal was to raise $86 million for the Forest Park Master Plan the City of St. Louis adopted in 1995. Forest Park Forever, a nonprofit fund-raising group, has already raised $92 million. A list of Major Contributors to the Master Plan can be found at the Forest Park Forever web site. Forest Park's campaign is the largest ever achieved by a public-private partnership for an urban park. Forest Park was dedicated at a large public ceremony on June 24, 1876.
 

• 12/10/01  Art Museum speeds up gift for Forest Park improvements
• 12/05/01  Display Offers Last Look At Historic Jewel Box Before Renovation
• 11/29/01  St. Louis Lands 2004 U.S. Olympic Women's Marathon Trials
• 11/26/01  Forest Park gets $750,000 funding boost
• 11/01/01  Steinberg Skating Rink Opens November 15
• 10/29/01  Grand Drive Entrance To Forest Park Closes To Build Bridge
• 09/11/01  Proposed gates for Forest Park have been scratched
• 06/27/01  Gateway to the park?
• 06/22/01  Designs unveiled for Forest Park gates
• 01/21/01  Forest Park's supporters seek more donations for improvements

 
Mass Transit and Highway Improvements

Mass Transit and Highway Improvements are bound to be a hot topic in 2001. Topics should range from the new Mississppi River bridge construction and I-64/Hwy 40 improvments, to MetroLink expansion and those who are searching for an alternative to stressful rush hour driving. The Missouri Department of Transportation has already started to ease you into the new year by taking out radio ads letting you know what to expect during construction. Another group who you will surely here from this year as well is the Citizens for Modern Transit. They have also begun an agressive campaign in the hopes to inform the publlic of the choices we have when it comes to alternative methods of transportation.
 

• 10/30/01  Safety concerns close McKinley Bridge
• 10/08/01  Mississippi River Trail Dedicated
• 08/14/01  Bike trail will connect Arch to Pere Marquette Park
• 08/10/01  UM-St. Louis, Conrad vie to develop MetroLink site
• 07/28/01  Design For Proposed I-70 Span over Mississippi has leaning towers
• 07/23/01  Design of new Mississippi River bridge expected to be revealed today
• 07/09/01  Retail hopes blossom on new MetroLink line
• 03/20/01  Jammed junction gets new blueprint
• 03/13/01  St. Louis area will get another chance on air standards
• 03/02/01  $29 million Intermodal transportation station planned in St. Louis
• 02/01/01  Regional leaders seek ways to “fast-track” Highway 40 reconstruction
• 02/01/01  The light rail system is attracting new investment
• 02/01/01  New Developments On Track: The MetroLink Track
• 01/22/01  Highway 40 engineers unveil latest interchange options

 
St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Stadium

St. Louis Cardinals officials, civic leaders, Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck and his fellow Hall of Famer, retired outfielder Lou Brock are all supportive of tax breaks for a new ballpark. The Cardinals pledge to provide $100 million toward the stadium's construction plus donation of the land upon which it would be built and if they get a public subsidy for a new ballpark, the team will pay for construction overruns, cover the upkeep, protect the schools and spark a downtown construction boom. A new ballpark and Ballpark Village development would almost triple what Busch Stadium pumps into the economy. The Ballpark Village would include an aquarium, a baseball museum with about 15,000 square feet of space (triple that of the International Bowling Museum and Cardinal Hall of Fame), a 20-story apartment building, 3 mid-rise buildings, a landscaped outdoor plaza, shops, restaurants, and a A two-level, underground parking garage. If construction for the new ball park can begin by the summer of 2002, Major League Baseball's All-Star Game would be played in St. Louis in 2006, but only if the city has a new stadium. The All-Star Game is expected to bring $100 million in revenue to St. Louis.
 

• 12/06/01  Cardinals president makes pitch for new stadium
• 10/29/01  Cardinals launch grass-roots drive for ballpark funding bill
• 06/22/01  Cards ballpark makes HOK star player downtown
• 06/21/01  New Cardinals ballpark has plenty of hurdles left
• 06/21/01  Cards hope to beat Ballpark Village deadline, but deal faces roadblocks
• 06/20/01  Cards reach a deal on stadium: State, local governments must give OK
• 06/20/01  Cardinals Work Deal for New Roost
• 06/19/01  New stadium deal announced
• 06/19/01  Cardinals Reach Agreement with State, Local Officials on New Ballpark
• 06/19/01  With 40 percent share, Ballpark Village, Cardinals set big-league standard
• 06/18/01  Cardinals strike deal on ballpark
• 05/30/01  Cards offer more funding for ballpark
• 05/08/01  Lawmaker says Cardinals stadium proposal is dead
• 05/02/01  Cards must put up more park money, Slay says
• 04/24/01  Developer asks Holden to back new ballpark
• 04/10/01  House panel endorses Cardinals ballpark proposal
• 04/09/01  House panel OKs ballpark subsidy
• 03/14/01  Panel hears pitch for new stadium in St. Louis
• 03/13/01  Cardinals run ad campaign for stadium funding proposal
• 03/13/01  Stadium plan gets warm welcome from legislators
• 03/12/01  Cards say they'll get All-Star Game if new stadium is built
• 03/12/01  Local leaders will show support for stadium plan
• 03/08/01  Study says Cardinals can't afford to pay for new ballpark themselves
• 02/17/01  County hotel tax revenue could help fund stadium, Westfall says
• 02/12/01  Plans For Ballpark Village Outlined
• 02/12/01  Plans For New Downtown Ballpark Outlined
• 02/05/01  City selects stadium financing team
  
  

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St. Louis Kiel Opera House
 

• 11/27/01  Re-Opening of Kiel Opera House Could be Catalyst for Tourism
• 04/01/01  Firm looks at renovating Kiel Opera House

 
Downtown Hotels Plans
 

• 11/26/01  Overbooked Drury puts Hilton Hotel on hold
• 09/07/01  Hotel occupancy, revenue checks in higher for 2001
• 08/27/01  WS on Washington revives J. Kennard & Sons building
• 07/20/01  Historic Carpet Company Building Gets New Look
• 07/20/01  Historic carpet-company building becomes contemporary hotel, condos
• 06/28/01  Eight-story atrium forms the heart of Don Breckenridge's latest effort
• 04/13/01  Arcade could be a Residence Inn
• 05/02/01  Drury Plans to Polish up Another Gem of a Building
• 04/01/01  New, top-of-line hotels push up area room rates
• 03/06/01  Westin Hotel in Cupples Station Will Open Thursday
• 03/05/01  Westin Hotel opens in Cupples Station
• 02/05/01  Drury checks into Merchants Laclede for hotel location