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New tower proposed for the Central West End (Central Corridor/Forest Park).

36-story apartment tower planned for Central West End site on Kingshighway
By Tim Bryant
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
12/08/16

A 36-story, strikingly modern apartment tower is expected to rise next year from a Central West End parking lot and top out as the city of St. Louis’ tallest residential building.

The project’s architect is Studio Gang, headed by Jeanne Gang, a 2011 MacArthur Foundation fellow whose designs include the acclaimed Aqua Tower in Chicago.

At 385 feet, the mostly glass St. Louis building overlooking Forest Park at 100 North Kingshighway is set to be 75 feet taller than the Chase Park Plaza just to the north and 55 feet taller than the Park East Tower two blocks away. It also will be 65 feet taller than the apartment building planned for Ballpark Village downtown, according to Emporis, a building information firm in Hamburg, Germany.

Read More and at NextSTL.com, 'Stunning Skyscraper by Studio Gang Unveiled for Kingshighway Site'.

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Well shit, that's a stunner.

Wow, now that wasn't near what I was expecting for that site. I love it. What very modern looking tower for STL, I even get a little art deco vibe on this one.

holy shit balls!!!

that's freaking sweet!

would this be the tallest building in the CWE area?

looks like it! it's about time that the frontage on forest park got some action...it's always been strange to me that there havent been more proposals along this stretch. instead they have all been further towards the middle of the central west end. it's supposed to be our W 59th street, or whatever.

Wow! What a stunner!

Wow! Beautiful building befitting the CWE

Wow, that's the diggity dank. Fuck you Jeanne Gang, only giving us your good designs, not your best designs...

Wow, very classy and interesting design! Great for St. Louis!

Holy cow. That is a nice tower. There's definitely an art-deco vibe to it. I love it.

This would be the tallest residential building in the City of St. Louis.

On the other hand, Clayton on the Plaza (in downtown Clayton) rises 409'. Completed in 2005, it is the tallest new residential construction in metro St. Louis and the State of Missouri - so far.

Once completed, KC's rehabbed P&L Tower will be the tallest residential building in Missouri - new or rehabbed - at 476'.

oh wow, legit art deco. You don't see much of that these days.

Great design, great location. I can't wait to see it.

More information coming tonight.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzG-QXgUcAAFL3p.jpg

That bloody bananas. I hope it's built as is and not shortchanged.

Holly sheet. Great design. :cheers:

Yup a real stunner indeed!! Hope they stick to this rendering, something like this would really work here in Sacramento and also back in my ole home of metro Denver-St Louis will have an awesome gem once its done.:tup:

Apparently, there were not too many NIMBYS/Shit-disturbers to show up at the Town Hall. So far, a really good sign this project could happen. NIMBYS in this neighborhood have killed a many solid projects in the past.

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Developers proposing 36-story apartment tower in Central West End present plan to neighbors
By Tim Bryant
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
5 hrs ago

An overflow crowd listened Monday night to a developer and an architect describe their $130 million project to build a 36-story apartment building in the Central West End.

The project, called One Hundred, is proposed for the parking lot at North Kingshighway and West Pine Boulevard.

Alderman Joe Roddy, whose 17th Ward includes the project’s site, arranged the meeting for the public to hear from Eli Ungar, founder of the developer, Mac Properties, and Juliane Wolf, design principal at Studio Gang, the architect.

Ungar and Wolf provided the crowd of more than 100 people at the Schlafly branch library their views on how the 305-unit apartment tower would affect the St. Louis neighborhood.

Wolf said the building’s scallop-shaped facade would provide each apartment with lots of daylight and ventilation. Ungar said he believed One Hundred’s strikingly modern design would impress people in the future the way the neighborhood’s old buildings were revered now.


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Seems like this is being fast-tracked.

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Plans for 36-story apartment tower in Central West End inch ahead
By Tim Bryant
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tim Bryant
15 hrs ago

The project to build a 36-story apartment tower on Kingshighway moved ahead Tuesday when a St. Louis board agreed to back the proposal with a tax incentive.

With little discussion, the board of the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority voted to support tax abatement requested by the project’s developer, Mac Properties.

The developer plans to build a $130 million, 305-unit apartment tower overlooking Forest Park at North Kingshighway and West Pine Boulevard.

Eli Ungar, founder of Mac Properties, told the LCRA board the project — named One Hundred — needed tax abatement to make the Central West End project financially feasible.

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Rendering via NextSTL.com

Tower is planned across from Forest Park.

At the beginning of the video, once the drone emerges above the tree canopy, you will see where this tower will rise - and especially at the 1:03 and 1:48 marks.


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it will be nice to see this one going up. rumors have swirled about something big at this location for years. hopefully more follow on the east and west bookends of forest park.

Wow, what a stunner!

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nextstl.com

heres the general area. i believe the parcel immediately adjacent to this proposal also facing the park - the parking lot - also has some rumours swirling about a possible highrise.

i'm guessing that they are going to have to up their game, now.

This project has grown to 39-stories over-looking beautiful Forest Park.

Proposed 39-story Central West End apartment tower to get sales tax break
By Jacob Barker
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jun 20, 2017

A $130 million apartment tower in the Central West End will likely get a break on sales tax for construction materials, an incentive the city is more frequently offering to developers of large projects.

The St. Louis Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority advanced a measure Tuesday to grant the construction tax break for the 39-story, 316-unit apartment tower.

Developer Mac Properties, based in the New York area, and acclaimed Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang announced the project in December.

Source

http://www.designboom.com/wp-content...ignboom-01.jpg

Construction was announced to start in November. I suspect the new height will be ~418 feet with the addition of the 3 floors.

Really nice!

do you have a link to that?

https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/...-36-story.html

https://nextstl.com/2016/12/stunning...shighway-site/

Rumor has it this one should be gearing up to begin construction here shortly. The timeline had a November start for foundation work tentatively penciled in.

Permit was granted for $9million foundation work. This one should soon be moved from proposal to under construction.

Orange construction fencing is up in the lot. I would imagine we should start to get things moving fairly quickly.

We may need to update the height and stories of the thread for this one. According to the West End Word round-up One Hundred is listed at 38 stories and 400'. :cheers:

http://www.westendword.com/Articles-...-West-End.html

Financing is in place and construction should start within the next month! :)

http://www.stltoday.com/business/col...b25b647d1.html

Contrary to what the Post-Dispatch said about two weeks ago, my report and phone call to Peter Cassel has given me some new information as well as some finger pointing at the city for not allowing the construction to fully take place.

At least we are still seeing some movement on this thing. Read the full story below.

https://www.buildingstlnews.com/the-...r-to-beginning

Even though I read on here that a Permit was issued, Peter says that one has not yet been issued for the site, which is interesting.

It appears as though preliminary utility work has begun around the site. Fingers crossed we see heavy equipment move in soon!

https://i.imgur.com/LEyg7m9.jpg

The parking lot this is going up on was closed for use on 2/2. Utility work and site prep have begun.

This project has officially broken ground and is under construction. Time to move this thread to Under Construction.

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I have my project update page ready to go with Clayco's Construction Camera. Truly this will be a game changing project for St. Louis. I cant wait to see this rise!
https://www.buildingstlnews.com/one-hundred.html

yep. just saw that. it already place-marked on google maps.

The tower was redesigned to include more glass. This also breaks ground on Tuesday, February 27th at 1P.M. Still 36 floors and 385 feet tall.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWmBAimUQAAfgO9.jpg:large

Also, I failed to include the actual website for the development.

https://liveat100.com/

Looks even better w the glassier redesign, as long as they don't VE the garage/lower-floor materials. Great for STL -- Can't wait to see this one go up!

huge design detraction, but still build it. The base is much less hospitable and there is less ornamentation on the facade. Now only the slimmer faces of the building display thar unmistakable art deco flair. The wider faces will still be nice to gaze at, but are less interesting than before. They also seem to have shortened the parapet which will expose rooftop equipment from certain angles, compromising the art deco profile.

Mods-- what is it going to take to move this thread to "Under Contruction"?? Construction started weeks ago.

^Once the foundation work is actually starting. Digging a hole and shoring is not usually considered construction. Ask me about a certain hole we have here.

That doesn’t make much sense. The official groundbreaking ceremony was held, heavy equipment is on site, crews are actively working, and the streets are closed. It’s no longer just “proposed”- it’s happening.

That is cool as shit.

Site prep isn't construction, so it makes perfect sense. You've been around since 01... You'll have to wait until someone reports of caissons being drilled or piles driven.

I live literally 4 blocks away, I will walk down to the site every other day and will post if anything significant starts to happen. Currently, there are only drills and excavators on site. According to one of the constructuction guys on site, they should begin drilling and foundation work this upcoming week. He said that this part will be fairly slow since old building foundations are still in place and that they will have to be dealt with. Once again, I'll post if anything happens.