Site Plans for Southside Station Phase II
by Chris ~ November 6th, 2009
The Lawrence Group has done a tremendous job redeveloping the Southside National Bank building at Grand and Gravois:
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The Lawrence Group has just announced their plans for Phase II of their development which will focus on the property to the South of the Southside Towers. You can see from clicking on the image below that Phase III will include development of the buildings located to the East of the Southside Towers (on Gravois and Grand):
You can see the street view plans here:
Questions can be directed to:
Joseph M. Cyr, Jr., Director of Development Services
319 North 4th Street
Suite 1000
St. Louis, MO 63102
p 314.242.1380
f 314.754.0383
www.thelawrencegroup.com
November 11th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Couple quick questions…
1. The note mentions the development will be to the west of Southside National, but the map looks like it will be to the South?
2. I tried to look around on the web, but did not find too much information. Is it the typical retail space on the bottom, and housing on the top? What price range are they looking for the housing, or is it condos?
3. Is there a time frame?
Thanks.
[Chris: Good Catch! Just Updated it. Contact Lawerence Group or Alderwoman Jennifer Florida for more info on the development.]
November 20th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Rather bland, really. Probably stucco as a dominating finish material on the exterior, and the parapets could use a little dressing up. Personally, you could probably get a better building by dispensing with the attempts at mimicry with regards to “historical” detailing. Just go modern and sustainable: site the building to take the most advantage of sunlight, and introduce “brows” over the south and west elevations to maximize sunlight in the winter and block it the summer. This is the 21st Century, after all. Building efficiently and building for efficiency shouldn’t be treated as just a fad. Global climate change/warming/disruption isn’t. It’s real, and building new without taking that into account is simply unacceptable. Surely a good thing that anything is being built here. But “anything” just shouldn’t cut it. You should be building for the planet as it will be in 50-60 years, not as it is now.