Last week I wrote up how Double Eagle won the Public Works sweepstakes. Ahead of this Thursday's City Council public hearing on the Double Eagle proposal, I wanted to explore the other proposals that the Council passed up. The Public Works RFP process unfolded in two stages. Initial bids were submitted by five applicants —Double… Continue reading Public Works Site: The Rejects
On January 8th, Kirkwood City Council will hold a public hearing on Double Eagle Development's proposal for the former public works site. The proposal, the Council's preferred response of the six they received, calls for 203 homes across six all-residential buildings and 303 surface parking spots. In reviewing each of the RFP responses, a picture… Continue reading How Double Eagle Won Over the Council
Well folks, after nearly a year of waiting, the results of the Request for Proposals on the former Public Works site have finally surfaced via this week's Planning & Zoning agenda. The selected proposal comes from St. Louis-based Double Eagle Development and calls for 202 homes across six four-story buildings, accompanied by 247 parking spots.… Continue reading 202 Homes Proposed for Former Public Works Site
After winding itself through the approval process three times, the Council finally offered first reading approval to Pitman Place, the 60-apartment mixed-use project proposed for the former Commerce Bank site at 300 N. Kirkwood Road, at their November 20th meeting. The Kirkwood City Council was supposed to issue its verdict on the project in early… Continue reading Council Greenlights Pitman Place
The rumors of the Kirkwood Apartments' demise are greatly exaggerated. Just a few months after the 300 N. Kirkwood Rd project was finally pronounced dead, a new developer, TriStar Properties, has revived it in much of its original form —60 apartments, 2,940 square feet of retail, and 111 parking spaces across four stories— utilizing the… Continue reading Kirkwood Apartments: Episode II – Return of the Apartments
Last summer and fall, I covered four of the development proposals Kirkwood received—and ultimately rejected—in response to its RFP for two city-owned parking lots along Jefferson Avenue. With the city poised to decide on a new RFP for the vacated public works site, it’s time to revisit the final two rejected proposals. First up: Ridgehouse… Continue reading Ridgehouse Wanted to pay Kirkwood $2M, Kirkwood Said No
Kirkwood has issued a Request For Proposals for mixed-use development on 6 city-owned acres in the heart of Downtown. The city hopes the responses will yield a multi-faceted windfall for the community, but the stipulations listed in the RFP and the —$12.5 million the city has already sunk into facilitating such development— may mean that… Continue reading Public Works Site RFP Issued: Kirkwood Seeks to Recoup $12.5M
Update 9/30/2024: I made a mistake in estimating the tax revenue impact of this project. While I originally estimated the city would have brought in $900k in annual tax revenue from the project, upon further review, the impact would have likely been closer to $300k annually. For transparency's sake, I would like to thoroughly explain… Continue reading HDA Plan Rejected; City Loses $300k a Year
I've written 95 stories since I started Kirkwood Gadfly back in 2017. Of those 100 stories, my three stories covering the Jefferson RFP responses the city rejected rank 2, 3, and 8 in terms of numbers of views. Why? Well, my theory goes a little something like this: Kirkwood residents have repeatedly indicated that their… Continue reading Council Passes on $60m Investment & 362 Parking Spaces from NOVUS
I've long made the case that in order for Kirkwood to get the most out of its significant development in the Grant's Trail extension, they should clear the way for the private sector to invest in the land alongside it. That mostly means loosening zoning restrictions for what uses are allowed on adjacent land, but… Continue reading Present & Future Development Along Grant’s Trail
