Historical September–October 2005 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
I. Hotel on 6100 Delmar. Joe Edwards is proposing to construct a 100-room boutique hotel at the site of the former Ronald Jones Funeral Home. Edwards would preserve the architecturally interesting facade and then construct a 10-story edifice.
He feels there is a good market for such a hotel, with the entertainment occurring close by and the proximity of Washington University. 2. New retail and office development. Neal and Josh Shapiro have acquired the former Yellow Cab Company site.
They wish to erect a new facility of 30,000 square feet to be a mixed use facility of office and commercial property.
There would be 63 spots of free parking in back of the new building.
The number of retail spaces will depend on the number of interested tenants.
The center of the building will have a walkway running from back to front.
It will be totally covered.
The number of offices will also depend on the number of interested lessees.
The Shapiros have selected the Lawrence Group to design the facility. Pace Properties will do the retail marketing.
If the TIF goes through, construction will begin in the spring of 2006 and last a year. 3.
A New Condominium Complex The Saaman Corporation is in the early stages of planning a new construction condominium complex at 5819 Delmar. Dave Mastin of Design Alliance is doing preliminary drawings.
This project will be similar to one Saaman is about to begin at Westgate and Vernon.
The condo units would be from 1000 – 1200 square feet. Parking will be underground. Mark Rubin of Saaman anticipates 36 units.
The starting price would be under $199,000.
There is a trailer at the Westgate and Vernon site where neighbors can get a better idea of what they propose to do. See related article on TIF financing on page 6.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 2005.
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