Vacant Properties /tags/vacant-properties Vacant Properties en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT St. Louis’ fight against vacancy is more of a long war than a single battle /economy-business/2025-02-24/st-louis-vacancy-long-war It’s a problem that metastasized over decades, making it unrealistic to expect a speedy solution to the roughly 25,000 vacant buildings and lots inside city limits. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2025-02-24/st-louis-vacancy-long-war Eric Schmid Cordish Cos. plans a $670 million redevelopment of the Millennium Hotel site /economy-business/2025-02-19/cordish-companies-downtown-redevelopment-millennium-hotel It would be a marked change for the prominent and iconic hotel site between the Gateway Arch grounds and Busch Stadium, which has sat vacant since 2014. Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2025-02-19/cordish-companies-downtown-redevelopment-millennium-hotel Eric Schmid Railway Exchange Building priced at $4.75 million in eminent domain case /news-briefs/2025-01-03/railway-exchange-building-priced-at-4-75-million-in-eminent-domain-case It comes in a Commissioners’ Report filed Friday as part of the eminent domain case involving the prominent and long-vacant downtown building. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:48:14 GMT /news-briefs/2025-01-03/railway-exchange-building-priced-at-4-75-million-in-eminent-domain-case Eric Schmid St. Louis-area housing providers want city to adopt Pennsylvania's home repair programs /government-politics-issues/2024-12-11/st-louis-housing-home-repair-programs Realtors and housing providers in St. Louis want city leaders to adopt home improvement programs from Pennsylvania to increase affordable housing. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-12-11/st-louis-housing-home-repair-programs Andrea Y. Henderson St. Louis voters reject more budget power for aldermen, other charter changes pass /government-politics-issues/2024-11-05/st-louis-city-charter-changes-2024-transportion-alderman-budget-vacant-properties Proposition B would have allowed aldermen to increase budget line items without the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, a fiscal oversight board. Wed, 06 Nov 2024 04:16:50 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-11-05/st-louis-city-charter-changes-2024-transportion-alderman-budget-vacant-properties Rachel Lippmann The Millennium Hotel downtown is being sold to the Gateway Arch Park Foundation /news-briefs/2024-09-19/st-louis-millennium-hotel-sold-gateway-arch-park-foundation The 28-story, 780-room hotel closed in 2014. The foundation plans to work with the city, Greater St. Louis Inc. and the St. Louis Development Corporation on a plan to redevelop the site. Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:24:47 GMT /news-briefs/2024-09-19/st-louis-millennium-hotel-sold-gateway-arch-park-foundation Eric Schmid Eminent domain threats may spark development at downtown's Millennium Hotel /economy-business/2024-04-23/st-louis-millennium-hotel-eminent-domain-threats-development Last month, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Board first brought up the possibility of a blighting study and redevelopment plan, but the board voted to table that item as the draft of the study wasn’t complete. Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:01:09 GMT /economy-business/2024-04-23/st-louis-millennium-hotel-eminent-domain-threats-development Eric Schmid St. Louis receives $500,000 from the EPA to assess and clean vacant brownfield properties /health-science-environment/2023-08-24/st-louis-receives-500-000-from-the-epa-to-assess-and-clean-vacant-brownfield-properties The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given St. Louis $500,000 to remove hazardous materials from vacant properties. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:13:54 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-08-24/st-louis-receives-500-000-from-the-epa-to-assess-and-clean-vacant-brownfield-properties Chad Davis St. Louis neighborhood groups try to acquire vacant properties or get owners to fix them up /government-politics-issues/2022-11-14/st-louis-neighborhood-groups-try-to-acquire-vacant-properties-or-get-owners-to-fix-them-up There are almost 25,000 vacant houses, commercial buildings and land plots in St. Louis, and about 60% are privately owned. Some nuisance properties can be a blight on communities, so neighborhood associations have been trying to acquire them or compel owners to fix them. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-11-14/st-louis-neighborhood-groups-try-to-acquire-vacant-properties-or-get-owners-to-fix-them-up Chad Davis Federal funding and a new law to address St. Louis’ vacant properties /government-politics-issues/2022-07-29/federal-funding-and-a-new-law-to-address-st-louis-vacant-properties The law makes technical changes on privately owned vacant properties with the goal of redevelopment, while millions in federal funding would go toward the removal of city-owned buildings. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-07-29/federal-funding-and-a-new-law-to-address-st-louis-vacant-properties Sarah Kellogg