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11.18.2009 3:30 pm

NorthSide opponents planning referendum drive

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A slew of community groups that oppose Paul McKee’s NorthSide redevelopment proposal say they hope to take the matter to the voters.

Citizens for a More Responsible St. Louis Government and several other groups plan to launch a petition drive Thursday…

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11.17.2009 11:20 am

Update: Slay signs NorthSide redevelopment bills

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Update: 3:19 p.m.

Just back from the signing ceremony. It went as expected, despite the rain.

About 50 politicians, business leaders and neighborhood residents huddled under a tent on the grounds of the Clemens House. Mayor Francis Slay signed redevelopment agreements that…

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11.12.2009 12:36 pm

McEagle, Wood Realty planning $13 million Clemens House rehab

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Plans are underway for a $13 million rehab of the Clemens House, the crumbling 140-year old North St. Louis mansion that has become something of a symbol of decay on the north side.

Robert Wood Realty will partner with Paul McKee -…

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10.19.2009 12:40 pm

NorthSide committee meeting set for Thursday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(Update: 11:48 a.m. Tuesday. Corrected to clarify that there may not be public comment).

St. Louis Aldermen wasted little time in setting a hearing on McEagle Properties’ big NorthSide redevelopment proposal.

The Board of Alderman’s subcommittee for Housing, Urban Development and Zoning…

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10.14.2009 5:55 pm

St. Louis aldermen will receive NorthSide plan Friday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

McEagle Properties’ $8.1 billion NorthSide redevelopment proposal will be formally introduced at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen Friday.

The five aldermen whose wards touch parts of the 1,500 acre project area will propose bills setting the table for the project…

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10.08.2009 1:12 pm

Bid to block NorthSide project denied, for now

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A judge this morning rejected a request for an immediate halt to city legislation on McEagle Properties’ $8.1 billion NorthSide proposal, saying he can’t block a bill that hasn’t even been formally proposed yet.

Judge Robert Dierker denied a demand for a temporary…

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10.07.2009 10:35 am

Attorney to seek restraining order against NorthSide

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A St. Louis attorney is hoping to throw a legal roadblock in the path of McEagle Properties’ NorthSide project.

D. B. Amon said this morning he will seek a temporary restraining order, injunction and writ against the tax-backed financing and a…

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09.24.2009 10:31 am

More on NorthSide: Eminent domain, TIF guarantees and the huge crowd at City Hall Wed. night

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Some more tidbits from Wednesday night’s big TIF Commission hearing on McEagle Properties’ NorthSide plan…

- City officials are doing everything they can to ease fears of eminent domain. The latest version of the TIF includes explicit language that any use of…

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09.23.2009 12:57 pm

Last-minute changes cut NorthSide TIF request by $8 mill, frontload city’s commitment

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hours before a much-anticipated hearing of the city’s Tax Increment Financing Commission on its NorthSide project, a revised application from McEagle Properties has been made public.

Many of the changes fix typos and minor errors, but there are some pretty significant…

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09.22.2009 11:03 am

McKee, activist get confrontational over videotaping at Mon. night NorthSide meeting

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Developer Paul McKee held another neighborhood meeting Monday night to talk about his big NorthSide plan, this one at a school in Old North St. Louis.

At most of these meetings, which McKee and Aldermen April Ford-Griffin and Marlene Davis have been…

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