11.17.2009 11:20 am
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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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09.09.2009 1:11 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Updated 2:10 p.m.: Click here to see a copy of the redevelopment plan (though we haven’t yet been able to get all the appendices online).
McEagle Properties has slightly lowered its request for tax financing for its massive NorthSide redevelopment proposal and put…

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