Opus to begin 400,000sf retail center in Dardenne Prairie

arch city · PostOct 13, 2005#12005-10-13T16:51+00:00

Opus Group to begin retail center in Dardenne Prairie

St. Louis Business Journal

Opus Group plans to begin building a 400,000 square-foot retail development in Dardenne Prairie, Mo., this week. The Dardenne Town Square, built on 40 acres, will boost the tax base in the growing area and improve highway access in the area, developers said.

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Dardenne Prairie Town Center (PDF)

southslider · PostOct 13, 2005#22005-10-13T17:03+00:00

The PDF shows the future Page Avenue extension to the north of the development at its final phase where connecting to US 40/61 near MO N. Existing US 40/61 is being rebuilt to Interstate (64) standards within the next 10 years, but extending the Page Avenue extension (MO 364) any further west than MO 94 near MO N is easily over 25 years from now.

For a region that is not really growing in people or jobs, just shifting tax base won't help pay for both maintaining existing and constructing new major roadway infrastructure. But clearly, the disconnect between local land use decisions and state/regional transportation decisions continues.

10-intuition · PostDec 17, 2005#32005-12-17T22:21+00:00

JCPenney will be adding a store to this area as well.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/busine ... enDocument

Expat · PostDec 18, 2005#42005-12-18T14:08+00:00

You know that development has reached too far west when towns with 'prairie' in the name are becoming built up.

smsplanstu · PostDec 19, 2005#52005-12-19T05:44+00:00

Eden Prairie, Minnesota beat us to it.

We really need to refocus this growth inwards by forcing developers to pay for new roads, sewers, electric lines, schools, fire stations, etc...impact fees to be added to housing costs.

bastiat · PostDec 19, 2005#62005-12-19T08:43+00:00

SMSPlanstu wrote:Eden Prairie, Minnesota beat us to it.

We really need to refocus this growth inwards by forcing developers to pay for new roads, sewers, electric lines, schools, fire stations, etc...impact fees to be added to housing costs.

That sounds like a great idea to me. If we allowed all of those things to be supplied by the free market we would not have to subsidize these people through taxes.

trent · PostDec 19, 2005#72005-12-19T19:03+00:00

It's a double edged sword, how much development would be lost with these taxes on said development?

doug · PostJan 11, 2006#82006-01-11T16:30+00:00

Great, more people moving out... increased infrastructure costs to support them, excellent. I do not understand why people are not satisfied with the city, I just walked to target and it took 10 minutes for a round trip including shopping... You cannot beat that in the suburbs.

suburban lou · PostJan 11, 2006#92006-01-11T16:49+00:00

most of the people moving out to St. Charles county are coming from St. Louis County.

southslider · PostJan 11, 2006#102006-01-11T17:40+00:00

The markets for Opus' Park East or Lindell Condominiums are clearly not in the same market as Dardenne Prairie Town Center. Others are right when they say this will drain St. Louis County, not the City.

Chesterfield is trying to be the center of commonplace suburban St. Louis. So, it's "communities" like Chesterfield that should be worried about Dardenne Prairie.

So long as the City of St. Louis seeks to be the unique urban center it is, our City will always have the upper hand in serving a more distinct, yet growing market. Go ahead and let the newer exurbs and older burbs fight each other to be the latest anyplace. We in the City just have to fight to balance our great sense of place with redevelopment pressures.

suburban lou · PostJan 11, 2006#112006-01-11T17:58+00:00

well said.