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[Updated 2/12/08]
St. Louis Ballpark Village is a 12 acre development in downtown St. Louis, Missouri,
that is sited just north of the new Busch Stadium between Clark Street and Walnut Street.
The $650 million development will occupy the site of the previous Busch Stadium,
part of which is currently a parking lot and, more or less, a large hole from the old
stadium filled with water. Construction of Ballpark Village has not yet begun.
The primary developer is the Cordish Company of Baltimore, Maryland.
As it stands now, the first phase of the project will include approximately 270,000
square feet of restaurant and entertainment space, 90,000 square feet of retail,
100,000 square feet of Class A office space, 1,200 new parking spaces, and 250
condominiums for a total of about 735,000 square feet.
Occupants
Confirmed and unconfirmed (rumored) occupants for the new Ballpark Village:
- St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum
- City aquarium
- Centene Corporation national headquarters
- Rawlings (unconfirmed)
- Sammy Haggar's Cabo Wabo Cantina (unconfirmed)
- ESPN Zone (unconfirmed)
Centene Center
On Sept 23, 2007, Centene Corporation announced its plans to buy a portion of the site at
Broadway and Walnut Street and move its headquarters to St. Louis, bringing 1,200 new
jobs downtown.
The first phase of Centene Center calls for a 700,000-square-foot office tower
of up to 27 stories with street-level retail and parking on one block. The second block
initially will have a 1,750-car parking garage with street-level retail. It will be
configured so a second office tower of up to 550,000 square feet could be built
atop the garage to accommodate future growth. Centene initially will occupy about
400,000 square feet in the 700,000-square-foot tower, with 300,000 square feet
available for other tenants until Centene needs the space. In addition, Centene
plans to build a 180-room hotel in Ballpark Village.
Project History
Planning for Ballpark Village began as far back as 1999 when the Cardinals seriously began looking at building a new downtown stadium. When plans for the new Busch Stadium were finalized, the Cardinals entered into an agreement with the City of St. Louis and have a significant stake in the completion of the development. The details of the agreement are that at least one block of the Village must be completed by 2007, while the entire development must be finished by 2011. If Ballpark Village is not completed by 2011, the Cardinals will pay a $3 million fine per year until the project is finished. As of December 2007 the city of St. Louis has not yet broken ground on the ballpark village.
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