Central West End apartment project moves ahead

A plan for 12-story luxury apartment building in the Central West End moved ahead Monday by earning two favorable votes from the citys Preservation Board.

Opus Development Co. wants to construct the building at the northeast corner of Lindell Boulevard and Euclid Avenue.

After about an hour of discussion over various design and parking issues, the board by unanimous voice vote approved the $61.5 million project, subject to further design review. The board also approved demolition of the sites existing building.

The board is involved because the site is in a city historic district.

Opus has designed a building of 217 apartments, ground floor retail space and three parking levels two underground and one on the second floor.

The Preservation Board deferred a vote on the proposal at its meeting in December to give Opus more time to discuss the project with Central West End residents. As a result, Opus changed the planned buildings exterior in an effort to satisfy neighborhood concerns.

The project still requires approval from various city panels but Joe Downs, senior director of Opus, said after the Preservation Board meeting he hopes construction will begin this year.

Tim Bryant covers commercial real estate, development and other business stories for the Post-Dispatch. He blogs at Building Blocks, the Post-Dispatch development blog.

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Central West End apartment project moves ahead