Workforce Housing Development Coming to Forest Park Southeast
Date Posted: February 9, 2021
Posted In: Projects,
From The St. Louis American: Building on continued momentum in a central part of St. Louis, a housing project will bring attainable housing with more than 160 units — more than 80 of which will be workforce-targeted rents — to the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.
Union At The Grove comprises six buildings on Hunt, Vista and Norfolk avenues, between Newstead and Taylor avenues, just east of Kingshighway. The complex is being developed by Green Street St. Louis, with support from a group that includes Greater St. Louis Inc., IFF, and Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corp., a partnership between BJC Healthcare and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
“As we focus on inclusive economic growth for our region, the project sends a strong signal about what is being done to begin a resurgence in the central city in St. Louis,” said Valerie E. Patton, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for Greater St. Louis, Inc.and president of the Greater St. Louis Foundation.
“By developing housing with attainable rents in a location that helps connect people with jobs and career opportunities, we are showing what transformative, inclusive growth can look like.”