I want to lease a space in Slay's "world-class" office park, a.k.a. Ballpark Village

By now, all St. Louisans are aware that, if Ballpark Village even gets off the ground, Centene Corp. won't be moving from its Clayton abode to a front row seat to Cardinals' games.

That's okay, though, because Mayor Slay doesn't mind a bit of a change of plans, per today's mayorslay.com blog post:

First, I want a world-class development built. What will it be? The Cardinals want to shift from condos to office space. I am fine with that. Downtown needs more office space and more jobs.

All right. So those seeking a mixed use "neighborhood" to fill the current crater (some jokester has changed the name of the Village on its wikipedia page to "Crater Village") should be resigned to "Officepark Village"? I guess City Hall thinks so.


Wait--village? Doesn't that suggest a residential community? Ballpark Business District sound more fitting, Mayor Slay? That better include some world-class Class A office space!


It's probably for the better. Ambitious redevelopments backed by Slay tend to have some nasty strings attached:



Century Building demolition photo courtesy of Built St. Louis