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ST. LOUIS -- One of the first major construction projects around the perimeter of the under-construction National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency took a major step forward Wednesday after a city board voted to approve variances for the construction of an office building and hotel.
The projects are proposed on the site of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex north of downtown. Empty since the last tower was razed in 1976, the site has been growing in value now that the NGA's western headquarters is nearing completion on the other side of the intersection of Cass and Jefferson avenues. And the site's owner, a company tied to Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration, says it is ready to move forward with new construction so it can be ready when the NGA opens in mid- to late-2025.
At a St. Louis Board of Adjustment meeting Wednesday, city staff reported that construction and development firm Clayco and the entity that owns the land, 20th & Cass LLC, hope to build a five-story, 150,000-square-foot office building as well as a six-story, 202-room hotel. It asked to table for...