Montgomery proposes 33-story Clayton apartment building
5 hours ago • By Tim Bryant
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
2 South Central proposed building
Montgomery Development is proposing a 33-story apartment building at Forsyth and Central avenues in downtown Clayton.
The project, at 2 South Central, includes plans for 345 apartments, ground-floor stores and a parking garage for 478 vehicles. Also included is a rooftop pool.
Firm costs and a construction schedule are yet to be determined, Joel Montgomery Jr., a company executive, said Thursday. If public review proceeds quickly and financing is arranged, construction could begin next spring, he said.
“There’s a lot that has to be reviewed,” said Montgomery, adding that cost “is one of the big questions that has to be answered.”
Montgomery’s project is scheduled to get its first public hearing Monday at a meeting of Clayton’s Architectural Review Board.
The 33-story tower is the second major apartment project in downtown Clayton to come to light since early April.
Planned for a site at Bonhomme and Meramec avenues is the Crossing, a 26-story building of 250 luxury apartments. Jerry Crylen — a developer behind the $75 million project — said last month that construction should begin this fall with the hope of occupying the building in 2016.
Montgomery said Thursday he believes the Clayton apartment market is growing and able to absorb his 2 South Central project and the Crossing. He cited the success of the recently renovated Clayton on the Park, a 206-unit building, as proof that Clayton is ready for more high-rise living.
The Montgomery plan calls for 97 studio apartments, 168 one-bedroom units, 72 two-bedroom units and eight penthouses. Apartment sizes are small — from a 382-square-foot studio to an approximately 1,400-square-foot penthouse — in keeping with apartment dwellers’ latest preference for less living space, Montgomery said.
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