CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Construction is Moving Along!

As we continue to get closer to closing dates for the 9th floor buyers, some of the interior finishes are beginning to be installed in the 9th floor units.  It will be exciting to see these first units take shape and progress!  Work is also beginning on the balconies for some of those units on the upper floors.  In addition, the exercise room on the 8th floor is receiving its finishing touches and the equipment will be installed shortly after.  The 24 hour fitness facility should be complete by the end of September, ready in plenty of time for the first move ins!

FROM THE SALES CENTER :

New Syndicate Sales Center Location

The south side store front is nearing completion and our Sales Center will make that temporary retail space our new home!  Please look for the Sales Center to move into the new location off Olive in mid-September.  The specific opening date for the new location is to be announced. Contact the sales center at 314-241-6500 or info@syndicateliving.com

Tuesday – Friday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday  12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Closed Mondays
www.syndicateliving.com

The NEW OLD POST OFFICE DISTRICT :

Exciting Addition to Downtown’s Old Post Office District

St. Louis City has announced a 30,000 square foot, $8.2 million addition to the Old Post Office district.  The new “Old Post Office Plaza,” will offer eye catching landscaping, sculptures, outdoor theatre and street performers, relaxation, and free movies.  The plaza is located at Locust between 8th and 9th streets and is visible from the northeast side of the SYNDICATE.  The plaza is projected to be open in Spring 2008.

Mortgage News :

No Mortgage Problems with the SYNDICATE

We know that the media has not had the most positive spin on the mortgage business recently.  However, here at the SYDNICATE we are working with 3 proven and long standing leaders in the mortgage industry that are our trusted partners in the real estate business. 

All three of these lenders have some exceptional rates and excellent lending programs to offer our Syndicate Buyers. Please feel free to contact any of the below to explore your mortgage options.

Steve Wisniewski, National City
Office: 314-898-1346
Cell: 636-346-5070
Steve.wisniewski@ncmc.com

Sandy Gantt, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Office: 314-918-2862
Cell: 314-651-8195
Sandra.m.gantt@wellsfargo.com

Tim Leeker, USA Mortgage
Office: 314-628-2099
Cell: 314-805-2618
tleeker@usa-mortgage.com

BUYER PROFILE :

Jim and Dianna Shank

Jim and Dianna Shank have been looking at lofts downtown for years before they finally decided on a condo at the SYDNICATE.  One of the many loft tours they attended was actually one of their first dates.  Now married, they are excited about making the move downtown to experience city life, shorten their commutes to work, and meet new friends!

“We have participated in many of the loft tours during the past few years; in fact, our very first date was one of these tours back in 2002!  After we got married and seriously started considering moving downtown (a place we both love!), we fell in love with the Syndicate because of its location in the Old Post Office District and the overall design of the building (both the original exterior and the renovation plans).”

“For Jim, being blocks from work is a plus (and Dianna has an easy commute into Granite City), but we are most looking forward to living a city life (without a yard to cut!) and fully embracing an urban lifestyle (including meeting many new friends!).”

Jim and Dianna are looking forward to true city life and not only a short commute to work but to the gym and the city’s features that they enjoy so much.

“This is a move we have always wanted to make together – to be closer to our jobs, closer to our gym (Marquette YMCA), closer to city amenities -- and closer to a lifestyle that is more “us”!”

After all their searching throughout the years, the Shanks decided on a Condo Style 10 in the SYDICATE for their future home.

“We love unit 10 for lots of reasons – the south-facing windows with their city view, the overall design features of the unit itself (lots of space for an English teacher’s books!), and the kitchen island which we hadn’t seen in a lot of other buildings.”

The Shanks are also looking forward to living in a piece of St. Louis history, in the SYNDICATE, that has been around for more than 100 years and has been a part of a good deal of change and progress in its time.

“We both love the history of the Syndicate building and look forward, after the move, to discovering more about our new home at the Missouri History Museum Library.  For example, the Syndicate Trust was home to the Women’s Equal Suffrage League from 1912-1918, and an interracial sit-it was conducted at the Scruggs lunch counter in this building in 1944.  It will be cool to live in a piece of St Louis history!”

**thank you to Jim and Dianna Shank for sharing their Syndicate story with us.

 

RETAILER SPOTLIGHT :

 

The Time Boutique and Studio Dev Jorley Salon

Located at 10th Street and Washington, just 2 blocks from the Syndicate, this edgy and stylish boutique and salon offer unique style and superior salon services to downtown residents.

The Time Boutique offers rare clothing lines not found anywhere else in St. Louis.  Studio Dev Jorley offers salon services and cosmetics, to give customers the latest style and look they are looking for.

The Time Boutique,a women’s clothing boutique that exclusively carries the work of emerging designers – clothing that’s not mass-produced and that can’t be found anywhere else in St. Louis – The Time was founded in November 2005 by proprietor Jennifer Gray, who earned her fashion stripes when she opened her first women’s clothing boutique at age 19. 

Some of the exclusive clothing lines offer at the Time include: i. Sheff, Valerie Dumaine, Detny by Shan & Shawn, Becky Oh!, and EMC2 by Emmett McCarthy.

Studio Dev Jorley provides salon services including: haircuts and color, manicure and pedicures, waxing and more.

The Time Boutique and Studio Dev Jorley Salon are open 7 days a week.

Monday - Wednesday 11-7
Thursday - Friday 11-8
Saturday - Sunday 11-4

922 Washington  314-241-7171

www.thetimeboutique.net

**thank you to Jennifer Gray, proprietor of The time Boutique for the above information.