MLP Investments and Christner Inc. architects won

MLP Investments and Christner Inc. architects won an AIA Merit Award in urban design for their Hanley Station project in St. Louis, Missouri. The 8-acre, transit-oriented development with 150 apartments and 55,000 square feet of retail will begin construction in 2005. MLP, the 18th-largest multifamily developer in the nation, specializes in new urban infill projects, especially around St. Louis, where the firm is based. Station Plaza, a 7-acre grayfield project in Kirkwood, Missouri, was recently completed. The redevelopment of a Target store site includes 215 apartments and 40,000 square feet of retail grouped around a civic square. In Jacksonville, Florida, MLP is teaming with Kimco to build a larger project, with 1,050 rental and for-sale multifamily units and 600,000 square feet of retail. The project includes some big box stores that transition into an urban town center with residential over retail, according to Chris Ho of MLP Investments. The town center shifts into urban residential blocks, he says. Called Avenues Walk, that project is slated to break ground in the spring.