Millennium Hotel

The stretch of road from Walnut Street to Washington Avenue received a facelift, including new bike lanes and repaving.

The 4.2-acre property has sat vacant since 2014. The reimagining of the site will be a $670 million mixed-use development project in partnership with the Cordish Cos.

Baltimore-based Cordish Cos. plans to build residential, office space and entertainment on the site just southwest of the Arch.

It would be a marked change for the prominent and iconic hotel site between the Gateway Arch grounds and Busch Stadium, which has sat vacant since 2014.

The 28-story, 780-room hotel closed in 2014. The foundation plans to work with the city, Greater St. Louis Inc. and the St. Louis Development Corporation on a plan to redevelop the site.

Last month, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Board first brought up the possibility of a blighting study and redevelopment plan, but the board voted to table that item as the draft of the study wasn’t complete.