Botanical Heights will offer more than 400 residential units and more, including 100-200 new single-family homes; 20-60 rehabilitated units for rental or ownership; of which 15-20 percent are planned for low-income residents. Additionally, the area will include new and rehabilitated office, manufacturing, and technology-based businesses and institutions.

Monday, November 01, 2004
Botanical Heights: McRee Town lifts itself to higher ground
Chris Ferrari, McBride’s area manager for the development, points out that the Garden pushed for designs which would meld seamlessly into the area, and that McBride “purposefully did not move County houses into the project."   more »

Monday, June 07, 2004
From McRee Town to Botanical Heights
On Monday, June 7, 2004, it became official. The old McRee Town Neighborhood in south St. Louis became Botanical Heights as Senator "Kit" Bond joined St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and other dignitaries in the long-awaited Botanical Heights Groundbreaking Ceremony.   more »

Monday, June 07, 2004
McBride & Sons starts work on Botanical Heights
McBride & Sons Homes Inc. on Monday began building a new residential community designed to revitalize the McRee Town neighborhood. The company will build 160 to 200 new owner-occupied, market-rate, single-family homes in the blighted community.   more »

City of St. Louis Development Activity - McRee Town Phase I
This is the first phase of the McRee Town Development, a major development just north of I-44 that is being overseen by the Garden District Commission. They have selected McBride Homes to build on 6 blocks west of 39th street.   more »

City of St. Louis Development Activity - McRee Town Phase II
Phase II is an infill area where the Garden District Commission plans to encourage rehabilitation and some new construction. It is between Tower Grove and Thurman, situated to the west of the Botanical Heights area.   more »