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Kirkwood Pulse • January 22, 2026

Autogenerated on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 12:08 UTC • 1 stories from the last 36 hours.

Kirkwood Pulse • January 22, 2026

event: Kirkwood City Council public hearing on Double Eagle Development’s proposal date_of_event: 2026-01-08 proposal_details: site: Former public works site development: 203 homes in six all-residential buildings parking: 303 surface parking spots features: -: New through-street connecting Taylor and Fillmore -: Traditional-style architecture with pitched roofs, chimneys, covered porches -: Townhome-style apartments with ground-floor private entrances -: ā€˜Breezestak’ architectural layout offering varied floor plans apartment_mix: 1-bedroom: 38% 2-bedroom: 40% 3-bedroom: 22% council_decision_factors: -: Likely most lucrative monetary bid -: All-residential design optimized property value -: Inclusion of through-street as per RFP -: Conservative architectural style matching Council preferences -: Reference to Double Eagle’s Bemiston Place Apartments work criticisms_and_regrets: -: Lack of emphasis on future Grant’s Trail extension and related retail potential -: Preference for phased development to maximize long-term community return -: Project is too auto-oriented with excessive surface parking and curb cuts -: Missed opportunity for structured parking and more green community spaces -: Desire for Council to incorporate walk-up building layouts into future building codes positive_notes: -: Support for putting valuable city-owned land to higher use -: Backing off development of KPAC parking lot preserves prime corner for future use

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  • How Double Eagle Won Over the Council (Kirkwood Gadfly) — event: Kirkwood City Council public hearing on Double Eagle Development’s proposal date_of_event: 2026-01-08 proposal_details: site: Former public works site development: 203 homes in six all-residential buildings parking: 303 surface parking spots features: -: New through-street connecting Taylor and Fillmore -: Traditional-style architecture with pitched roofs, chimneys, covered porches -: Townhome-style apartments with ground-floor private entrances -: ā€˜Breezestak’ architectural layout offering varied floor plans apartment_mix: 1-bedroom: 38% 2-bedroom: 40% 3-bedroom: 22% council_decision_factors: -: Likely most lucrative monetary bid -: All-residential design optimized property value -: Inclusion of through-street as per RFP -: Conservative architectural style matching Council preferences -: Reference to Double Eagle’s Bemiston Place Apartments work criticisms_and_regrets: -: Lack of emphasis on future Grant’s Trail extension and related retail potential -: Preference for phased development to maximize long-term community return -: Project is too auto-oriented with excessive surface parking and curb cuts -: Missed opportunity for structured parking and more green community spaces -: Desire for Council to incorporate walk-up building layouts into future building codes positive_notes: -: Support for putting valuable city-owned land to higher use -: Backing off development of KPAC parking lot preserves prime corner for future use Impact: Impact unclear based on automatically extracted text. Sentiment: neutral (0) Priority: medium Read more

Keep an eye on How Double Eagle Won Over the Council from Kirkwood Gadfly.