Prof X.
Yelp
Most of the place is a ghostTown after 7pm, and due to the now 3 YEAR construction project building a high rise, the roads on both Vandeventer and Forrest Park are blocked down to one lane 24/7.
But the worst part of this entire complex is the parking. The 2 level garage has no bounceback mirrors around corners, and parked cars are broken into regularly, with no cameras AT ALL to aid in insurance filings and/or police reports.
Yes. They have security, who drive worse than the folks pulling in and out of the garage. I have seen at least 2 looking at their phones, and another sleeping in the company SuV. There are signs reserving parking for the same snooty folks responsible for the recent traffic issues all over the state for a bike trail nobody uses called "Gateway Greenery"...and there have been times I think I fimd a spot only to see a cone with a cardboard sign reading "Reserved for Board Meeting". The answer to the parking issues was to add a Valet service, that only further complicates and crowds the joint. It also appears some construction workers park here as well. There was street parking next to Fresh Thyme, that has now been claimed by the city and turned into metered spots.
The final straw came today after grabbing groceries and finding my passenger side window smashed. I looked around...and others had also been smashed, or doors left open....This was at 4pm.
At night, it appears to only gets worse. The officer who came to take a report for my insurance told me homeless drug addicts occupy the stairwells and elevators, Some have been spotted shooting up while sitting on the foundry patio furniture, Others using the walls of the place as an open toilet. There was also a shootout several months back.
Nothing here besides the FreshThyme and a movie theatre are reasons to risk your life and property, Im sure they too wish they built somewhere else.
It wont be any better when this HighRise opens, the same officer told me there is no way they have enough "new" parking for every tenant and their guests. Clearly whomever owns the property are asleep at the wheel. -Literally.