It’s not Pearl’s first project built around a MetroLink stop. The developer is in the midst of seeking approvals to start a $91.5 million mixed-use development project next to the Forest Park-DeBaliviere MetroLink station. Pearl’s work with MetroLink operator Bi-State on that project helped get it interested in the real estate next to the UMSL South MetroLink station.

The plan would connect the eastern side of the UMSL South station, currently cut off from the road or pedestrian access, to the new development with a public plaza. While the apartments could cater to professors, students and others at the university, the 20 for-sale townhomes and 21 for-sale single-family homes in the plan offer options for others.

“This kind of allows for different types of people at different economic levels and stages in their life” to be part of the community, said Joel Fuoss, principal at St. Louis architecture firm Trivers, which is designing the project.