Also part of the next Ballpark Village phase are an office building of about 10 floors and a two-story retail structure next to the current Ballpark Village structure. The apartment tower, office building and retail structure would complete the southern half of the redevelopment area. The Cardinals said the project would produce 1,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs. The team promised to raise standards for racial and gender equity in building the project.

Mayor Francis Slay and Missy Kelley, chief executive of Downtown STL, praised the project.

Ballpark Village’s first phase and the second, as proposed, would complete much of what the Cardinals pledged as a development goal a decade ago.

In 2006 — four years after announcing plans for the current Busch Stadium — the Cardinals and Cordish grew the previously modest Ballpark Village plan to include condo towers, shops, restaurants and a grocery.

The following year, Centene Corp. said it would move its headquarters to Ballpark Village from Clayton in a $250 million project that included more offices and shops. The deal with the city soon collapsed. Centene announced this year a huge expansion of its Clayton headquarters.