Delmar Loop businessman Joe Edwards said Tuesday he wants the old Wabash train depot made part of MetroLink's Delmar station.

"I've held onto it for all these years for just that reason," he said.

Edwards, who owns the Pageant, the Moonrise Hotel and Blueberry Hill, recently sold part of his longtime ownership in the Wabash station to Washington University. The station sits above the MetroLink tracks at 6005 Delmar Boulevard. Stairs that once led to the tracks were removed many years ago.

Mary Campbell, the university's assistant vice chancellor for real estate, said no plan for the Wabash station has been decided. She said university officials will meet with neighborhood leaders and residents—plus Metro Transit officials—to discuss what to do with the station.

WU in recent years has grown its presence in the Loop with its North Campus north of Delmar and its Lofts apartment project on Delmar just west of Skinker Boulevard.

Campbell said the university's joint station ownership with Edwards is part of WU's effort to further enhance the neighborhood. She said the Delmar station's current configuration produces little linking to the Loop.

"The Loop is not capturing the ridership from MetroLink," she said.

For now, Edwards continues as the empty station's caretaker. He said that if made part of the MetroLink station below, the 1920s Wabash station could house a newsstand and other small businesses catering to MetroLink riders.

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