

She echoed the mayor’s hopes for the development and the area. This will be the first residential/retail/office concept on Main Street in Edwardsville, offering a true live/work/play environment, said Kristie Bailey, a partner with Fireside Financial. The site has been vacant since 2017, when the city police and fire departments relocated to the current public safety building, south of downtown. “This is an exciting project, and we’re very hopeful that it’s just the beginning of the kind of growth we’ll see in this area,” said Mayor Art Risav Once Station on Main is finished, which is expected in 2024, the multi-level property will include about 38 single-bedroom apartments and townhomes, four restaurants, office space for up to five businesses and five boutique retail sites, along with on-site parking. Those plans died with Randy Gori in early 2020. Previously, when this site was scheduled to become the new headquarters for Gori Julian and Associates, the plan was to have a section of each mural chiseled out, frame each one, then present them to the city at a future date. One aspect that remains unanswered by those at city hall is what will happen to the tile wall murals of the old public safety building.
