In St. Paul, the reverberations of a housing slowdown are evident citywide.

Within the Highland Bridge development in Highland Park, Weidner Homes had once planned 13 buildings spanning more than 2,000 market-rate apartments. With all but one of the Weidner buildings on hold as a result of the developer’s protest against rent control, the Ryan Cos. — the master developer for the 122-acre Highland Bridge site — plans to ask the city for $21.5 million to jump-start construction in other areas.

Ryan has asked the city for $18.6 million in “gap assistance” to advance a mixed-use “retail hub” at Ford Parkway and Cretin Avenue, featuring both local and national retail tenants and rental housing. Another $2.9 million will support land and infrastructure work for a second phase of row homes, said Erica Dao, a spokesperson for the company.

Other projects at Highland Bridge have moved forward, from parks to senior living, affordable housing, a Lunds & Byerlys grocery store and the first phase of high-end Pulte row houses. The Highland Bridge master plan envisions a total of 3,800 residential units at complete build-out. About 825 to 950 units, or 20% to 25%, have been completed, and another 130 units are under construction, including five houses.

The city’s slowdown extends beyond pricey, market-rate units. At the Heights, the ongoing redevelopment of the former Hillcrest Country Club and golf course on St. Paul’s East Side, developers Sherman Associates and the JO Cos. have hit pause for at least a year on plans to build six apartment buildings spanning 900 units, of which 60% would qualify as affordable or deeply affordable housing. The other 40% of their multi-family units would be targeted to the lower end of market-rate prices for new construction.

Developers have asked the state Legislature to help them close a 17% — or $73 million — funding gap.

That’s not to say there’s been no housing construction at all. Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity says it’s still on course to build the first 40 affordable, owner-occupied townhomes and single-family homes at the Heights this month, with help from visiting celebrities Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. The country crooners will join the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project for a build on site from Sept. 29 to Oct. 4.

Other housing developments that have come online this year include the 178-unit, affordable Soul Apartments at Robert Street and Plato Boulevard, as well as the market-rate Esox House and the affordable Harbourline Apartments in the Farwell-on-Water development across the street from Harriet Island Regional Park. Situated near Lexington Parkway and University Avenue, the new Lexington Station project from Alatus spans more than 300 units, half of which are designated as affordable housing.