Meeting for Old Jamestown Mall redevelopment plans

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis county officials are showcasing probable redevelopment ideas for the aged Jamestown Shopping mall site in north county.

Redeveloping the region has been an ongoing challenge for county officers. The web-site has develop into a substantial mess and an eyesore to numerous. Nevertheless, a research is now underway to try and change the long run. There is a video clip from an open dwelling-design conference held Wednesday night in Spanish Lake.

The meeting was hosted by the St. Louis County Port Authority which owns the assets. The open dwelling was part of the Jamestown Shopping mall marketplace analysis and feasibility analyze. The review was analyzing probable redevelopment chances for the 145-acre web site. Port Authority officers are looking at 6 doable redevelopment scenarios which ended up highlighted in the open up property.

They include things like a huge-scale household subdivision, a corporate campus, a commerce hub, a logistics middle, or even a wind and solar electrical power web page. The mall at first opened back again in 1973 but fell into disarray and finally shut in 2014. The foreseeable future of the land has been up in the air ever because. Industry Analysis Challenge Manager Stephen Ibendahl shared how men and women can remain up-to-date on the feasibility reports.

“If folks are interested in remaining up to date and remaining involved, there’s a website, ImagineJamestownMall.com,” Ibendahl reported. “We hope to be accomplished in the fall of this calendar year with this review.”

St. Louis county is paying $6 million in American Rescue Program Act cash to tear down the shopping mall. A second open up house is scheduled for someday right after Labor Day.