Paul McKee’s Northside Grocery Gas Station to Be Auctioned in Foreclosure
Date Posted: July 31, 2025
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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Paul McKee’s troubled grocery store and gas station are in foreclosure after the developer defaulted on debt payments.
McKee opened Zoom, a gas station and mini mart, and Greenleaf Market in 2019 with the help of a $10 million loan from the Bank of Springfield. He had pitched the projects as part of his NorthSide Regeneration plan, which promised to revitalize north St. Louis but ultimately failed to take off.
In 2024, Greenleaf Market, located at 1400 North 13th Street, closed after months of empty shelves and sparse staffing. Zoom, which operates next to an Amoco gas station at 1300 North Tucker Boulevard, remains open and sells hot to-go food.
The properties are scheduled to be auctioned Aug. 6 on the steps of the 22nd Circuit civil courts building in downtown St. Louis.
But McKee told the Post-Dispatch that he is “in serious discussion with the lender.”
“Our goal is to avert the foreclosure and bring back food to the community,” McKee said Tuesday. “[We’re] making great progress.”