Port Authority Seeks to Demolish Jamestown Mall
Date Posted: June 24, 2021
Posted In: Projects,
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: County officials shifted strategy on Thursday and announced they would look to tear down the long-shuttered Jamestown Mall to make way for redevelopment.
The St. Louis County Port Authority, which owns the 145-acre site, will issue a formal request for proposals for a contractor to abate the property, Chairman John Maupin said, calling it the first step to tearing the former mall building down.
The announcement comes a week after initial plans to turn the mall into a large-scale warehouse site were scrambled.
In late May, the Port Authority signed a resolution to have Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development lead a roughly $75.8 million large-scale commercial and industrial development on the former mall site, which the Authority assembled in the years following the mall’s closure in 2014.
But Councilwoman Shalonda Webb, who represents the area, announced she opposed the plan because of “overwhelming” opposition from community groups and residents who preferred a mixed retail site or community center over an industrial project.