Friday, March 1, 2013
The Sunset HIlls Board of Aldermen approved the gas station's final development plan on Tuesday.
The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen approved a final development plan for a new 24-hour Petro Mart gas station at 1438 S. Kirkwood Rd. Western Oil Inc. purchased the former Bob Evans restaurant site for $1.7 million. The plan for the 1.53-acre property includes eight pump islands and a 4,080-square-foot convenience store. Sunset Hills Manor residents who live east of the property have long been opposed to the new business. Last fall residents Carol Morrison and Frank Hardy presented a petition with 174 signatures against the development; this was when Land West 7’s plan still included installing stoplights at Lindbergh and Monica, with a raised median down portions of Lindbergh Boulevard. Aldermen granted the project preliminary approval in…
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Western Oil purchased the Lindbergh Boulevard property, located off Interstate 44, for $1.7 million.
After several months of public hearings to open a 24-hour gas station on Lindbergh Boulevard, Western Oil Inc. officially purchased the former Bob Evans site in Sunset Hills for $1.7 million, according to a news release from Savoy Properties. The City of Sunset Hills approved the project's conditional use permit last December. Western Oil Inc.’s final development plan includes a 4,080 sqare foot convenience store with eight gas-pump islands. After Bob Evans closed in 2005, Novus Development Company purchased the site with plans for a retail and lifestyle center after Bob Evans closed in 2005, according to the release. First Bank purchased the property from Novus after they were unable to move forward with the project, hoping to open a new …
Monday, January 28, 2013
Do you think Ward I Alderman Richard Gau recuse himself from future Petro Mart votes?
A Sunset Hills alderman has business ties to a company currently working to construct a new gas station and convenience store south of Interstate 44, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. In early December the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen approved a conditional use permit and preliminary plan for Land West 7 to construct a 24-hour Petro Mart on the former Bob Evans property on Lindbergh Boulevard. Sunset Hills Mayor Bill Nolan broke the votes to allow Petro Mart to proceed with the project. Ward I Alderman Richard Gau voted in favor of Land West 7. Gau recently confirmed to Post-Dispatch that his company, John Henry Foster, does approximately $8,000 in annual business with Western Oil, a company connected to Land West 7. Ward I resident …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The city's Board of Aldermen approved a preliminary plan for Land West 7 to construct a gas station and convenience store on Lindbergh Boulevard, just south of Interstate 44. The latest proposal does not include a new traffic light or raised median.
Sunset Hills Mayor Bill Nolan broke two votes Tuesday evening to approve a conditional use permit and preliminary plan for a 24-hour gas station and convenience store south of I-44. The planned Petro Mart still has the resentment of several nearby residents and businesses—including the Circle K gas station directly across the street from the former Bob Evans restaurant site on Lindbergh Boulevard. In September residents Carol Morrison and Frank Hardy presented a petition with 174 signatures against the development with the proposed traffic changes. Aldermen delayed their vote that month, and Land West 7 postponed another appearance before the board to adjust the project. Their latest modifications to the plan were presented at last week’s …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The company will present a revised development proposal for a new gas station and convenience store south of Interstate 44 on Lindbergh Boulevard.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Land West 7 withdrew a design that included a new stoplight and raised median on Lindbergh Boulevard that earned backlash from neighboring residents and businesses. Catch up on the latest about the proposed gas station.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Sunset Hills aldermen will not discuss the topics until at least November.
The agenda for Tuesday's Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen meeting agenda is a little lighter than expected. Resident Al Moore has postponed his presentation for a community library until November. All requests by Land West #7 to construct a Petro Mart and make road revisions in front of the former Bob Evans lot on Lindbergh Boulevard have also been postponed. View Tuesday's meeting agenda on the Sunset Hills city website. Related articles:
Thursday, October 4, 2012
The proposed gas station on Lindbergh Boulevard would require an additional stoplight and a raised median separating opposing traffic lanes.
Despite hefty opposition from both nearby businesses and residents over a proposed gas station on Lindbergh Boulevard--including a petition of 174 signatures from Sunset Hills residents --not everyone thinks it's such a bad idea. Sunset Hills resident Kathie Berkel shares her support for a new Petro Mart in an editorial to Call Newspapers. "Change and growth are going to happen. We can't change that," she writes. Land West #7 hopes to demolish the former Bob Evans, off Interstate 44, to open a Petro Mart. Their request would mean several cosmetic changes to the Lindbergh roadway, including a raised median between north- and south-running lanes, and a new traffic signal at Lindbergh and Monica. Sunset Hills aldermen delayed a vote on the…
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
More than 20 residents spoke during Tuesday's public hearings. Aldermen decided to authorize a traffic study by third party to evaluate traffic safety in the project area south of Interstate 44.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
One Hundred seventy four residents have signed a petition in opposition to a proposed gas station and convenience store on South Lindbergh Boulevard, according to a resident who spoke during a public hearing for the proposed project. Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen heard from more than 20 speakers during Tuesday’s meeting, including a handful of business owners adjacent to the property. The vast majority were opposed to the project, primarily because the Petro Mart would be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There also were many concerns about safety in the area, which falls just south of Interstate 44. After four and a half hours of public hearings, the board decided more study is required before they can make an informed decision. …
Sunset HIlls aldermen will weigh the impact of a new gas station before deciding whether to approve construction. The project slates a bevy of roadway improvements to Lindbergh Boulevard. More than 20 residents spoke to the topic during public hearing.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
After four and a half hours of public hearings Tuesday that were filled with waves of often-conflicting numbers and sharp criticism from nearby residents, the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen put off final consideration of a request for a Petro Mart gas station and convenience store on South Lindbergh Boulevard at Interstate 44, deciding more study is required before they can make an informed decision. The project requires a zoning change, lot consolidation, conditional use permit, and preliminary development plan--as well as some changes to Lindbergh Boulevard. More than 20 people spoke during the public hearings. The vast majority were opposed to the project, primarily because the Petro Mart would be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week…
Stephen D
9:56 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Oh good, another pump and "convenience" store location. That area is SO classy. At least we'll have another addition to the crime blog when it opens: "left without paying at Petromart", "fugitive arrest, Petromat", "suspicious person, Petromart".... more ›