Crestwood Mall Developers Want Trader Joe’s (Or Something Like It), Too
Developers for the proposed District at Crestwood said they’ve reached out to specialty chains like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods to counteract a recent loss in South County grocery retailers. Do you think it’s the right spot for a new store?
Despite a “not now” response from Trader Joe’s, one Affton woman is still heading a community effort to bring the specialty grocer to South St. Louis County. “I am sort of a the-cup-is-half-full kind of person, and I see this letter as a positive response, a sort of an introduction that we are coming,” Carol Boss writes in an open letter to residents, urging them to sign her petition. She’s gathered more than 1,800 signatures so far and plans to send the petition to the company’s headquarters next week. But she’s not the only one gunning for them. The developers attempting to revive Crestwood Court said earlier this week they’ve reached out to companies like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods to anchor the retail spaces at the proposed District …
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Stephen D
10:58 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
Patricia, while I agree with you on what Crestwood needs to do, we are all suffering under a stagnant to downward-moving economy, real incomes are not rising and Obama is about to kill off any new enterprises with an anvil of taxes and government control. Citizens are simply not loaded with bundles of discretionary money these days. Look what moves into the former bookstores -- Stein Mart into … more ›