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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Bob Evans Property Sale Finalized to Make Way For Petro Mart

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 …

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Sunset Hills Board Gives Green Light to Petro Mart--Minus the Traffic Signal

Chris

10:28 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013

I think it's an ideal location and perfect use. And finally that land will be developed, getting rid of that eyesore.   more ›

Monday, January 28, 2013

Sunset Hills Alderman Has Business Connection to Petro Mart Developers

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 …

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Sunset Hills Board Gives Green Light to Petro Mart--Minus the Traffic Signal, P & Z Says No to Emergency Communications Tower, Yes to Petro Mart, Resident in Favor of Sunset Hills Petro Mart: 'Anything Is Better Than a Vacant Building', and 3 more ›

Thomas M.

6:53 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013

Good for Mr. Gau to tell the truth when confronted with the question. I guess the reason for the secret recording was to catch him lying, and that plan clearly backfired.   more ›

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