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Thursday, April 4, 2013

When Will They Tear Down The Old Reuther Building?

Plaza Motor Company is getting ready to start work to relocate a Jaguar and Land Rover dealership to the Olive Boulevard property in Creve Coeur.

Demolition crews could begin work to take down the former Reuther Automotive building on Olive Boulevard as soon as Monday, an executive with Plaza Motor Company told Patch Wednesday. Plaza Motors gained city approval last year to move the luxury car dealer's Jaguar and Land Rover lines to a new facility across from CityPlace. Jerry Patterson told Patch that asbestos was removed from the site three weeks ago and that Reuther will still need to handle environmental soil tests on the site. Construction on the facility could begin in 2-3 weeks, he said. In the meantime, crews from the Creve Coeur Fire Protection District have been on the property recently, but not for anything related to the project. Crews have been taking advantage of the …

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Reuther Automotive To Close Next Month To Make Way For Jaguar/LandRover Dealer

The Creve Coeur City Council approved the Plaza Motors development plan Monday night.

Creve Coeur's City Council this week gave final approval to the plan brought by Plaza Motors to build a new Jaguar and Land Rover dealership on the site of the Reuther Automotive property on Olive Boulevard. Approval came after councilmembers scuttled an amendment that could have killed the deal. Part of city staff's argument for supporting the project, despite the fact that as an automotive use it may not ideally fit long-term planning goals for building out a "downtown" district, is that Plaza Motors agreed to donate part of the right-of-way along Ham Avenue, which the city could use down the road to expand and utilize what many would consider now is a glorified private driveway. Part of that longer term vision also includes an …

Scott Simon

1:27 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

A sad day for the history of Creve Coeur. The Reuther's have been a fabric of this community for 60 years. I will miss their presence.   more ›

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