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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

City Leaders Reject Developer Criticism: Olivette 'Open For Business'

Olivette Mayor Arthur Merdinian and City Manager Mike McDowell say the city is taking steps to work with developers and update ordinances.

Olivette city officials are brushing off criticism brought on by a pair of developers who told Patch Olivette was "anti-progress" and "stuck in a time warp." Last week, Steve Noles and Bob Elkan vented their frustration over what they contend has been years of effort to develop the corner of Olive Boulevard and Interstate 170. Read: Developer Slams City; Calls Olivette 'Anti-Progress' As Patch previously reported, city officials said the pair have never submitted a formal proposal for the property. In a sit-down interview Monday, Mayor Arthur Merdinian, City Manager Mike McDowell and Carlos Trejo, the city's planning and zoning administrator repeated that contention. The trio also said the city made clear as long as three years ago that …

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Developer Slams City; Calls Olivette 'Anti-Progress' and City of Olivette (in Olivette Patch)

Joe

10:32 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012

Does Olivette really need another liquor store or another sandwich shop? Major businesses remember the Walmart fiasco and are not interested in coming to Olivette.   more ›

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Developer Slams City; Calls Olivette 'Anti-Progress'

A Creve Coeur-based developer says he's pulled out of plans to build a gas station and restaurant on Olive at I-170.

Steve Noles says he knows something about dealing with difficult cities on development projects. Noles, the owner of Noles Properties, a Creve Coeur-based firm, has developed shopping centers like the Shoppes at Questover (think La Salsa), Park West Square (home of the new Rothman Mattress outlet), and had a hand in the Walgreens which opened at Olive and Graeser in the spring of 2011. But within the last few months, he's decided he's had enough with the city of Olivette. Noles purchased a parcel of land at the intersection of Olive Boulevard and Interstate 170 from the Missouri Department of Transportation, which together with another parcel there, he and Robert Elkan, a developer with the Westmore Group Realty Group, wanted to turn into …

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Audit Gives High Marks to Olivette, Highlights City's Economic Stress (in Olivette Patch), La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill, and Walgreens

Morton M Bertish

7:14 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012

A quick trip coul bring millions of dollars to Olivete. We need more business to come olivette. We need to work more with developers. The citizens of Olivette cannot afford to pay more for city goverment. Morton Bertish   more ›

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