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South St. Louis County News

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Sunset Hills aldermen approve next phase of hotel development project

Sunset Hills aldermen approve next phase of hotel development project

By Ellie Marshall, Staff Reporter April 8, 2024

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen spent the majority of its four-hour long meeting March 12 discussing an ordinance that would allow for the construction of a new 88-room, five-story Hampton Inn Hotel...

10611 E. Watson, left, and 10603 E. Watson, right.

Helen Fitzerald’s eyes parking expansion; Sheevam floats possible new hotel

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor December 22, 2022

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen heard a presentation last week about a possible new hotel in the city and expanded parking for Helen Fitzgerald’s. At the Dec. 13 meeting, attorney Norbert Glassl,...

The new Comfort Suites development next to Helen Fitzgerald’s under construction, as seen July 17, 2020.

Helen Fitzgerald’s, hotel sales tax plan is withdrawn in Sunset Hills

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 10, 2020

A proposal for tax incentives at the Helen Fitzgerald’s and Comfort Suites hotel property in Sunset Hills has been scrapped for now. If the developers bring it back, they will have to start over. Comfort...

Bartolinos South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating. But so far, the restaurant has stayed open inside despite an indoor dining ban.

South County restaurants cited for defying dining ban

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 1, 2020

Some St. Louis County restaurants have stayed open for indoor dining, defying a four-week ban issued by County Executive Sam Page and the county Department of Public Health.  County inspectors visited...

Bartolinos South has erected a tent outside to provide outdoor seating.

St. Louis County restaurants lose court challenge of indoor dining ban, for now

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor December 1, 2020

A St. Louis County judge ruled Nov. 20 against a lawsuit filed by Bartolino’s South and about 40 other restaurants challenging an indoor dining ban ordered by County Executive Sam Page, the latest in...

Erica Hoffman, left, talks with fellow South County Missouri House candidate Ann Zimpfer at an event  Saturday, Oct. 24, at a house in Grantwood Village for Democrats running featuring State Auditor Nicole Galloway, who is running for governor. Hoffman is running in the 96th District and Zimpfer is running in the 95th District.

Hoffman works with Syberg’s to get off union boycott list

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter October 29, 2020

Syberg’s Restaurants, which includes Helen Fitzgerald’s and Twisted Tree in Sunset Hills, was removed from union boycott lists late last year after Erica Hoffman, candidate for state representative...

The new Comfort Suites development next to Helen Fitzgerald’s under construction, as seen July 17, 2020.

Developers question why aldermen don’t OK Helen’s/hotel plan

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 23, 2020

A Sunset Hills bill that would establish a new sales tax at Helen Fitzgerald’s and the neighboring hotel to fund parking has been postponed for months after city officials said they would drop a related...

The new Comfort Suites development next to Helen Fitzgerald’s under construction, as seen July 17, 2020.

Tax abatement for Helen’s and hotel is dropped; city doesn’t want to affect Lindbergh Schools

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter August 24, 2020

Petitions for both a parking garage and tax abatement for Helen’s Fitzgerald’s and a new hotel on Lindbergh Boulevard have been scrapped after a Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen meeting Aug. 11. At...

The new Comfort Suites development next to Helen Fitzgerald’s under construction, as seen July 17, 2020.

Helen’s and hotel want tax incentives vote

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter July 22, 2020

A final vote on a Sunset Hills bill that would grant tax incentives to Helen Fitzgerald’s and a new hotel on Lindbergh Boulevard in Sunset Hills was postponed to August at the developer’s request. The...

A rendering of the Comfort Suites being built by Days Inn owner HR Sheevam.

Sunset Hills approves legislation allowing for tax abatements, aimed at hotel project

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 1, 2020

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen passed a contentious bill at its March 10 meeting that, through state statute, will allow the city to declare properties “blighted” and grant tax abatements to redevelop...

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