Northwest Plaza

Northwest Plaza owners sue county over subpoenas forcing them to testify

Pictured above: Fifth District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, center, listens to members of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership board testify Jan. 15, along with 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, left, and 7th District Councilman Mark Harder. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The owners of county offices at Northwest Plaza have

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Council subpoenas Northwest owners, who must testify Aug. 6

Pictured above: Black Jack Mayor Norm McCourt, who works in the county clerk’s office, transports the four boxes filled with an estimated 7,000 pages of documents from the Glarner brothers about the county’s Northwest Plaza lease to the county’s vault for storage after an Ethics Committee hearing June 25. Photo by Gloria Lloyd. By Gloria Lloyd

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NW Plaza’s owners could get subpoena to testify to Council

Pictured above: With the two chairs reserved for Bob and David Glarner empty, County Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas says the developers’ failure to appear at a council Ethics Committee hearing is a ‘flagrant, flagrant’ violation of the public trust. Photo by Gloria Lloyd. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  The County Council could force

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Page will renegotiate St. Louis County’s Northwest Plaza lease

Then-council chairman Sam Page listens to Police Chief John Belmar during a committee meeting last summer. Now County Executive, Page will renegotiate the lease for The Crossings, formerly Northwest Plaza mall. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The owners of The Crossings at Northwest, the revamped former Northwest Plaza mall,

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Council asks for investigations of Stenger’s county leases

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The majority of the County Council recommended last week that the full council consider  asking for federal and state investigations into the county’s leases for a North County Government Center at the former Northwest Plaza mall. The move targeting County Executive Steve Stenger comes a little more than a

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Ethics panel questions Stenger

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The County Council’s Ethics Committee is asking County Executive Steve Stenger to answer questions on his claims about the benefits of the $69 million lease for a new North County Government Center in the former Northwest Plaza mall. The chair of the newly formed committee, 6th District Councilman Ernie

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