Demolition of the former Auto
Plaza Ford Building located at the northwest corner of Manchester Road and Big
Bend in Maplewood is underway. The site
will be home to a new QuikTrip, which will be relocating from their current
location just south of Manchester Road at 3010 South Big Bend Boulevard in
Maplewood, Missouri.
The 1.29 acre site will be
improved with a 5,600 square foot Generation 3 style QuikTrip building. This will be approximately 2,000 square feet
larger than their current location and will feature more fresh food, plus a
coffee barista and soft serve ice cream, and gasoline. The site will have 16 pumps, 4 more than
their current location. The new
QuikTrip location will be only one of eight Generation 3 QuikTrip stores
built, proposed, and/or under construction in the St. Louis Metropolitan area.
As part of the proposed building
plans, QuikTrip has the OK from St. Louis County to incorporate right-turn
lanes from Manchester Road and Big Bend Boulevard to accommodate traffic. Reportedly, under the terms of the initial
plans for the site, QuikTrip will assume the cost of any state or county-mandated
road configurations. Additionally,
QuickTrip agreed to pay $5,000 annually to cover the expense of a crossing
guard at the intersection.
The site is currently owned by
Elsie Lesseg. Her son, Daniel Lesseg, a
St. Louis attorney, is representing her in the process. The owners currently have a lease in place
with QuikTrip contingent on governmental approvals. QuikTrip is constructing the new building at
their sole cost and following the completion of construction will then lease
the land and building back from the property owner.
The property owner also owns the
lot at the southeast corner of Manchester Road and Big Bend Boulevard. The site was previously home to Auto Plaza
Ford which was recently demolished and was improved with a new CVS pharmacy
building in 2012. The site is subject to
a ground lease with CVS Caremark.
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