Politics & Government

QuikTrip, Retail Stores Proposed for Hanley Road

The proposed businesses would be located across from Home Depot.

The Richmond Heights City Council Monday heard proposals for a new QuikTrip and retail development along Hanley. 

The site is located on Hanley, where the vacant Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church now stands. The property slated for redevelopment would include land between Elenor, Hicks and Banneker. 

Rengaw, LLC, is proposing a "neighborhood feel" retail development with restaurants that have a pedestrian courtyard and patio seating.

"The buildings will face the street with parking in the back," said Tyler Stevens of Core 10 Architecture. 

Daniel Wager of Rengaw said he has letters of commitment for 90 percent of the spaces available. He told the crowd the retailers were national and regional names, but he declined to name who might fill the spaces.

The anchor of the proposed development would be a 5,800-square-foot QuikTrip convenience store and gas station.

Gwen King, real estate project manager for QuikTrip, said the store would be a Generation 3 model, which is the company's latest design. It includes a full-service QuikTrip kitchen, outdoor patio seating on the side of the building and large spaces for coffee, soft drinks and a hot dog station.

The gas station would feature eight pumps, which will include car diesel pumps. The station, like other QuikTrips, would be open 24 hours a day and QuikTrip is a national Safe Place for youth

King told the packed chamber that QuikTrip is privately owned and the company has never laid off an employee in its history. 

"QuikTrip is top-tier in this industry," she said. 

Julie Miller, a Richmond Heights resident, told the council she thought Hanley couldn't handle additional traffic.

"When I leave work after 4 p.m., Hanley is bumper to bumper until you get to Webster Groves," she said. "It's my opinion that we don't need this."
 
JoAnn Bailey, a resident who lives behind the proposed development, told the council she believed a portion of her street was private. Mayor James Beck told Bailey that the street became the city's in 1988.

Bailey made a Sunshine Law request for all documents relating to the street being turned over to the city.

The first reading of the bills was Monday. The second and final reading will be held at the Aug. 5 meeting. 


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