8901 Page Avenue (Overland, Missouri)

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8901 Page Avenue
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TypeHome improvement warehouse
LocationOverland, Missouri
Coordinates38°41′17″N 90°21′19″W / 38.68812°N 90.35527°W / 38.68812; -90.35527Coordinates: 38°41′17″N 90°21′19″W / 38.68812°N 90.35527°W / 38.68812; -90.35527
OpenedJune 30, 2005

8901 Page Avenue is the address of a building at the northeast corner of Page Avenue and Innerbelt Business Center Drive in Overland, Missouri. The Inner Belt Expressway, Interstate 170 (Missouri), runs behind the building. Formerly part of the Lakeside Golf Club, which operated from 1950 to 1965, the site became home to a commercial development, starting with the opening of the first Venture discount department store in 1970. The Venture building was converted into a Kmart store in 1998, which closed in 2003. The building was demolished in 2004 and the current building was built to house a Home Depot home improvement warehouse, which opened in 2005.

History[edit | edit source]

The St. Louis Amusement Company began construction of an 18-hole golf course at 8901 Page Avenue in 1947. Lakeside Golf Club opened to the public on August 31, 1950.[1] The course was reduced to nine holes in 1956 when half of the property was rezoned for mixed-use development. In December 1963, a residential complex with as many as 1,500 rental units was proposed to replace the golf course,[2] The proposal was rejected the following month.[3]

Lakeside Improvement Corporation sold the golf course property to Sieben Inc., headed by George Capps, in July 1965.[4] Capps was also the president of Mid-America Cars, a regional Volkswagen This is a link to a Wikipedia article distributor which built a 163,000-square-foot (15,100 m2) distribution office at the site in 1966. This building was initially given the address of 8901 Page,[5] but was soon changed to 8825 Page Avenue.[6]

Venture #1 (1970–1998)[edit | edit source]

8901 Page Avenue was chosen to become the first location in the Venture chain of discount department stores. While the store building was under construction in July 1969, a major thunderstorm toppled and damaged the steel structure that was being built there.[7] The 163,000-square-foot (15,100 m2) store opened on January 29, 1970,[8] followed by a formal grand opening ceremony on February 9.[9]

Kmart #9330 (1998–2003)[edit | edit source]

The Venture store closed with the company's bankruptcy, announced in April 1998. The building was one of dozens of former Venture stores to be converted into a Kmart store, which opened on October 29, 1998.[10] Kmart closed the store in 2003 during its own bankruptcy proceedings.[11]

The Home Depot #3037 (2005–present)[edit | edit source]

By the end of 2003, Home Depot had announced plans to open one of its stores at the site,[12] intending to demolish the 1970 building starting in February 2004 and construct a new building for Home Depot, where the new store was planned to open by September. Due to a legal dispute with the property owner, demolition did not begin until November 2004,[13] and Home Depot ultimately held its grand opening on June 30, 2005.[14]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "New Fee Golf Course Will Open Thursday", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 25, 1950, page 5B.
  2. ↑ "Overland Sets Hearing on Apartment Project; Project Would Cost at Least $12,000,000", St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 6, 1963, North Area Section, pages 1N and 2N.
  3. ↑ "Overland Board Approves Ward Redistricting: Apartment Plan", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 16, 1964, Community News, North Zone, page 1N.
  4. ↑ "Sieben Inc. Buys Lakeside Property", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 1, 1965, page 2E.
  5. ↑ "Volkswagen Firm Building Offices on Page", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 26, 1966, page 12E.
  6. ↑ "Executives Tour New Facilities of Volkswagen", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 30, 1967, page 4B.
  7. ↑ "Storm Downs Trees and Cuts Off Power", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 10, 1969, page 3A.
  8. ↑ "Venture Stores Plans Store In Kirkwood", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 25, 1970, page 9C.
  9. ↑ "New Venture Store Is Under Way", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 8, 1970, page 1E.
  10. ↑ Faust, Fred. "Kmart opens nine former Venture stores here today", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 29, 1998, page C1.
  11. ↑ "Kmart: Retail chain will close four stores here", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 15, 2003, page A13.
  12. ↑ Levy, Sterling. "Overland backs development plan", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 1, 2003, North Post, page N1.
  13. ↑ Kiley, Gabe. "New store will go up at Kmart's old site in Overland", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 1, 2004, North Post, page 1.
  14. ↑ Advertisement, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 27, 2005, North Post, page 3.
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