From today's Post Dispatch. I did not realize this was that extensive of a project or that they plan on tearing down part of the complex.
2 cities hold key to scope of Cheshire Inn plans
2 cities hold key to scope of Cheshire Inn plans
foodicles wrote:From today's Post Dispatch. I did not realize this was that extensive of a project or that they plan on tearing down part of the complex.
2 cities hold key to scope of Cheshire Inn plans
I wondered when this would be coming. I recently had family stay at the Cheshire and kept thinking the place needed a heavy duty remodel. It's pretty clear the whole complex is stuck in the 1970's.
The Streetside and Cheshire Inn topics have been split.
You can find information pertaining to Streetside and the new Mexican restaurants in the St. Louis County Forum.
Thanks
You can find information pertaining to Streetside and the new Mexican restaurants in the St. Louis County Forum.
Thanks
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I just heard that Apted sold the Cheshire property to Lester Miller the owner of BUSCH’S GROVE.
Anybody see any articles on this yet?
Anybody see any articles on this yet?
The Curmudgeon wrote:I just heard that Apted sold the Cheshire property to Lester Miller the owner of BUSCH’S GROVE.
Anybody see any articles on this yet?
If thats true, it's good news. That guy has really deep pockets and a visionary to boot!
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Cheshire Inn gets new owner
By Joe Whittington
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
04/26/2007
He has done it again.
That whirlwind who goes by the name of Lester Miller is buying the Cheshire Inn & Lodge, the landmark concern that straddles Richmond Heights and St. Louis at 6300 Clayton Road.
And Miller may not be through passing the cash around.
When asked whether he had heard that West Port Plaza was coming back on the market, he replied, "I'm happy to hear that. Maybe I'll send a proposal."
Bob O'Loughlin, president and chief executive of Lodging Hospitality Management, previously had rolled out plans for a $10 million renovation that included European-style shops and a restaurant by Tom Sehnert, owner of the upscale Annie Gunn's in Chesterfield.
That plan seems to be out the window.
"I've got the Cheshire under contract and am going to close on it," said Miller, the multimillionaire owner of Busch's Grove and Lester's Sports Bar & Grill.
"I do everything with cash, and, you know, it's not a horse, so you don't have to feed it," Miller said. "When I close, I will find out what to do with the property. Whatever I do will be something St. Louis will be proud of."
Miller bought the property from the Dan Apted family.
"I guess I'm just faster than other people," said Miller, 75, who just returned from an exclusive Mexican resort where he hosted more than 100 friends and relatives for four days.
If Miller is interested, he might be able to put out a proposal for West Port Plaza, the 42-acre mixed-use project that was purchased in 2004 by a partnership of Golub & Co. of Chicago and Investcorp of New York. They paid $60 million for the properties.
Talk is that Mike Hanrahan and Paul Hilton are helping handle the deal for Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, partnering with an East Coast company.
The office space, said to be at more than 90 percent occupied, is leased by CB Richard Ellis.
"Bob O'Loughlin tried to buy West Port (where he has offices) before, but the other group offered more," said one local developer.
Maybe he'll have another shot at it.
Who is he. I've never heard of him before Busch's Grove and now Cheshire.
By Joe Whittington
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
04/26/2007
He has done it again.
That whirlwind who goes by the name of Lester Miller is buying the Cheshire Inn & Lodge, the landmark concern that straddles Richmond Heights and St. Louis at 6300 Clayton Road.
And Miller may not be through passing the cash around.
When asked whether he had heard that West Port Plaza was coming back on the market, he replied, "I'm happy to hear that. Maybe I'll send a proposal."
Bob O'Loughlin, president and chief executive of Lodging Hospitality Management, previously had rolled out plans for a $10 million renovation that included European-style shops and a restaurant by Tom Sehnert, owner of the upscale Annie Gunn's in Chesterfield.
That plan seems to be out the window.
"I've got the Cheshire under contract and am going to close on it," said Miller, the multimillionaire owner of Busch's Grove and Lester's Sports Bar & Grill.
"I do everything with cash, and, you know, it's not a horse, so you don't have to feed it," Miller said. "When I close, I will find out what to do with the property. Whatever I do will be something St. Louis will be proud of."
Miller bought the property from the Dan Apted family.
"I guess I'm just faster than other people," said Miller, 75, who just returned from an exclusive Mexican resort where he hosted more than 100 friends and relatives for four days.
If Miller is interested, he might be able to put out a proposal for West Port Plaza, the 42-acre mixed-use project that was purchased in 2004 by a partnership of Golub & Co. of Chicago and Investcorp of New York. They paid $60 million for the properties.
Talk is that Mike Hanrahan and Paul Hilton are helping handle the deal for Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, partnering with an East Coast company.
The office space, said to be at more than 90 percent occupied, is leased by CB Richard Ellis.
"Bob O'Loughlin tried to buy West Port (where he has offices) before, but the other group offered more," said one local developer.
Maybe he'll have another shot at it.
If thats true, it's good news. That guy has really deep pockets and a visionary to boot!
Who is he. I've never heard of him before Busch's Grove and now Cheshire.
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The Curmudgeon wrote:If thats true, it's good news. That guy has really deep pockets and a visionary to boot!
Who is he. I've never heard of him before Busch's Grove and now Cheshire.
He founded a plastics(?) company and sold it about 7-8(?) years ago. He's probably worth a couple hundred million.
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Cheshire Inn gets new owner
By Joe Whittington
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
04/26/2007
He has done it again.
That whirlwind who goes by the name of Lester Miller is buying the Cheshire Inn & Lodge, the landmark concern that straddles Richmond Heights and St. Louis at 6300 Clayton Road.
And Miller may not be through passing the cash around.
Grrrrr! (or should I say Prrrrr!)
Looks like Lester Miller is pretty thin skinned.
Lester Miller drops out of Cheshire Inn bidding
By Joe Whittington
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
05/17/2007
Business columnist Joe Whittington
(Post-Dispatch)
It would appear that Ping-Pong ball known as the Cheshire Inn is back on Bob O'Loughlin's side of the net after Lester Miller called Wednesday to say he's dropping his offer to buy the hotel.
"I'm walking away from the Cheshire Inn deal," Miller said. "I still have 30 days of exclusivity that I paid for, but I've decided to not pursue the investment."
Before Miller came in with an offer that reportedly blew away O'Loughlin's by millions, the Lodging Hospitality Management president and chief executive O'Loughlin had announced a $10 million renovation deal that included a restaurant by Annie Gunn's owner Tom Sehnert and European-style retail shops.
"I just called my attorney and then Dan Apted (Cheshire owner) and told him I was dropping it," said Miller. "Anything that I have done I tried to do well for St. Louis, and I don't like what they're saying about Busch's Grove."
He agreed that one situation doesn't have anything to do with the other, but it was evident that he was stung by rumors circulating that he would turn the Ladue restaurant into a catering and party venue. He has always said it would remain a restaurant.
"Somebody just called in to a radio show and said I ruined Busch's Grove," said Miller.
O'Loughlin and Apted didn't return phone calls seeking comment.
It also was reported recently that Miller, a multimillionaire, filed for divorce from his wife of nine months, Lisa Alexa Miller, on May 2.
If there is no prenup, that's why he dropped it...she's getting half!
trent wrote:If there is no prenup, that's why he dropped it...she's getting half!
Why is that damn Kanye West song in my head now?
[Jamie Foxx]
She take my money when I'm in need
Yea she's a trifflin friend indeed
Oh she's a gold digga way over town
That dig's on me
[Chorus:]
(She did me wrong
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm Need)
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm need)
but she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head
[Verse 1:]
Cutie the bomb
Met her at a beauty salon
With a baby louis vuitton
Under her underarm
She said I can tell you ROC
I can tell by ya charm
Far as girls you got a flock
I can tell by ya charm and ya arm
but I'm lookin for the one
have you seen her
My psychic told me she have a ass like Serena
Trina, Jennifer Lopez, four kids
An i gotta take all they bad ass to show-biz
Ok get ya kids but then they got their friends
I Pulled up in the Benz, they all got up In
We all went to Den and then I had to pay
If you f**kin with this girl then you betta be payed
You know why
It take too much to touch her
>From what I heard she got a baby by Busta
My best friend say she use to ***** wit Usher
I dont care what none of yall say I still love her
[Chorus:]
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm Need)
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm need)
but she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head
[Verse 2:]
18 years, 18 years
She got one of yo kids got you for 18 years
I know somebody payin child support for one of his kids
His baby momma's car and crib is bigger than his
You will see him on TV Any Given Sunday
Win the Superbowl and drive off in a Hyundai
She was spose to buy ya shorty TYCO with ya money
She went to the doctor got lypo with ya money
She walkin around lookin like Micheal with ya money
Should of got that insured got GEICO for ya moneeey
If you aint no punk holla We Want Prenup
WE WANT PRENUP!, Yeaah
It's something that you need to have
Cause when she leave yo ass she gone leave with half
18 years, 18 years
And on her 18th birthday he found out it wasn't his
[Chorus:]
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm Need)
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
(She did me wrong)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I'm need)
but she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl go head
[Verse 3:]
Now I aint sayin you a gold digger you got needs
You dont want ya dude to smoke but he can't buy weed
You got out to eat and he cant pay yall cant leave
There's dishes in the back, he gotta roll up his sleeves
But why yall washin watch him
He gone make it into a Benz out of that Datson
He got that ambition baby look in his eyes
This week he moppin floorz next week it's the fries
So, stick by his side
I know his dude's ballin but yea thats nice
And they gone keep callin and tryin
But you stay right girl
But when you get on he leave yo a** for a white girl
Get down girl go head get down
Get down girl go head get down
get down girl go head get down
get down girl go head
(can you play that back)
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[echo] We want prenup! [echo]
If Lester walked away from this because some one called a radio station and complained about him - good riddance! That's super-weak.
If Lester walked away from this because some one called a radio station and complained about him - good riddance! That's super-weak.
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Grover wrote:If Lester walked away from this because some one called a radio station and complained about him - good riddance! That's super-weak.
And I believe Les took out a full-page ad in the Post after our friend Mr. Bonwich gave Busch's Grove a less than stellar review after it opened.
That's pretty thin skin for someone with mega-bucks. I guess the guy in The Graduate was right about plastics being the future.
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DeBaliviere wrote:Grover wrote:If Lester walked away from this because some one called a radio station and complained about him - good riddance! That's super-weak.
And I believe Les took out a full-page ad in the Post after our friend Mr. Bonwich gave Busch's Grove a less than stellar review after it opened.
That's pretty thin skin for someone with mega-bucks. I guess the guy in The Graduate was right about plastics being the future.
Read Joe's review of Lester's Bar today. He talks about that issue.
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dweebe wrote:Why is that damn Kanye West song in my head now?
I don't know, but now I'm glad I've never had the misfortune of hearing it.
It's too bad the plans for the Cheshire are going nowhere, but given recent events surrounding Mr. Miller, I'm not surprised.
(I'm off to read Joe's review of Lester's bar now...)
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^ Good to see they made up! (It's sounds like Lester made him an offer he couldn't refuse)
^How do you think I afford my mansion in Chesterfield on a newspaper salary? 
1. Love the Kanye West song. She gonna leave your ass, she gonna leave with half! 314, if you haven't heard it, they riff 'I Got A Woman' by Ray Charles, it's a very fun song.
2. Great article by Joe. I don't much spend any time in the county, 'cept to work...but your review made me want to check the place out. I hope they open a place downtown.
3. Sad to hear that Lester Miller is dropping the Cheshire. I think he would've done a good job.
2. Great article by Joe. I don't much spend any time in the county, 'cept to work...but your review made me want to check the place out. I hope they open a place downtown.
3. Sad to hear that Lester Miller is dropping the Cheshire. I think he would've done a good job.
It would seem like no other place is a better candidate for new ownership than the Cheshire. I personally don't even have the place on my radar screen any longer....for a number of reasons.
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Great article by Joe. I don't much spend any time in the county, 'cept to work...but your review made me want to check the place out. I hope they open a place downtown.
Wasn't there something in the paper about Miller being involved with the restaurant in the ground floor of the Adler Lofts? Across from 2020 Washington.
from Joe Whittington's Post column (11-08-2007)
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AND THE WINNER IS:
After being pursued by at least two suitors, the Dan Apted family says it is ready to spruce up its aging Cheshire Inn and Lodge.
The lodge, opened by the Apted family on Dec. 31, 1964, had been in the sights of Bob O'Loughlin, president and chief executive of Lodging Hospitality Management, and restaurant owner and multimillionaire Lester Miller. O'Loughlin had envisioned a $10 million renovation at the 6300 Clayton Road site, which included tearing down the restaurant and building "Schneithorst-type" shops around it.
O'Loughlin's plans also included a restaurant by Tom Sehnert, who owns the upscale Annie Gunn's. "Bob is a great guy, but we just couldn't get on the same page," Apted said about one of those deals. "It was probably more my fault that his." Miller, who owns Busch's Grove and Lester's, then swept in with what was described as a staggering offer, only to renounce his interest shortly afterward.
Apted says one of the most important improvements in his plans will be to find an operator for the Cheshire Inn Restaurant, which closed in 2006. "We're talking to a couple of operators for a restaurant, and would like to have a place like Cardwell's or Annie Gunn's, something other than a chain look," Apted said. "I've got to respect Bob and Sehnert's friendship, and I couldn't go to his (Sehnert's) door."
The 106-room facility is undergoing a $1 million garage and pool deck renovation, something some have said would have to be done if it were going to be sold. The popular Fox & Hound Tavern will be refurbished with new furniture and a new winter drink menu and four nights of piano music by Dick Zelle. A high-end jewelry and wine shop called Wimby's also is planned.
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What's the deal? I read about this project almost a year ago and there appears to be no work underway. Last I heard they were hoping to open a Starbucks and a few boutique shops