I just saw they’re going to be closing the Saks Fifth Avenue in downtown Chicago as well
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Well yeah, it was the only park of the bunch that really made any money, so they needed it for the deal to make any sense.addxb2 wrote: ↑10:10 PM - Mar 06Mid-America by Enchanted Parks will be the new name. Enchanted Parks has signed a 40-year lease with EPR Properties, so residents shouldn’t be worried about the company closing the park and selling to developers, he said. Harhl said he couldn’t disclose the monetary value of the St. Louis park, but Harhi called it the most valuable of the seven parks Six Flags is selling for a combined $331 million to EPR Properties. He said it initially wasn't included for sale. “It’s a unique park. We really pushed for Six (Flags) to include St. Louis,” Harhi told the Post-Dispatch Friday. “It’s a valuable property."
But man, they're gonna have to spend a lot of time and money rebranding everything though, especially if they don't get to keep using the DC/WB stuff after 2026. Like, entire areas will have to be re-themed. JL alone cost like $15 million. Every SF branded thing will have to be replaced or painted over. The access road, the Holiday Inn, and the exit sign on I-44 will all probably have to be changed name-wise as well.
Pretty concerning statement that a supposed amusement park operator doesn't already know how operations work. Also, all of the other info is pretty easy to get metrics-wise from existing data (even publicly available stuff), unless they're not getting the internal stuff in the purchase. Sounds like they're really just itching to tear down a lot of existing stuff, extract value as long as they can, then sell the land off to McBride or whoever in a few decades like SF corporate did with the other ~60% of the original land like 10ish years ago.Harhi said Enchanted Parks will use this year to figure out what visitors want, which rides are popular and how operations work. He said the company looks forward to fixing up the amusement park and injecting it with life. “It should be seeing new attractions on a consistent basis,” Harhi said.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... ocate.html
HFW Cos., an architecture and engineering firm, is moving its headquarters from Clayton to suburban Dallas. The move will affect at least 6 employees, including executives.
A spokesperson said DFW "continues to offer strong growth opportunities for both the firm and the broader architecture and engineering industry."
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HFW Cos., an architecture and engineering firm, is moving its headquarters from Clayton to suburban Dallas. The move will affect at least 6 employees, including executives.
A spokesperson said DFW "continues to offer strong growth opportunities for both the firm and the broader architecture and engineering industry."
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Hoffman Family of Companies buys St. Louis' Audacy stations, including KMOX.
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Hoffman Family of Companies buys St. Louis' Audacy stations, including KMOX.
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Actually some nice synergies between the Post Dispatch and KMOX. Maybe this will allow them to move KMOX into the current Post Dispatch building and keep it downtown (I know there are rumbles of them leaving Park Pacific)
Combined they occupy some 74,000 square feet of office space. I'm sure they need less now since that was from pre-covid.
What I think would be cool is if Hoffman did a little civic investment and bought the Metro Credit Union building and then built a new modern office + studio for the radio stations and the Post Dispatch.
More realistic maybe, I'd rather see them move into the core of downtown. Such as the Laclede Gas Building, Millennium Center, or Frisco Building. I always thought it'd be cool if they had something like a neon "KMOX" sign or an electronic news ticker. Imagine how cool it'd be for a red and white "KMOX" to light up the top of the Laclede Gas Building.
I would be kinda put off if they moved the radio to the P-D's current building. It's a pretty garbage location and kind of removed from downtown. Not really somewhere I would associate with a legendary radio station like KMOX.
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What I think would be cool is if Hoffman did a little civic investment and bought the Metro Credit Union building and then built a new modern office + studio for the radio stations and the Post Dispatch.
More realistic maybe, I'd rather see them move into the core of downtown. Such as the Laclede Gas Building, Millennium Center, or Frisco Building. I always thought it'd be cool if they had something like a neon "KMOX" sign or an electronic news ticker. Imagine how cool it'd be for a red and white "KMOX" to light up the top of the Laclede Gas Building.
I would be kinda put off if they moved the radio to the P-D's current building. It's a pretty garbage location and kind of removed from downtown. Not really somewhere I would associate with a legendary radio station like KMOX.
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Even pre sale, Audacy wasn't renewing its lease at Park Pacific, it expires at end of April 2028. Hoffman owns 3 buildings in Clayton, i could see the Post and all the radio going there.
Although likely, this would be worst case scenario.dbInSouthCity wrote:Even pre sale, Audacy wasn't renewing its lease at Park Pacific, it expires at end of April 2028. Hoffman owns 3 buildings in Clayton, i could see the Post and all the radio going there.
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Pretty sure one or more of Hoffman’s office bldgs in Clayton is distressed so that would make sense